These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Sunday morning, May 10, 2020
1. COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu vows to re-impose total lockdown over guidelines violation
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said Saturday he would not hesitate to re-impose total lockdown in the state if residents continued to violate guidelines on the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown. Read more
2. 239 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; total surpasses 4000 to 4151
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed 239 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. Read more
3. COVID-19: Amid shortage of kits, Lagos targets 2,000 testing capacity daily
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday hinted on plans by his government to increase the state’s testing capacity for COVID-19 from its current 850 capacity to 1500 and 2000 daily. Read more
4. Pro-Buhari group slams Nigerians asking for Buhari, Osinbajo’s whereabouts
A pro-Buhari group, Buhari Osinbajo Solidarity Front (BOSF) has described those raising concerns over the whereabouts of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as seeking for cheap attention and shameful individuals, whose actions are regrettable. Read more
5. Ondo govt threatens to conduct mass burial for unclaimed corpses
The Ondo State government said Saturday all the unclaimed corpses in the state morgues would be given mass burial in the next one month. Read more
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6. Journalist tests positive for COVID-19 in Bauchi
The Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Baba Tella, said on Saturday a journalist working in the state has tested positive for COVID-19. Read more
7. ActionAid targets 36,000 rural dwellers in Kogi with COVID-19 awareness campaign
The ActionAid Resilience Programmes Coordinator, Mr. Anicetus Atakpu, said on Saturday the agency hoped to take its COVID-19 awareness campaign to 36,000 rural dwellers in Kogi State. Read more
8. Katsina govt orders lockdown of LGA over rising cases of COVID-19
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, Saturday ordered the total lock down of Ingawa local government area of the state over rising cases of COVID-19 in the area. Read more
9. Court orders temporary forfeiture of ex-NAF chief’s properties to Nigerian govt
Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Friday ordered the temporary forfeiture of 12 landed properties linked to a former Director of Finance at the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Jacobs Adigun, to the Federal Government. Read more
10. Police rescue 2 in Abia
Policemen in Abia State have rescued two abducted persons in the Aba area of the state. Read more
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