April 15, 2020

Firefighters were seen battling the inferno.

The fire engulfed the last floor of the seven-storey building, destroying valuables and other items.

This is coming barely a week after the office of the Accountant General of the Federation went up in flames.

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The Registrar-General of the CAC, Alhaji Garba Abubakar, confirmed the incident stating that there was no loss of document or lives.

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Several shops in the market have been burnt by the raging inferno.

Thick smokes were seen emanating from a building in the market and then accompanied by balls of fire ascending the atmosphere.

The fire in the market is happening in the midst of Coronavirus lockdown in Oyo State.

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It was gathered that the fire began around 1:20pm.

Men of the fire service from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the state fire service were …

Spain Wednesday recorded 523 coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours.

The figure released by the Health Ministry bolstered evidence that the country was on the verge of recovery.

It brings the total fatalities to nearly 18,579.

The number is down from a peak of more than 900 daily victims in previous weeks.

New infections rose slightly in comparison to Tuesday, bringing the overall number of confirmed cases to 177,600.

Meanwhile, the number of recovery from the illness rose by 3,300 to reach around 71,000.

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The news follows several days of …

Global coronavirus cases crossed the 2 million mark early Wednesday as China and Latin American countries reported new infections.

The global total reached 2,005,564 as at 09.00 GMT.

Death toll from the 210 countries and territories affected by the virus, is also over 126,600.

China reported 46 new infections, a sharp drop from the 89 reported on Tuesday.

Argentina reported 166 new cases to take its tally to 2,443.

This is according to figures published by worldometers.info early today.

The U.S. remains the most stricken nation by the virus.

It has 614,246 cases as at Tuesday night.

The death toll …

Thailand reported 30 new coronavirus cases and 2 deaths on Wednesday.

According to Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman for the government’s Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration 19 patients were linked to previous cases, and three had no links to old cases.

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One of those infected was in state quarantine, and the cases of seven people who tested positive were being investigated.

Since the outbreak escalated in January, Thailand has reported a total of 2,643 cases and 43 fatalities, while 1,497 patients have recovered and gone home.