By Douglas Dodiyi-Manuel Following the series of agitations that gradually assumed a militarized dimension, the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration thought it imperative to transmutate what was then known as Oil Mineral Producing Area Development Commission (OMPADEC) to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with an interventional aim at human and infrastructural development, which has in […]
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ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI,PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 27th APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. I will start by commending you all for the resilience […]
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A patient undergoing treatment for corovonavirus (COVID-19), has been delivered of a baby at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). When the hospital broke the news in a tweet on Monday afternoon, it was said that the mother and child are well and alive. “A team of LUTH Drs, anaesthetists & nurses delivered a woman […]
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The Government of Kano State has said the mass deaths in the state is due to complications arising from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria. This was contained in a statement signed by Muhammad Garba, the state Commissioner of Information, Daily Nigerian reports. Garba said a preliminary report from the health ministry indicated that the deaths […]
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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has extended the lockdown imposed on the state to check the spread of COVID-19 by 30 days. The decision was announced in a statement issued by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media & Communication on Sunday. It stated that the lockdown was extended following a recommendation by […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in the early hours of Monday, confirmed 91 new cases of COVID-19 in 15 states and the federal capital territory. This was disclosed on the agency’s Twitter handle. A total of 1,273 cases have now been recorded in the country. The number of discharged persons increased from 222 […]
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Facebook has introduced new products that make it easier to spend quality time with loved ones and to deal with feelings of isolation and loneliness during challenging times like the present COVID-19 pandemic. Facebook has lately monitored a rise in demand for real-time video with Video calling on Messenger and WhatsApp video more than doubling […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 114 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The new cases were reported in eight states and the federal capital territory. According to the breakdown, 80 were recorded in Lagos, 21 in Gombe, five in FCT, two each in Zamfara and Edo, and one each […]
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Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) Plc has released its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2020, showing double-digit improvement across all its major income lines. The bank leveraged on modest growth in both interest and non-interest income as well as increased efficiency to deliver an impressive 8.5 […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state was ecstatic on Friday, as the state discharged another 10 COVID-19 patients. In a tweet via his verified handle, Sanwo-Olu said the patients include three females and seven males. He further announced that three of the 10 are foreigners. The number of COVID-19 cases have been rising in recent […]
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