The Republic of Ghana has confirmed 1,032 new cases of Coronavirus, nearly two weeks after lifting the lockdown on some parts of the country. President Nana Akufo-Addo lifted the three-week lockdown on the basis of “improved coronavirus testing”, on April 19, with the nation recording 1,042 cases, and 99 recoveries at that time. His decision prompted mass […]
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The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria hit 2,170 mark on Friday as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 238 new cases in the country. The agency announced the new cases via its Twitter handle on Friday, with Kano’s 92 cases being the highest recorded. A breakdown of the remaining new […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has again assured that his administration will ensure that no employer would retrench or lay off workers due to effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) without going through due process of social dialogue. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said Buhari gave the assurance in a message […]
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The founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, and other members of his family have tested positive for coronavirus. Dokpesi’s daughter-in-law and six other members of the family reportedly tested positive for the disease after Dokpesi’s son went to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, for treatment. According to a report, AIT said […]
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Edo state government has accused Adams Oshimhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), of holding a political gathering in Benin, the state capital, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As a way of curbing the spread of the virus, health authorities had warned against mass gathering. In a statement on Friday, Osarodion Ogie, secretary to […]
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Nigeria has recorded 204 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, bringing the country’s total infections to 1,932. As stated in a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, of the new infections, 80 are in Kano, 45 are in Lagos, while 12 are in Gombe. 204 new cases of #COVID19 […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Thursday, extended the dusk-to-dawn curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for another 14 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obaseki, had on April 19, announced a 10-day dusk to dawn curfew to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The governor, announced the […]
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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has lamented the struggle for bed spaces for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Lagos state. Recall that Lagos state currently has the highest reported cases, with 947 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 187 of these patients have been discharged after recovering from the disease. Speaking the briefing of the […]
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Leading African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) held its Annual General Meeting virtually by proxy on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 – a first in UBA’s seventy-one year history. The meeting, which had in attendance shareholders, management and staff members, together with representatives of relevant regulatory bodies, was held using an Online Meetings […]
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Nigeria has recorded 196 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the country’s total infections to 1,728. According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in the early hours of Thursday, of the new infections, 87 are in Lagos, 24 are in Kano, while 18 are in Gombe. Seventeen were recorded in […]
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