Facebook has announced another step the company is taking to combat the spread of harmful hoaxes and misinformation about COVID-19 on its platforms. Through Facebook’s Newsfeed, users who interact with harmful COVID-19 claims will receive messages on COVID-19 myths debunked by the WHO including misinformation that has led to imminent physical harm. This step aims […]
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FORWARD EVER BACKWARD NEVER!(Full text of Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen TY Buratai’s Special Message For Officers and Men of Operation LAFIYA DOLE on the Final Clearance of Boko Haram and ISWAP Terrorists” Gentlemen officers and men of the Nigerian Army! Gallant officers and men of Operation LAFIYA DOLE! We are right here right […]
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14 persons were burnt to death with 1,250 shelters destroyed in a fire outbreak in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. The fire reportedly broke out around 2:15pm on Thursday. Yabawa Kolo, chairman of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency(SEMA), said the apartments of the IDPs were destroyed in […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 35 new COVID-19 cases and one new death. In a tweet on Thursday, the agency said while 19 cases were recorded in Lagos, the federal capital territory (FCT) confirmed nine fresh cases, while Kano recorded five and two in Oyo. Thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have […]
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It was a sad day for traders at Dugbe Alawo area in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, as a fire outbreak in the area three them into panic on Wednesday afternoon. According to the traders, the fire started around 1.20 p.m. and engulfed a high-rise building located at Lebanon road. Rows of shops close to […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday confirmed Thirty-four new cases of the coronavirus pandemic, taking Nigeria’s total infections to 407. According to the agency’s statement on Twitter, of the 34 cases, 18 were found in Lagos, 12 in Kano and two in Katsina while Delta, Niger recorded one each. A total of […]
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The comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, has tested negative for COVID-19. Recall that comptroller-general had tested positive for the disease after he returned from the United Kingdom on March 22. He went into self-isolation afterwards. In a tweet on Tuesday, Babandede said he has tested negative twice for COVID-19. “I just receive […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued new advisory to guide Nigerians on the use of face masks to prevent themselves against new coronavirus (COVID-19). The Director-General (D-G) of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, issued the advisory on Tuesday in Abuja while giving an update on COVID-19. Ihekweazu said that NCDC recognised the need […]
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The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria is now 373. This is according to the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control who announced 11 new COVID-19 cases in Lagos State at 11PM on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. As at 11:00 pm 14th April there are 373 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 99 […]
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The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, has announced debt service relief for 25 poor countries. The MD in a statement, last night, in Washington, said that the debt relief was to enable the affected countries to better tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The countries were: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central […]
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