The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday confirmed 20 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. In a post on its Twitter handle, the centre said 13 of the cases were recorded in Lagos State, two each in Edo, Kano and Ogun states and one in Ondo State. The announcement of […]
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A 200-bed hotel owned by former first lady, Patience Jonathan, will be converted into a COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre. The hotel, is said to be worth about N2 billion and currently under interim forfeiture by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2018. The Nation reports that Patience struck the deal with First […]
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Lagos State Government has announced the discharge of six more COVID-19 patients from its isolation Centre after they were declared free of the virus. Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced this on this social media pages on Monday. According to the Governor, the discharged patients include one female and five males. With the discharge of the […]
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NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Monday, April 13 deliver a national broadcast by 7pm. The information was disclosed in a statement released by Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity. “President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation Monday, April 13, 2020, at 7pm,” the statement read. “Television, radio […]
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Edo state government has established mobile courts to prosecute violators of guidelines put in place to check the spread of coronavirus disease in the state. Offenders would be tried under the Edo State Dangerous Infectious Diseases (Emergency Prevention) Regulations 2020. Recall that Governor Obaseki had on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, signed the Quarantine Regulations, made […]
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday announced 13 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 318. 13 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta & 1 in Kano As at 9:30pm 11th April there are 318 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported […]
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The director general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has urged governors to stop announcing outbreak of COVID-19 cases in their states. The DG noted that 90 per cent of COVID-19 patients recover without any intervention. Chikwe disclosed this at the media briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on […]
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Real Madrid football club of Spain, on Wednesday, announced that its players and coaches have agreed to take pay cut for the rest of the season. The club issued a statement confirming that: “Players and coaches from both the football and basketball teams, led by their captains, together with the club’s main executives, have agreed […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday pleaded for global unity in fighting the coronavirus, following US President Donald Trump’s stinging attack on its handling of the pandemic. As the WHO prepares to mark 100 days on Thursday since it was first notified of the outbreak in China, director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hit back at […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has slashed the 2020 budget from N10.594 trillion to N10.276 trillion in view of global economic decline as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The amended budget has been sent to the National Assembly for consideration. In the budget the oil benchmark was also reduced from 57 dollars per barrel […]
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