NIGERIA – The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has expressed doubt at the possibility of achieving physical distancing on flights without hurting the revenue of airlines. Hadi Sirika said this during a webinar attended by stakeholders in the aviation sector. The webiner focused on the status of the industry restart. Sirika was responding to a […]
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Nigeria, on Saturday, recorded 603 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, raising the nation’s total confirmed infections above the 28,000 mark. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in a late-night post via its verified Twitter handle on Saturday. It noted that the country now has 28,167 confirmed COVID-19 cases out of which 634 people […]
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Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has tested negative for COVID-19. A brief statement by the State Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu on Saturday morning stated that the governor is now free of the deadly virus. The statement reads: “To God the glory of God, repeat COVID-19 test conducted by Nigeria Center for Disease […]
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The US notched more than 52,000 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours Wednesday, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed, a new one-day record as infections surge around the country. The Baltimore-based university’s tracker showed 52,898 more cases as of 8:30 pm (0030 Thursday GMT), bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic reached […]
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Nigeria on Thursday recorded 626 new cases of Coronavirus. According to data from the NCDC the cases were spread across 19 states including FCT, with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 193 cases. The states with the 626 new cases are Lagos-193, FCT-85, Oyo-41, Edo-38, Kwara-34, Abia-31, Ogun-29, Ondo-28, […]
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, has accused politicians of playing games with the lives of Nigerians amid the pandemic called COVID-19. He was speaking on Thursday while playing host to the Board of Trustees of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation who paid him a courtesy call in his Lugard House office in Lokoja. Bello […]
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Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has announced the total lifting of lockdown imposed on the state to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Ganduje made this disclosure on Thursday at the press briefing of the state’s taskforce on COVID-19. He also ordered civil servants in the state to resume work from Monday, July 6.
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Nigeria has recorded 790 fresh cases of Coronavirus. According to data from the NCDC the cases were spread across 19 states including FCT, with Delta accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 166 cases as the Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and wife tested positive. The states with the 790 new cases are […]
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The executive committee of the Confederation of African Football, CAF. has announced the postponement of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations by a year. The continental games will now hold in Cameroon in January 2022. CAF said in a statement said, “After consultation with stakeholders and taking into consideration the current global situation, the tournament […]
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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has tested positive for COVID-19. Akeredolu made this known in a video he shared via his official new media channels on Tuesday. According to the governor, “Earlier today, I got confirmation of a positive result for Covid-19. I am asymptomatic and not displaying any symptoms. I am currently self-isolating […]
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