The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday, said Nigeria recorded 587 new cases of COVID-19, pushing the nation’s total infections towards the 18,000 mark. NCDC in a tweet stated that the country has now confirmed at least 17,735 cases of the novel coronavirus with 469 deaths and 5,967 recovered patients. Nigeria is currently […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday said Nigeria has recorded 490 new cases of the novel coronavirus and an additional 31 deaths. The new figures put total infections in the country at 17,148. Although 5,623 persons have been successfully treated and discharged, 455 casualties have been recorded to the virus, according to […]
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The Government of the state of Lagos, has suspended the planned reopening of worship centres on 19th June. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this known while briefing journalists at the COVID-19 update on Tuesday. According to the Sanwo-Olu, this decision was reached due to rising case of coronavirus in the state. He said that the suspension […]
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Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has according to reports, relaxed the Coronavirus curfew which was imposed on the state and also asked final year students in schools to resume on 29th June. All civil servants in the state were also directed to resume duties. Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made this disclosure […]
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Nigeria on Monday recorded 573 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID019) pandemic, this is according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). In a tweet via its official handle, the NCDC also stated that the nation recorded four additional deaths within the past 24 hours. The country’s total infections have now risen to […]
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India’s government says it will provide 500 railway coaches to be converted into COVID-19 care centers as the nation’s capital is fast running out of hospital beds. “There should be infrastructure, there is need to be beds, patients are not being looked after, this is a deplorable state of affairs,’’ said a government official on […]
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Nigeria has recorded 403 fresh cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this via its official twitter handle on Sunday. According to the NCDC the cases are, Gombe-73 Lagos-68 Kano-46 Edo-36 FCT-35 Nasarawa-31 Kaduna-17 Oyo-16 Abia-15 Delta-13 Borno-13 Plateau-8 Niger-7 Rivers-7 Enugu-6 Ogun-6 Kebbi-3 Ondo-1 Anambra-1 Imo-1. […]
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The African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org) has responded swiftly to the needs of its member countries during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank’s operations have continued to run smoothly since the first cases appeared in early March, despite the wide range of lockdowns and measures imposed by governments to flatten the curve. The COVID-19 pandemic is […]
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Maryam Abacha, wife of former military head of state, Sani Abacha, has denied allegations that her husband looted Nigeria’s treasury. According to the United States, Abacha stole about $5 billion from Nigeria, part of which has been repatriated by past and immediate administrations, since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999. But Maryam, in an exclusive […]
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Nigeria, on Saturday recorded a total of 501 fresh cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified twitter handle on Saturday night. According to the NCDC the cases are, Lagos-195 FCT-50 Kano-42 Kaduna-27 Edo-26 Oyo-22 Imo-21 Gombe-17 Benue-12 Enugu-12 Delta-11 Anambra-11 Ebonyi-10 Nasarawa-9 […]
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