BY REUBEN ABATI This is a piece around and about what I have seen about Corona Virus in Nigeria, from a sociological perspective, and not a report of any pathogenic experience. It has been more than a month since the Federal Government placed Lagos and Ogun states, and the Federal Capital Territory on a lockdown […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has approved waiver import duty for medical equipment and supplies in order to “strengthen health infrastructure” in response to the #COVID19 pandemic. The waiver was announced in a tweet on Tuesday by Tolu Ogunlesi, special assistant to the president on digital and new media. This joins the list of fiscal […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, May 4 confirmed 245 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. In an update via its Twitter handle, the NCDC said the new cases have pivoted the total number of the infections in the country to 2802. On the distribution of the new cases, the NCDC […]
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The United Kingdom was poised on Monday to roll out a new smartphone tracing app for coronavirus on an island off England’s south coast, as the country looks to ease a six-week nationwide lockdown. The app, developed by the state-run National Health Service (NHS), will be trialled on the Isle of Wight ahead of its […]
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Further to the pronouncement of Mr. President in the broadcast of Monday, 27th April, 2020, in which he directed the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to provide implementation guidelines on the new measures to control COVID-19 pandemic, the following are hereby issued for: – General Information to the Public; – Guidance to States and Security […]
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The deputy governor of Edo state, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has given a break down of how the state has spent over N1 billion in its response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The deputy governor, who is the chairman of the state’s COVID-19 response technical committee, said the money was spent on medical equipment, isolation […]
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The Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force set up for Kano on Covid-19, Dr Nasiru Sani Gwarzo, has linked the recent mysterious deaths in Kano to Covid-19. Kano State Government had initially denied that the mysterious deaths involving some of the prominent citizens of the State were due to Covid-19 infections. However, the state Governor, […]
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday announced 170 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the country’s total infections to 2,558 The NCDC in a tweet on Sunday, said of the new infections, 39 are in Lagos, 29 from Kano, 24 in Ogun and 18 from Bauchi. The FCT and Sokoto had […]
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Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, has reversed his stance seeking a relaxation of the lockdown imposed by the Federal Government to curb the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the state. Recall that the governor had appealed to the Federal Government to ease the lockdown imposed on the state, citing economic hardship and the need […]
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The Federal Republic of Nigeria has recorded 220 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total infections to 2,388. According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday, of the new infections, 62 are in Lagos, 52 from the FCT, 31 in Kaduna and 13 from Sokoto. The […]
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