Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state, has announced the relaxation of lockdown order imposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that Buhari, on April 27, imposed a total lockdown on the state to allow health officials to monitor the situation in the state. Ganduje told journalists on Saturday that there would be free movement in the […]
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The director-general of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu says Nigeria and the rest of the world would not return to normalcy until next year — “at the very least”. Ihekweazu spoke at the 24th edition of The Platform, hosted by Poju Oyemade’s Covenant Nation, where he said the short term pains are […]
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged the federal government of Nigeria to learn from the example of Ghana, noting that it is too early for the country to ease the lockdown in some parts of the country. Dr Francis Faduyile, President of the association, said in a statement that the timing of the Federal […]
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The Republic of Ghana has confirmed 1,032 new cases of Coronavirus, nearly two weeks after lifting the lockdown on some parts of the country. President Nana Akufo-Addo lifted the three-week lockdown on the basis of “improved coronavirus testing”, on April 19, with the nation recording 1,042 cases, and 99 recoveries at that time. His decision prompted mass […]
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The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria hit 2,170 mark on Friday as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 238 new cases in the country. The agency announced the new cases via its Twitter handle on Friday, with Kano’s 92 cases being the highest recorded. A breakdown of the remaining new […]
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The founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, and other members of his family have tested positive for coronavirus. Dokpesi’s daughter-in-law and six other members of the family reportedly tested positive for the disease after Dokpesi’s son went to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, for treatment. According to a report, AIT said […]
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Edo state government has accused Adams Oshimhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), of holding a political gathering in Benin, the state capital, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As a way of curbing the spread of the virus, health authorities had warned against mass gathering. In a statement on Friday, Osarodion Ogie, secretary to […]
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Nigeria has recorded 204 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, bringing the country’s total infections to 1,932. As stated in a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, of the new infections, 80 are in Kano, 45 are in Lagos, while 12 are in Gombe. 204 new cases of #COVID19 […]
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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has lamented the struggle for bed spaces for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Lagos state. Recall that Lagos state currently has the highest reported cases, with 947 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 187 of these patients have been discharged after recovering from the disease. Speaking the briefing of the […]
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Nigeria has recorded 196 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the country’s total infections to 1,728. According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in the early hours of Thursday, of the new infections, 87 are in Lagos, 24 are in Kano, while 18 are in Gombe. Seventeen were recorded in […]
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