Facebook on Friday announced the expansion of its Coronavirus Information Centre to 24 more countries in Africa as part of its ongoing commitment to empowering people around the world with timely and accurate news from trusted health authorities. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Centre is featured at the top of News Feed and provides a central […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 114 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The new cases were reported in eight states and the federal capital territory. According to the breakdown, 80 were recorded in Lagos, 21 in Gombe, five in FCT, two each in Zamfara and Edo, and one each […]
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In line with the declaration of the Federal Government on the release of inmates to decongest Correctional Centres to create room for social distancing, the Governor of Edo State His Excellency Godwin Obaseki granted pardon and releases 173 inmates. The released inmates cut across the various Medium Security Custodial Centres of the Nigerian Correctional Service […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state was ecstatic on Friday, as the state discharged another 10 COVID-19 patients. In a tweet via his verified handle, Sanwo-Olu said the patients include three females and seven males. He further announced that three of the 10 are foreigners. The number of COVID-19 cases have been rising in recent […]
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Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has ordered the complete lockdown of Safana Local Government Area of the state. Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), announced in a statement on Thursday in Katsina that the closure would take effect from April 25, at 7 a.m. Inuwa said that the lockdown followed […]
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Nigeria on Thursday announced 108 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total infections to 981. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, 78 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos, 14 in FCT, and 5 in Ogun state. The country’s total deaths from the virus now stand at 31 […]
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State Governors have agreed to ban movement between states for two weeks as part of efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. They took the decision at the sixth teleconference meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) which held on Wednesday. Kayode Fayemi, NGF chairman and governor of Ekiti state, said the action became necessary because […]
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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 91 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, bringing the total number number of infections to 873. According to the tweet, 74 of the fresh cases were reported in Lagos. 74 in Lagos5 in Katsina4 in Ogun2 in Delta2 in Edo1 in Kwara1 in Oyo1 in FCT1 […]
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There is a disaster currently unfolding in Kano with rising death rates particularly among the elderly that is not getting the National attention it deserves. 2. While some may explain this increasing death rates to the lack of medical care for the chronically ill due to the lockdown (which in any case is poorly observed […]
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Nigeria has confirmed 117 new cases of coronavirus, the biggest single increase in the number of the infection to be recorded since the virus makes its incursion into the country. According to the Nigeria Centre for Diesease Control, NCDC, 59 of the cases are in Lagos while 29 are in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. […]
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