President Donald Trump of the United States has suspended funding of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for mismanaging the COVID-19 Pandemic. President Donald Trump told journalists on Tuesday that the organisation “failed in its basic duty”. “Today I am directing my administration to halt funding while a review is conducted to assess the World Health Organization’s […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued new advisory to guide Nigerians on the use of face masks to prevent themselves against new coronavirus (COVID-19). The Director-General (D-G) of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, issued the advisory on Tuesday in Abuja while giving an update on COVID-19. Ihekweazu said that NCDC recognised the need […]
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Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has declared a lockdown of the state over the increasing spread of the novel Coronavirus in the state. This was disclosed in a post on Twitter by Salihu Tanko Yakasai, Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, on Tuesday. Kano State currently has four confirmed Coronavirus cases. According to Yakasai, […]
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The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria is now 373. This is according to the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control who announced 11 new COVID-19 cases in Lagos State at 11PM on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. As at 11:00 pm 14th April there are 373 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 99 […]
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The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, has announced debt service relief for 25 poor countries. The MD in a statement, last night, in Washington, said that the debt relief was to enable the affected countries to better tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The countries were: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central […]
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NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, made his his second nationwide broadcast on the efforts by the Federal Government to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, extending the lockdown in Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE […]
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A 200-bed hotel owned by former first lady, Patience Jonathan, will be converted into a COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre. The hotel, is said to be worth about N2 billion and currently under interim forfeiture by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2018. The Nation reports that Patience struck the deal with First […]
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Lagos State Government has announced the discharge of six more COVID-19 patients from its isolation Centre after they were declared free of the virus. Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced this on this social media pages on Monday. According to the Governor, the discharged patients include one female and five males. With the discharge of the […]
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Edo state government has established mobile courts to prosecute violators of guidelines put in place to check the spread of coronavirus disease in the state. Offenders would be tried under the Edo State Dangerous Infectious Diseases (Emergency Prevention) Regulations 2020. Recall that Governor Obaseki had on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, signed the Quarantine Regulations, made […]
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday announced 13 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 318. 13 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta & 1 in Kano As at 9:30pm 11th April there are 318 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported […]
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