The total number of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria, on Monday surpassed the 29, 000 mark as the country reported 575 new cases of the virus. This is according to the latest data released in a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). In the Monday night tweet, the NCDC explained that the new […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday released guidelines for conducting elections during Coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states slated for September and October 2020 respectively, the NCDC in a document published on Monday provided recommendations and actions that should be taken to reduce the risk of exposure to […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government, has announced that the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will take place between August 4 and September 5, 2020. Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba made this announcement during COVID-19 Presidential Task Force (PTF) daily briefing in Abuja. According to Nwajuiba, dates for NABTEB and NECO exams will be […]
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The Department of State Services, DSS, has said that it did not arrest the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. The Service’s Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, made this known in a statement on Monday. The statement reads: “The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to inform the public […]
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The family of Abiola Ajimobi, who died of complications of COVID-19 last week, has explained that it did not deliberately snub Rauf Olaniyan, the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, at the late politician’s Fidau prayer. Olaniyan was denied entry to the politician’s Oluyole residence in Ibadan, the state capital. He was said to have left […]
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A total of 544 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been confirmed in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed late Sunday. In a post on its Twitter handle, the centre said 199 of the cases were recorded in Lagos State, 65 in Ebonyi State, 47 in Oyo State, 46 in […]
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NIGERIA – The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has expressed doubt at the possibility of achieving physical distancing on flights without hurting the revenue of airlines. Hadi Sirika said this during a webinar attended by stakeholders in the aviation sector. The webiner focused on the status of the industry restart. Sirika was responding to a […]
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given President Muhammadu Buhari 14 days to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to urgently investigate allegations that over N300bn of public funds are missing, mismanaged, diverted or stolen, as documented in the 2017 […]
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Early morning downpour that occurred in Abeokuta metropolis on Saturday had created problem of flood for some residents and motorists in the city. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the heavy downpour had destroyed many property in the affected areas, especially houses at the back of Ogun River. Among the property destroyed were […]
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Nigeria, on Saturday, recorded 603 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, raising the nation’s total confirmed infections above the 28,000 mark. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in a late-night post via its verified Twitter handle on Saturday. It noted that the country now has 28,167 confirmed COVID-19 cases out of which 634 people […]
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