Boss Mustapha, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, has disclosed that Nigeria did not pay to get Madagasca’s COVID Organics, its herbal remedy for coronavirus. He made this statement while speaking at the Presidential Task Force Briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the […]
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Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, an elder statesman, has disclosed that his reason for not being in support any of President Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential ambitions was borne out of his long-held conviction that Buhari lacks the ability to fix Nigeria’s problems. According to the him the past five years of Buhari administration has proven him correct. Yakasai made […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, the NCDC has recorded 226 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria. The NCDC announced this via its verified twitter handle on Tuesday. The breakdown of the cases are, 131-Lagos 25-Ogun 15-Plateau 11-Edo 7-Kaduna 6-Oyo 5-FCT 5-Adamawa 4-Jigawa 4-Ebonyi 4-Borno 3-Nasarawa 2-Bauchi 2-Gombe 1-Enugu 1-Bayelsa. As at Tuesday 19th May […]
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Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health in Nigeria, has told Nigerians to prepare for the worst, even as the Federal Government is working to contain the spread of the COVID-19 disease. He said this while while speaking on Tuesday, during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Ehanire also urged health […]
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A 22-year-old patient of COVID-19 has given birth to twins at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). The hospital made this known in a statement issued via its Twitter on Tuesday. According to the statement, the patient was delivered of a boy and a girl by a team doctors, anesthetists, and nurses. The statement read: […]
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About 183 million people in 47 countries, including North Korea, are facing the possibility of severe food insecurity as border closures and disruptions in global supply chains have restricted their access to farming products, a UN food agency said. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) also estimated in a report that around US$350 million will […]
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At least four people have been confirmed dead and another 24 injured as an earthquake shook southwestern China, local authorities said Tuesday. The shallow quake in Qiaojia county struck late Monday evening, the Yunnan government said on its social media account. Video clips on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo showed shoppers taking cover in a store […]
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The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has urged Muslims in the country to look out for the new Islamic moon of Shawwal from Friday May 22. NSCIA said this in a statement by its Deputy Secretary General, Prof. Salisu Shehu, on Monday in Abuja. Shehu also felicitated with Nigerian Muslims for observing the […]
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The COVID-19 crisis in Oyo seem to be worsening as nineteen more members of staff of the same company in Ibadan South-West local government area are the latest cases in Oyo state. Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, confirmed this in a statement issued just after midnight on Monday. Recall that on Saturday, the results for […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, the NCDC has confirmed 216 new coronavirus cases in Nigeria. The NCDC via its official twitter handle on Monday made this known. The breakdown of the coronavirus cases on Monday are, 74-Lagos 33-Katsina 19-Oyo 17-Kano 13-Edo 10-Zamfara 8-Ogun 8-Gombe 8-Borno 7-Bauchi 7-Kwara 4-FCT 3-Kaduna 3-Enugu 2-Rivers. With this the […]
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