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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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Thursday, extended the dusk-to-dawn curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for another 14 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obaseki, had on April 19, announced a 10-day dusk to dawn curfew to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The governor, announced the […]
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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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Leading African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) held its Annual General Meeting virtually by proxy on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 – a first in UBA’s seventy-one year history. The meeting, which had in attendance shareholders, management and staff members, together with representatives of relevant regulatory bodies, was held using an Online Meetings […]
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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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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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The presidential task force on COVID-19 has said bank branches in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory will be open to customers from Monday, May 4. The national coordinator of the task force, Sani Aliyu, said banking halls would be open to customers between 8am and 2pm. Sani said federal offices, food processing companies […]
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Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) have sustained their offensive against Boko Haram terrorists that are hibernating in different locations within the North East theatre of operation. The sustained offensive by the troops is yielding fruitful results as they have succeeded in dislodging and killing several of the insurgents. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. […]
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Lagos State Ministry of Health, on Wednesday announced via its Twitter handle that a total of 49 COVID-19 patients have been discharged in Lagos. According to the tweet, the patients included 28 females and 21 males, that were discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba and the isolation centre at Onikan. A total of 187 […]
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