The inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, has urged state commissioners to monitor the conduct of police officers deployed to enforce the lock-down order. Recall that on Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a two-week lockdown of Abuja, Lagos and Ogun to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a statement on Thursday, the IGP directed […]
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There was drama online, as the verified Twitter handle of the ministry of finance, budget and national planning asked Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, for free ventilators publicly. The ministry made the plea in response to Musk’s tweet announcing that his company had free ventilators for hospitals within Tesla delivery regions. “We have extra FDA-approved ventilators. […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 23 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total cases in Nigeria to 174. In a tweet via its handle on Wednesday evening, the agency gave a breakdown as nine in Lagos, seven in the federal capital territory (FCT), five in Akwa Ibom, one in Kaduna and […]
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The worldwide number of officially confirmed fatalities from the novel coronavirus has risen to 41,072, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official sources as of 1900 GMT on Tuesday. More than 828,240 declared cases have been registered in 186 countries and territories since the pandemic broke out in China in December. Of these […]
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The number of deaths in the United States from coronavirus has surpassed those reported by China, where the pandemic began in December, according to a toll published on Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University. There have been 3,415 deaths in the US from the virus, the Baltimore-based university said, more than the 3,309 reported officially in […]
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says there will be a 3-month delay in the implementation of any electricity tariff. Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Mamman said that the delay in the implementation of the tarrif was one of several critical actions that the […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says it has identified over 11 million poor Nigerians that will benefit from the palliatives to cushion the harsh effects of COVID-19. Schools, markets and shops have been shut down as a result of the pandemic which has put most of the world on lockdown. Speaking during the briefing by […]
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The Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has reduced the pump price of petrol from the current price of N125 to N123.50 per litre. This comes about a fortnight after the agency reduced the pump price to N125 from N145. The reduction is based on the reduced landing cost of petrol into Nigeria which […]
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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday evening confirmed four new cases of coronavirus in the country. The agency broke the news in a tweet on Tuesday night. The country now has 139 confirmed cases of the disease. “Four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 3 in the FCT and […]
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Some 4, 218 medical personnel drawn from private, state and federal government medical centres, have been recruited for training as part of efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus in Edo state. The state deputy governor and chairman, Edo State Response Committee on COVID-19, Comrade Philip Shaibu, disclosed this on Monday in Benin, while giving […]
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