The Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, had on Wednesday, faulted the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill as the House of Representatives kick starts the long-awaited public hearing on the controversial legislation. Chairman of the NGF, Kayode Fayemi who is also the governor of Ekiti State , who represented his colleagues, stated that: “The Act gives governors […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) has confirmed additional 409 new cases of the novel Coronavirus infection in the country. The NCDC made this announcement via its verified twitter handle on Wednesday. According to the NCDC the reported cases are, Lagos-201 FCT- 85 Delta- 22 Edo- 16 Nasarawa- 14 Borno- 14 Kaduna- 14 Bauchi-10 […]
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has said it embarked on measures that will ensure safe and efficient operations post COVID-19 restrictions on socio-economic activities in the country. The NYSC Director, of Press and Public Relations, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement quoted the Director-General of the […]
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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has killed about 407,914 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT on Tuesday. At least 7,169,550 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 3,148,200 are now considered recovered. […]
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Stoke City football club of England has confirmed that its manager, Michael O’Neill, has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). City said that O’Neill tested positive for coronavirus following the latest round of testing on Monday. The Potters made this known in a statement on its official website on Tuesday night. “Stoke City can confirm […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) has confirmed 663 new Coronavirus cases in Nigeria. The NCDC confirmed this via its verified twitter handle on Tuesday. According to the NCDC the cases are, Lagos-170 Ogun-108 Bauchi-69 Ebonyi-49 Edo-33 Rivers-30 FCT-26 Jigawa-26 Delta-20 Anambra-17 Gombe-16 Kano-16 Imo-15 Abia-14 Borno-11 Oyo-11 Plateau-8 Kebbi-6 Kaduna-6 Ondo-4 Niger-2 Katsina-2 […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said that the country might just be starting to experience the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of the NCDC, stated this while speaking at the House of Representatives on Monday, when members of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) appeared before a joint committee of the […]
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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said the country may just be starting to experience the coronavirus pandemic. The PTF said Nigerians are avoiding being tested; a situation that is said to be responsible for the low testing ratio to the population. This was made known at the House of Representatives on Monday […]
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The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) chapter, on Monday urged the Federal Government to pay their allowances to avoid industrial action. Dr Lanre Olosunde, the branch President of ARD, in statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin warned that the strike would commence on […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed additional 315 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified twitter handle on Monday. According to the NCDC the cases are, Lagos- 128 FCT-34 Rivers- 32 LEdo- 28 Oyo- 22 Kaduna- 20 Gombe- 13 Ogun- 8 Plateau- 5 Delta- 7 Kwara- 7 […]
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