The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday confirmed that 11 (eleven) patients died as a result of COVID-19 related complications in the last 24 hours. NCDC disclosed this via its Twitter account, adding that 1,016 new infections of the virus were also recorded in the country. The NCDC said that the new infections […]
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The Borno State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, has released the names of the officers killed by Boko Haram ambush on Saturday. The State Commissioner of Police, Bello Makwashi listed the names of his dead personnel on Monday when Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum visited the Command Headquarters in Maiduguri, the state capital. “During the […]
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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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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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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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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 29 deaths and 195 confirmed cases of Lassa fever had been reported in 11 states of the federation. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, who disclosed this in a statement he signed on Saturday in Abuja, explained that the current figures were as at Friday, […]
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Moroccan emergency crews pulled 15 bodies from the mud after a rare summer downpour triggered a landslide that buried a minibus, authorities said Friday, providing the first official toll. The victims — eleven women, three men and one child — were found in the bus buried some 20 metres (more than 60 feet) under the […]
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The World Bank has said Nigeria will take over India as the world capital for deaths of children under the age of five by 2021. In its bi-annual economic update on Nigeria, the Bretton Woods institution, said Nigeria records the highest number of child malaria deaths anywhere in the world. The bank added that Nigeria […]
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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has listed the names of 34 of its members who were allegedly shot dead by soldiers between between October 27 and October 30. Members of the sect clashed with soldiers in Abuja last week. In a statement on Sunday, the group accused soldiers of murder, demanding an investigation into […]
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Two persons were confirmed dead and 16 others sustained varying degrees of injury when an 18-seater commuter bus crashed into an articulated vehicle in Anambra. The accident occurred at the Okija junction on the Onitsha-Owerri expressway. According to Mohammed Haruna, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, on Anambra, who confirmed the accident on Tuesday, it […]
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