Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday announced 170 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the country’s total infections to 2,558 The NCDC in a tweet on Sunday, said of the new infections, 39 are in Lagos, 29 from Kano, 24 in Ogun and 18 from Bauchi. The FCT and Sokoto had […]
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Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, has reversed his stance seeking a relaxation of the lockdown imposed by the Federal Government to curb the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the state. Recall that the governor had appealed to the Federal Government to ease the lockdown imposed on the state, citing economic hardship and the need […]
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NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Air Vice-Marshal Muhammadu Alhaji Muhammed as the New Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA). Muhammed’s appointment was announced in a statement Willie Bassey, the Director of Information in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in a […]
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There is an painful story of a Nigerian lady reportedly trafficked to Oman, who is pleading for help to bring her back to the country. The lady, Oluwatosin Itunuoluwa Adetulu, as seen on her passport, said in a video that her agent had promised to get her a job in the United States but she […]
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The Federal Republic of Nigeria has recorded 220 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total infections to 2,388. According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday, of the new infections, 62 are in Lagos, 52 from the FCT, 31 in Kaduna and 13 from Sokoto. The […]
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The director-general of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu says Nigeria and the rest of the world would not return to normalcy until next year — “at the very least”. Ihekweazu spoke at the 24th edition of The Platform, hosted by Poju Oyemade’s Covenant Nation, where he said the short term pains are […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has again assured that his administration will ensure that no employer would retrench or lay off workers due to effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) without going through due process of social dialogue. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said Buhari gave the assurance in a message […]
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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 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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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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