Tag: Coronavirus
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Gombe state overtakes Lagos on coronavirus daily updates as Nigeria exceeds 16,000
Gombe state pushed Lagos aside Sunday on the updates of the daily coronavirus cases, posting 73 cases overnight. Lagos was not far behind with 68 cases, as the NCDC announced 403 new cases for Nigeria. The new figure took Nigeria’s caseload to 16,085. Thirteen people died in the last 24 hours. The national death toll…
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A Post COVID-19 Wager – Chidi Amuta
For most of the world, a return to some normalcy is an inevitable logic as coping with the coronavirus becomes part of a new normal. Throngs of people in face masks on the streets, public parks, markets and airports will no longer evoke consternation or surprise. National economies just have to reopen in the knowledge…
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I’ve lost close staff, family, friends to coronavirus – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he has lost a couple of close people to the ravaging coronavirus [COVID-19] pandemic. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the president lost his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari to complications from the virus in April. Other close family members back in his hometown Daura, Katsina State also died from the…
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Lagos accounts for half of new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as toll hits 14,554
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has just announced that the record for the COVID-19 in Nigeria has risen to 14,554. 681 new cases were recorded on Thursday. The centre made this known via its Twitter handle. The new cases per states are listed below: new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-345 Rivers-51 Ogun-48 Gombe-47 Oyo-36 Imo-31…
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EU countries move to further reopen borders
Some European Union member states have announced new steps to reopen their borders with the improvement of the COVID-19 situation inside their countries. German Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer, announced on Wednesday that Germany would on Monday lift border controls, which have been implemented for three months since the coronavirus outbreak. Controls along Germany’s land borders…
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Tears in Bauchi as Coronavirus kills frontline medical expert
A frontline medical doctor, Dr Bello Katagum who worked with the Bauchi state government on COVID-19, has died of the virus. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, the Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA) disclosed on Wednesday during the State COVID-19 update. “Dr Bello Katagun, a frontline medical doctor managing the dreaded COVID-19 in the…
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I’m not dead, says Pastor Chris Okotie
Pastor Chris Okotie, the Founder and Senior pastor of Household of God has denied rumours that he died yesterday in his Lagos home. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Pastor Ladi Ayodeji quotes Pastor Chris to have said, he is alive, hale and hearty. Pastor Ayodeji, media manager to Pastor Chris described the rumour as sad. According him,…
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Wike clarifies N10 million burial fine, releases new guidelines for religious activities
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reviewed the restriction on the number of worshippers during church services from 50 to 70 persons in the state. According to Governor Wike, modalities were also being worked out for the number of Muslims that will participate in Friday prayers. These were part of resolutions reached at a…