Tag: Coronavirus
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Nigeria hits over 9,000 Coronavirus infections
Nigeria’s Coronavirus infections have surpassed 9,000 with the addition of 387 new cases on Friday. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the nation now has 9,302 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, as the deadly virus continues to spread in the country. Lagos recorded a huge coronavirus infections, ramping up 254 new cases, while…
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The orphans of coronavirus – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. THE victims of the coronavirus, COVID-19, are not only those who contracted it. Not just those who lay helpless in hospitals, homes and isolation centres hoping to survive or waiting for death. They are not only the doctors and nurses, pharmacists and technologists, radiographers and medical workers who in a universal war…
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South Africa opens economy June under key regulations
South Africa will allow most economic sectors including mining and manufacturing to fully resume operations from next month as the country further eases coronavirus lockdown regulations, the government said on Thursday. Africa’s most industrialised economy has been largely shut since a nationwide lockdown began in late March. South Africa has reported 25,937 cases of the…
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The glorious beauty of Coronavirus in Nigeria – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu Coronavirus or COVID-19 arrived Nigeria beautifully dressed on February 27, 2020, courtesy of one unnamed Italian male. It came with all its perfections, the same way it visited other countries before arriving here, and the same manner it has gone to all other earthly villages after our dear country. The good news…
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Respite for Nigeria as daily new Covid-19 cases fall below 200
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Thursday confirmed 182 new cases of Coronavirus in the country, with Lagos ramping up huge figures. The total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases stand at 8,915. Of the 182 new cases, Lagos recorded 111 cases, which represented a drop from the 256 cases it raked in on…
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UPDATE: NDDC Director, Etang died of COVID-19, Commission shuts down operations
Amid the financial crisis rocking the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Ibanga Bassey Etang, Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Commission is dead. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Mr Etang, who was appointed on the 18 of December 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari into the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC died of…
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Lagos BRT: Operator speaks on when service will resume
The operator of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Primero Transport Services Ltd., says it will restore services on Friday, following talks with the Lagos State Government over withdrawal of its services. The BRT operator had withdrawn its services since Monday over losses due to COVID-19 new transport guidelines that mandated it to commute only…
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Kogi State rejects COVID-19 status
Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Haruna Audu has said the State has not recorded any case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contrary to the position of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Dr Audu made his position known in a statement on Thursday, saying “Kogi State till this very moment…
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Akeredolu approves reopening of worship centres in Ondo from Friday
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has ordered worship centres to resume activities from Friday (tomorrow). The religious activities, according to the governor, are to be guided and syndicated. Akeredolu said the religious activities were asked to resume after consultation with religious leaders and other relevant stakeholders. The Ondo Governor noted that if guided religious worship…
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COVID-19 free status: Cross River has low testing capacity, shortage of personnel – PTF
The Presidential Task Force Team on Wednesday has said the only state yet to record COVID-19 case in the country, Cross River, has low testing capacity. The team said this during a visit to the state. The team, which comprises experts from the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),…