Tag: Coronavirus
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Nigeria has no money for food importation – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian farmers on the need to embark on massive productive agricultural activities this farming season as Nigeria has no money for food importation. The president gave the challenge shortly after observing this year’s Eid prayer alongside members of his family and few presidential aides at the presidential villa, Abuja, on…
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Government spends N1,500 per meal on COVID-19 patients in Bauchi – Official
Bauchi State Primary HealthCare Development Agency (PHCDA) says the State Government spends N1,500 per single meal for COVID-19 patients on admission in the State. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman of the agency, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi on Sunday. Mohammed, who is also the Chairman, contact tracing Committee…
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Coronavirus battle: China tells U.S. what to do
The U.S. should stop wasting time in its fight against the coronavirus and work with China to combat it, rather than spreading lies and attacking the country, the Chinese Government’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, said on Sunday. The Sino-U.S. ties have nosedived since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, with the administrations of President Donald…
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Woman infects 62-year-old mother-in-law with COVID-19 in Enugu
A woman in Enugu State has infected her 62-year-old mother-in-law with the dreadful Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu has said. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Dr. Ikechukwu, who made this known in a statement, giving an update on the 2 more COVID-19 confirmed positive cases in the State as announced…
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Over 700 recover from Covid-19 in Lagos
Forty-five more patients have recovered from coronavirus infection in Lagos and were discharged from the state’s isolation facilities on Saturday. This brings the total number of recoveries from COVID-19 to 707 in Lagos, an official said. The Lagos State Ministry of Health on its Twitter handle said the newly-recovered patients tested negative to the virus…
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Buhari calls for prayers against coronavirus pandemic
Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari has urged Muslims in the country to pray to ward off the coronavirus pandemic as they celebrate Eid-el-Fitri. Buhari, APC-Oyo North, urged Muslims to be more steadfast in their prayers to Almighty Allah who is capable of making everything possible. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, also urged the people not…
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Strange illness results in unexplainable deaths in Rivers State
An unexplainable number of deaths have been reported in Bonny kingdom of Rivers State, and according to sources, in the past two weeks alone, at the last count, 11 persons have been reported dead. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports this is coming after a dead whale washed ashore the beach of some communities in Bonny and reports…
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Eid-el-Fitr: Don’t lose faith, courage in God because of Coronavirus, Buhari tells Muslims
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Muslims across the country not to let their faith in God be dampened by the scourge of the global health crisis caused by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. President Buhari, in his message to the country in celebration of this year’s Eid-el-Fitr, regretted the fact that Muslims had suffered harsh…
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U.S. basketball legend Patrick Ewing tests positive for coronavirus, hospitalized
U.S. Basketball hall-of-famer Patrick Ewing announced on Friday that he has contracted the coronavirus and has been hospitalised. Ewing, who is now the head coach of Georgetown University basketball team shared his status on Twitter, along with a statement by the university. “I want to share that I have tested positive for COVID-19. This virus…
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State-by-state analysis as Nigeria records 10 COVID-19 deaths, 245 new infections in single day
There is no respite for Nigeria, as the nation ramps up 245 new Coronavirus infections on Friday, taking its overall total to 7,261. Lagos, the epicentre of the virus takes the lead again with 131 new cases, with Jigawa coming next with 16 fresh infections, in the figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease…