Tag: NCDC
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Coronavirus scare: NCDC abandons old office, relocates to new headquarters
The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has resumed after temporary shut down of the commission’s corporate headquarters following coronavirus scare. The committee, however, relocated from the old 167 Aba Road office of the commission to the new permanent corporate headquarters of the NDDC. The Acting Managing Director of NDDC,…
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COVID-19: Buhari challenges scientists on solutions as humanity, Nigeria’s democracy under threat
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian scientists and researchers to come up with solutions to cure COVID-19 as humanity and democracy is under threat of the pandemic. The president gave the challenge in a nationwide broadcast to commemorate 2020 Democracy Day in Abuja on Friday. He, however, expressed optimism that Nigeria would survive the pandemic…
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Rivers State: Reason why people are dying in Bonny
Finally, the mystery behind the unexplainable number of deaths reported in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State has been unravelled. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalled that Awoiyeala Samuel Allison, President of the Bonny Graduates Forum had raised alarm to the unpalatable incident in May. Since then, suspecting Coronavirus disease, officials of the State Ministry of Health…
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Bayelsa records 9 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed number 21
The Bayelsa State Committee on COVID-19 has recorded nine confirmed case among the 307 cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, bringing the number of case in the State to 21. The Co-chairman of the Bayelsa State Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Nathaniel Inodu, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Yenogoa.…
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287 dead as Nigeria’s coronavirus cases surpass 10,000
Coronavirus cases in Nigeria surpassed 10,000 on Sunday, with 307 new cases announced. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC gave the nation’s caseload as 10,162. There was no surprise in Sunday night announcement. Lagos remains the most affected state, with 188 new cases. The new figure is smaller than the 378 recorded on Saturday.…
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COVID-19: NCDC raises alarm as test kits flood black markets
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said that COVID-19 diagnostic test kits are being sold in “black markets”. Ihekweazu stated this while speaking at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday. He warned Nigerians desperate to test for Coronavirus to be careful. “There is a growing…
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Mysterious Deaths on Bonny Island: Reps ask FG to immediately intervene to halt ugly trend
…urge NEMA to urgently provide relief materials to residents …demand establishment of FMC By Emman Ovuakporie Disturbed by mysterious deaths of fishes and 13 Nigerians on Bonny Island in Rivers State, the House of Representatives on Thursday moved that the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) to immediately brief the Joint Committee of the House…
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BREAKING: Delta State records 8 new COVID-19 cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday confirmed 8 new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases for Delta State, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the State to 39. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the development means there are now 21 active cases of COVID-19 in the State, after 12 cases have been discharged…