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Nigeria records 407 deaths as Covid-19 cases near 16, 000
The COVID-19 caseload for Nigeria went up to 15,682 on Saturday, with 501 new cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC). Eight deaths were reported, increasing the fatalities to 407. Lagos recorded the highest number of infections with 195 cases, taking its gross total to 7,035. It was followed by FCT Abuja with…
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Obasanjo wades in on Adesina, urges AFDB to ignore undue pressure from US [Read OBJ’s letter]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the board of the African Development Bank to ignore calls for an independent investigation of Akinwumi Adesina by the US. Adesina, who is the president of the AfDB, was accused of favouritism and has been absolved of the allegations by the bank’s ethics committee. In a latter obtained by…
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BREAKING (COVID-19): FG to evacuate Nigerians abroad
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has directed all its missions abroad to compile a list of willing Nigerian nationals who wished to come back home. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed that this was a sequel to requests by Nigerians stranded abroad in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. She, however, said that…
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BREAKING: Nigeria records new Covid-19 cases in Lagos, Abuja
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 10 new cases of coronavirus. The agency broke the news in a tweet on Thursday evening. “Ten new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 7 in Lagos and 3 in the FCT. As at 08:00 pm 2nd April there are 184 confirmed cases of…
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JUST IN: Vaccine for Coronavirus treatment ready soon -Iwu
The drug for the treatment of the dreaded coronavirus will be ready soon if the testing of the vaccine is completed. The assurance was given by the Chairman of the Imo State Taskforce on COVID-19, Prof. Maurice Iwu in Owerri on Wednesday. The professor of Pharmacognosy from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), had presented…
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BREAKING: UBA splashes millions of dollars on Lagos, Abuja and 35 states
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) on Thursday announced a donation of over 5 billion Naira (USD14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. The donation will provide significant and much needed support to Nigeria and 19 other African countries, by supplying…
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Sad! Groom dies on wedding day in Jos
A groom-to-be, Mr Samuel Yarling, of Lamingo, Jos, has reportedly died on his wedding day leaving his bride-to-be and both families devastated. The wedding which was slated for March 21, at the ECWA Church Seminary, had sent two families into mourning after the sudden death of the groom. Late Yarling was set to marry his…
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BREAKING: Amid COVID-19 red alert, Abuja Doctors down tools
Amid COVID-19 red alert, members of Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (ARD-FCTA) have embarked on indefinite strike over non-payment of their salaries. The President of the FCT chapter of the association, Dr Roland Aigbovo, said at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja that the strike, which started on Monday, was to…
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FG targets budget cut as projected oil price heads for $20
Due to the volatility of oil prices at the international market, the Federal Government, has announced plans to cut its 2020 budget. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari, in December, signed a N10.59 trillion 2020 budget, on the assumption of oil production of 2.18 million barrels per day with an oil price benchmark of $57 per…