Category: Updates

Nigeria discharges 13,447 patients and other #COVID-19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

July 13, 2020

Updates

The number of COVID-19 patients discharged in the country is now 13,447 following 344 new successfully treated cases. This is according to the new data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC had also recorded ...

The number of COVID-19 patients discharged in the country is now 13,447 following 344 ...

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NDDC MD says ₦1.5bn was used as welfare palliative and other #COVID-19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

July 10, 2020

Updates

The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei, has admitted that the commission spent ₦1.5 billion for staff as ‘COVID-19 relief funds’. He made this statement at the investigative hearing on the ₦40 billion corruption allegation ...

The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei, has admitted ...

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FG reverses resumption of schools, says no WAEC exam for now and other #COVID-19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

July 9, 2020

Updates

Nigeria’s federal government has reversed its earlier announcement on the resumption of schools. It also said no Nigerian school will participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations earlier scheduled for August 5 to September 5. This year’s examination, administered ...

Nigeria’s federal government has reversed its earlier announcement on the resumption of schools. It ...

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‘Don’t wait until bodies litter the streets’ and other #COVID-19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

July 8, 2020

Updates

President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Innocent Ujah, says Nigerians should not wait until bodies litter the streets before they obey COVID-19 guidelines. He said the gap in sensitisation is the reason some citizens think the disease is ...

President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Innocent Ujah, says Nigerians should not wait ...

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Mild protest as Lagos disengages frontline health workers and other #COVID-19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

July 7, 2020

Updates

Amid the rising cases of coronavirus across the country, more than 30 health workers attached to two of the Lagos isolation centres have been disengaged. The affected workers who were part of the first set of volunteers at the ...

Amid the rising cases of coronavirus across the country, more than 30 health workers ...

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Imminent health crisis in Ekiti and other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

July 6, 2020

Updates

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

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‘Ages 20-40 spreading the coronavirus’ and other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

July 3, 2020

Updates

The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, says young persons between the ages of 20 and 40 are accelerating the spread COVID-19. Speaking at the briefing of the presidential task force briefing on COVID-19 in ...

The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, says young persons ...

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Nigeria records new highest daily figure and other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

July 2, 2020

Updates

Nigeria Wednesday, recorded its new highest daily figure of confirmed COVID-19 cases, as 790 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). With the latest update, the total tally of infected people in the country rose ...

Nigeria Wednesday, recorded its new highest daily figure of confirmed COVID-19 cases, as 790 ...

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Ondo’s Akeredolu tests positive, fear grips commissioners and other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

July 1, 2020

Updates

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo Tuesday, tested positive for the coronavirus. The governor’s COVID-19 status, however, sent fears down the spines of commissioners, lawmakers and traditional rulers, who had contacts with the governor in the last one week. Akeredolu, however, ...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo Tuesday, tested positive for the coronavirus. The governor’s COVID-19 status, ...

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FG lifts ban on interstate travel, okays local flights and other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

June 30, 2020

Updates

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, approved the lifting of restrictions on interstate travel effective tomorrow. He also extended the second phase of the relaxed lockdown by four weeks beginning Tuesday, June 30, 2020 to midnight of Monday, July 27, 2020. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, approved the lifting of restrictions on interstate travel effective tomorrow. ...

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Hard truths about achieving social distancing in Lagos communities and other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

June 29, 2020

Updates

Nigeria has an estimated population of 200 million and while it continues to record hundreds of COVID-19 cases daily. Observers say these figures do not reflect the true situation, because the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is not ...

Nigeria has an estimated population of 200 million and while it continues to record ...

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Oyo gives breakdown of ₦2.7bn spent and other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

June 24, 2020

Updates

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

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‘No state in Nigeria is free’ and other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

June 23, 2020

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COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

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Nigeria’s cases hit 20,244 and other #COVID19 updates

Omoleye Omoruyi

June 22, 2020

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COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

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Nigeria records highest daily tally of 745 cases | See other #COVID19 updates

Omoleye Omoruyi

June 19, 2020

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COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

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In Ogun, more schoolgirls are getting pregnant | See other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

June 18, 2020

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COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

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Nigeria records significant spike and other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

June 17, 2020

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COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

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‘Doctors strike may cause loss of lives’ and other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

June 16, 2020

Updates

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

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87 % of Nigerian businesses say pandemic “impacted them negatively” and other #COVID19 updates across Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

June 15, 2020

Updates

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

COVID-19 updates across Nigeria - the news, the issues

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Nigeria’s Looming Food Crisis

beatcor

June 12, 2020

Enterprise

A food crisis looms in Nigeria. It’s time for the government and other institutions to intervene. The Coronavirus outbreak has sparked fears of a recession globally. With the steep drop in oil prices – which is also Nigeria’s major ...

A food crisis looms in Nigeria. It’s time for the government and other institutions ...

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