Deputy Speaker of Gombe State House of Assembly, Siddi Buba, has tested positive for coronavirus, The DAILY VENDOR reports. Buba, who represents Kwami West in the state sixth assembly, assumed office after the impeachment of Haruna Adamu in 2019. The DAILY VENDOR gathered that the deputy speaker has joined other government officials on self-isolation. He
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The Anambra state government has launched a major crackdown on Covid-19 by developing a new screening tool to help in early detection of cases and guide decisions on testing and treatment. Commissioner of Health, Dr Vincent Okpala disclosed this during a one day training exercise for a group made up of 21 Local Government Transition
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The federal government has opened up on whether it will impose another lockdown or not. The Federal Government has said there is no plan to impose another lockdown, despite the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF), Boss Mustapha, stated this on Thursday, during the daily media briefing. Mustapha
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Mr Baba Tela, Deputy Governor of Bauchi State who tested positive to Coronavous has tested negative for the virus and discharged. The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Tela who tested positive for COVID-19 few days ago, has recovered from the disease. The Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Rilwanu Mohammed, disclosed
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Imo state has announced its first COVID19 death following the rise of the pandemic in the state. Imo state has recorded its first COVID-19 death, as the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria rises 13,873. The Chairman of the COVID-19 Taskforce in Imo state, Professor Maurice Iwu, confirmed yesterday that there has been one
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Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state on Wednesday disclosed that the state has recorded nine COVID-19 deaths. He said 53 others have tested positive for the virus out of the 230 results released from the 302 persons tested. The governor who gave the shocking revelation during a broadcast, said 72 other results were being awaited.
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Anambra state has recorded new 17 cases of coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced last night. The state, by the figure, now has a total of 46 cases of Covid-19. Acccording to NCDC, “Nigeria has recorded 663 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases now to 13,464. “Confirmed cases
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The Abia State government has announced that the state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has tested positive for COVID 19. This is following a second sample submitted by the state governor to the Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) laboratory for reconfirmation of it’s earlier result which returned negative on June 2. The second sample sent
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Anambra state has recorded 17 fresh Covid-19 cases out of the 389 new cases of the virus confirmed on Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. According to the report, with the new cases, Anambra now has a total of 29 confirmed cases of COVID-19 “Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says 389
Read moreDelta State has recorded it’s highest single-day spike in COVID 19 cases since the pandemic first hit the state. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) during it’s daily COVID 19 infection update confirmed that the country recorded a total of 241 new COVID 19 cases on Tuesday. The update by the NCDC showed that
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Wuhan doctor who worked with coronavirus whistleblower Li Wenliang died of the virus last week, state media reported Tuesday, becoming China’s first COVID-19 fatality in weeks. Hu Weifeng, a urologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, died on Friday after being treated for COVID-19 and allied issues for more than four months, state broadcaster CCTV said. He
Read moreThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that the country recorded 416 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, June 1. The centre made this announcement on it’s Twitter handle Monday night. NCDC said “416 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-192Edo-41Rivers-33Kaduna-30Kwara-23Nasarawa-18Borno-17FCT-14Oyo-10Katsina-7Abia-5Delta-5Adamawa-4Kano-4Imo-3Ondo-3Benue-2Bauchi-2Ogun-2Niger-1 10578 cases of #COVID19NigeriaDischarged: 3122Deaths: 299″
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Nigeria has recorded it’s highest single-day spike in COVID 19 cases since the pandemic first hit the country with a total of 553 new cases for Saturday. Lagos State also recorded it’s highest single-day cases with 378 new cases for Saturday. According to the daily COVID 19 update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the country has recorded another 387 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday. The new cases recorded for Friday bring the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 9302. According to NCDC “387 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-254FCT-29Jigawa-24Edo-22Oyo-15Rivers-14Kaduna-11Borno-6Kano-3Plateau-2Yobe-2Gombe-2Bauchi-2Ondo-1 9302 cases of #COVID19NigeriaDischarged: 2697Deaths: 261.”
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The Abia State Government has released pictures of Emmanuel Ononiwu who was declared wanted after he tested positive to COVID 19 and absconded from a holding center in Aba prior to being moved to isolation centre. The DAILY VENDOR learnt that Ononiwu is a generator mechanic, and uses a Mercedes Benz V-Boot, and previously used
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