IMO, Owerri The Imo State government has confirmed another new case of COVID 19 in the state. The Imo state Commissioner for Health, Dr Mrs, Damaris Osunkwo who revealed this to THE DAILY VENDOR on Monday in Owerri while giving update on the COVID 19 pandemic in the State said there is a newly confirmed
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has arrested a total of 396 vehicles conveying over 2,422 passengers in the general operation area of its 12 Zonal Commands across the country, for indiscriminate violation of Presidential directives on physical distancing in vehicles. The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, who made the disclosure, said the highest
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A humanitarian group under the aegis of Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders’ Foundation has raised greater concern over the current increasing rate of coronavirus cases in the country and thereby issued an ultimatum to Southeast governors to as a matter of urgent public importance set up Covid-19 test centres in the zone to
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The South East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association has called on the Commissioner of Police, Anambra State to arrest security operatives at the state’s borders who are bent on receiving bribes and allowing human and vehicular movements. They made the call in a letter of commendation to the state’s governor, Chief Willie Obiano, signed by the
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that a total of 248 new cases of COVID 19 was recorded in the country on Sunday. This brings the total number of cases recorded in the country to 4399. According to an update by the NCDC on Sunday, the country also recorded 15 COVID 19
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The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Sunday monitored the demolition of two hotels, Prudent Hotel at Alode in Eleme and Etemeteh Hotel, Onne for violating the state’s COVID 19 lockdown order. Simeon Nwakaudu, a Special Assistant to the Governor onElectronic Media while confirming the incident in a statement said it was in line
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The Ethiopian Airlines aircraft conveying about 170 Nigerian evacuees from the United States has landed safely at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. THE DAILY VENDOR gathered that the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft touched down in Abuja at about 12:10pm on Sunday, May 10. THE DAILY VENDOR reported earlier that Nigerians stranded in the
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Sunday set out the next stage of his plan to tackle COVID 19, but with the highest toll in Europe and deaths still rising, few changes are expected to a nationwide lockdown. In a televised address to the nation at 7:00 pm (1800 GMT), Johnson is expected to
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that the country has recorded a total of 239 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, May 9. In the daily update announced by the centre on twitter, the country recorded a total of eleven deaths for same date. The latest development brings the total
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As the Abia State government gears up to restart economic activities in the state on Monday, May 11, the state’s Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu has advised citizens and residents of the state to as a matter of life and death adhere strictly to all COVID 19 safety measures and directives laid down
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Benin on Saturday was conducting mass coronavirus testing of teachers ahead of the reopening of schools as part of a plan to loosen measures against the pandemic. The West African nation of 11 million is set to end six weeks of travel restrictions to key cities and allow some students back to classrooms from Monday.
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Nigeria has once again recorded a higher single-day spike in COVID 19 cases. With 386 new cases on Friday, May 8. According to the breakdown released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control late Friday night, the country recorded a total of 386 new cases, with Lagos State accounting for 176 of the number, and
Read moreLess than one week after the federal government ordered total lockdown in some states was eased, Nigeria has recorded an alarming 381 new cases within 24 hours, with Lagos State doubling it’s usual single-day toll. This is according to the daily infection toll update published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). THE DAILY
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The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday, said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. The NMA Chairman, Dr Sanusi Bala, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that one of the confirmed cases has died. Bala explained that many of the
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The Oyo State Government on Wednesday disclosed that two COVID 19 patients have fled the isolation centre where they are being treated for the disease. Governor Seyi Makinde tweeted in his Twitter handle “Of the 33 active cases being managed by the state, two have absconded, possibly to their permanent places of residence. This brings
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