…The US government will also develop a web-based information system that will allow real-time surveillance of patient oxygen levels The United States government through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), donated $7.5 million worth of medical oxygen supplies to the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination. The support would also provide training
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President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the sacrifices of Muslims and Christians in abiding by the COVID-19 guidelines for the good of society. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He said that Buhari gave the commendation in his Sallah message to
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The Ministry of Health in Enugu has confirmed that the state has record a new case of COVID19. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Ikechukwu Obi, announced this in a statement on Wednesday, THE DAILY VENDOR reports. Obi said, “This confirmed case developed symptoms on Tuesday 21st April and reported to a frontline health
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China on Tuesday went on the offensive against international criticism over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, accusing US politicians of “barefaced lies”. The new virus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year before spreading across the world, and countries including the United States and Australia have called for an investigation
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed sixty-four (64) new cases of #COVID19. The latest development shoots the total number of COVID19 active cases in the country as at April 27 to 1337, THE DAILY VENDOR reports. The NCDC latest release showed that, of the 64 new cases, Lagos continued to record higher
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Kano state government has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the streamlined response aimed at combating the dreaded COVID19 pandemic in the state and the country at large. The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba said in a statement that Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has commended the drastic measures announced by the President, saying that
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The Anambra state government has ordered for the immediate re-opening of all the sixty three markets in the State on Monday, 4th of May, 2020. Governor Willie Obiano revealed this today, shortly after a closed-door meeting with market leaders in the state. According to the Governor, “markets will open only after they must have participated in
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The Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, said his administration is constantly taking preventive measures to control and contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic because it considers the state to be the worst hit. Engineer Sule made this know while receiving donations in support of the fight against the pandemic, by the Abuja Electricity
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The Governor of Kano State Abdullahi Ganduje, has accused the Presidential Task Force on COVID19 of neglecting the state in its current efforts against the pandemic. The Governor expressed his displeasures in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Monday. Ganduje said, “We are in a serious problem. I can tell you the situation is
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, The double crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic and the collapse in oil prices is taking a toll on African economies and the African energy industry. An unstable and precarious oil prices environment has resulted in substantial cuts in state budgets and public spending, in losses of contracts and hundreds of thousands of
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The Niger State Government has reiterated that the lockdown and other measures put in place by Government such as intra and interstate movement of people and vehicles remain banned, Public and Private Schools as well as Tertiary Institutions remain closed while social activities that involve more than twenty people stand prohibited. A statement issued by
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Worried by the rising cases of COVID19, particularly in Kano and Lagos, despite efforts to curb the spread of the virus, the Founder of the BUA Group, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, has announced a N3.3billion grant to the two states and the presidential task force. The donation is in addition to BUA’s earlier contributions to the
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Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 in the state. Masari made this known while briefing newsmen on Sunday in Katsina. “We sent samples of 287 suspected persons to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) for screening. “From the sample, nine tested positive for COVID-19. Four of the
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported another 87 new cases of #COVID19 on Saturday. According to the centre, 33 new cases were recorded in Lagos, while 18 were recorded in Borno, 12 in Osun, 9 in Katsina, 4 in Kano, 4 in Ekiti, 3 in Edo, 3 in Bauchi, 1 in Imo.
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Gov Seyi Makinde has directed state civil and public servants on grade level 13 and above to resume at their respective duty posts on Monday, April 27. Makinde gave the directive on Saturday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State COVID-19 Task Force meeting held at the Government House Agodi in Ibadan. He
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