The Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has ordered for the re-opening of church services in the state. Governor Obiano stated this during a statewide broadcast stressing that worshipers must wear face masks and enforce all WHO guidelines during worship, including, regular hand washing, avoiding handshakes, application of hand sanitizers, social distancing and others. The
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Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has on Saturday morning, thanked the people of Borno for high level of compliance with the lockdown order he gave. Zulum said he will recommend the relaxation of the statewide lockdown on Monday and Thursday to enable residents shop for food stuff and to reduce the hardships they face under the
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The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) said health care workers in the country are now endangered species as the fight against the COVID19 enters a new curve of over a thousand patients in Nigeria. It therefore appeals to Nigerians to help save lives of health care professionals who are now at the receiving end. In a statement
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In Spain, one of the hardest-hit countries in the pandemic, the coronavirus spread quickly and widely without being detected, especially among the elderly, experts told AFP. While they stressed it was too early to carry out a detailed analysis, the experts pointed to the country’s sociable lifestyle and close ties between young and older family
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A youth group, ‘National Youth Response Group’ has frowned at what it calls a blatant disregard for the lives of Nigerians. This was shared in a statement released by its South-South Coordinator, Comrade Preye Thomson. The group in a statement sent to THE DAILY VENDOR alleged that the Nigerian Oil AGIP Company Limited, a multinational
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The Nigeria Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire had Thursday announced that more than 40 health workers, including doctors in the country have tested positive for coronavirus. He said it had become critically important for health workers to maintain a high index of suspicion and protect themselves adequately with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the
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The Medical Guild says three of its members at Alimosho General Hospital and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, had tested positive for COVID-19. Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo and Dr Ismail Ajibowo, Chairman and Secretary of the guild respectively, made this known on Thursday in Lagos on the Instagram account of the guild. Medical Guild
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Unarmed Madagascar soldiers went door-to-door in the capital Antananarivo, doling out sachets of a local herbal tea touted by President Andry Rajoelina as a powerful remedy against the novel coronavirus. Baptised COVID-Organics, the tonic is derived from artemisia — a plant with proven efficacy in treating malaria — as well as other indigenous herbs. It
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OGOJA, Nigeria, The Africa Now Foundation is pleased to support hundreds of Cameroonian household refugees in Nigeria with personal protective items and basic palliatives to cushion the excruciating impacts of the lockdown in the country. Over the last three years, the Africa Now Foundation has demonstrated consistency is supporting the Cameroonian refugees in Ogoja, through
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More than four private owned broadcast stations in Northern Nigeria may be closed down due to the economic crunch occasioned by COVID19 According to a release signed by Dr Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan Chairman Executive Council Northern Broadcasting Association, this is becoming eminent if urgent measures are not taken to forestall it. According to him they are
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By: Kelechi Deca Abuja, Nigeria, The Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (NNRC) is a not-for-profit policy institute committed to supporting Nigeria’s effective management of her natural resources for public good. As the covid-19 health crisis persists, attempts to curb the spread of the disease continue to significantly affect global revenues and resources. The universal measures of
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced yet another 91 new cases of #COVID19 in the country, coming barely 24 hours after the country recorded 117 new cases. THE DAILY VENDOR gathered that of the new 91 cases, Lagos again took the lead by accounting for 74 cases, while Katsina recorded 5, Ogun
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Governors of the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to mitigate the spread of the pandemic COVID19 virus from State to State. The governors, operating under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), reached the agreement
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The Kebbi State Government has facilitated the release of 111 inmates of correctional centres as part of Federal Government’s process to protect inmates from contracting COVID-19 across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the order for their release was contained in a statement by Malam Yahaya Sarki, the Special Adviser to
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The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has solicited for a Federal Government financial support, following the continued upsurge of COVID19 positive cases in the state. Kano has witnessed a steady upsurge of positive cases COVID19 pandemic, with the latest figure standing at 73, according to the report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease
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