As Yobe sets Up Mobile Courts The Borno task force on COVID19 says at least 104 persons had contact with the index case in the state. And neighbouring Yobe State sets up Mobile courts at all the state borders to try offenders who violate the state border closure order. Borno recorded its first case of the
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Nigeria recorded the highest number of COVID19 Cases in the country on Thursday with a total of 117 new cases. THE DAILY VENDOR reports the breakdown as follows: 59 in Lagos29 in FCT14 in Kano6 in Borno4 in Katsina3 in Ogun1 in Rivers1 in Bauchi As at 11:25 pm 21st April there are 782 confirmed
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The Police and some medical personnel at Osun/Oyo border on Sunday evening reportedly intercepted a car, said to have conveyed a sick man, who eventually died while being checked. According to a report, the vehicle was stopped at Odo Oba, Iwo, an entry point to Osun from Oyo State while attempting to enter Osun State.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the death of a 45-year-old Nigerian man who returned from India following COVID19-related complications in Lagos State. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known on his Twitter handle on Tuesday, THE DAILY VENDOR reports. Abayomi said, “No new case of
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The Abia State government has announced that the state has recorded two cases of coronavirus on Monday, The commissioner for information in the state, Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, revealed this in a statement. Kalu says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the cases. THE DAILY VENDOR gathered that the test result of one Prosper
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ACCRA, Ghana, Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany together with H.E. REBECCA AKUFO-ADDO, The First Lady of Ghana and her Foundation presented boxes of relief items to more than 1000 persons living with disabilities, people living with HIV/ AIDS and casual and daily workers with special focus on women who are most affected by
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LAGOS, Nigeria, Â The Private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has ordered for 250,000 supplies for tests and another 150,000 extraction kits to fast-track molecular testing for the deadly coronavirus, noting that the reality of the situation at hand was such that efforts must be put together with no stone left unturned in dealing with
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, A network of African purpose-led Shared Value companies and leaders will participate in the continent’s first ever virtual Shared Value Leadership event from 2-5 June 2020. Digital conversations will focus on challenges faced by business in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in particular how business has had to adapt and the
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Report from Kano State indicates that the state’s government has embarked on a deportation exercise targeted at flushing-out non-indigenes Almajiris from the state. This new development came as the number of confirmed COVID19 cases reached 36 in the state which is regarded as one of the densely populated states in the country. THE DAILY VENDOR
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced an alarming seventy new cases of #COVID19 within 24 hours in Lagos State alone. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that the latest breakdown of cases released Sunday night by NCDC showed that the country between 10:55pm Saturday 18th April and 11:50pm Sunday 19th April recorded eighty-six new
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced an alarming eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 in the country. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that Lagos has continued to record the highest number of cases, as it accounts for 70 cases in the latest number of infected persons released at about 11:50pm Sunday. While the FCT accounts
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The Delta State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association has warned its members and other health workers not to go near any COVID-19 patients without appropriate Personal Protective Equipment. The association said doctors and healthcare workers need to be adequately protected to save lives. Dr Ekeneam Omo, who is the state Chairman of NMA, while
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The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has announced that a medical doctor at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, has tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19). Makinde revealed this on his verified Twitter handle late Saturday night. “The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case; a doctor at the University College Hospital Ibadan came back POSITIVE
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that forty-nine new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 23 in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, 1 in Oyo, 1 in Ekiti. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that the centre said in a tweet, “as at 10:40 pm 18th April
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