Health
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Coalition against COVID-19 donates Isolation Centre, medical equipment to Bayelsa Govt
The Bayelsa government on Saturday received a 48 bed Isolation Centre to boost the total capacity at the state owned…
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Nigeria records 627 new COVID-19 cases, another high for 2 consecutive days – NCDC
By Abujah Racheal Abuja, June 12, 2020 Nigeria records 627 new COVID-19 cases, another high for two consecutive days, the…
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Petroleum Industry Intervention on COVID-19 earmarks 53% of funding to construction of medical infrastructure … Commences building of facilities in three states
Of the N21billion ($58million) pledged in kind as medical intervention by the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry to combat…
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COVID 19: Should churches, mosques reopen now? By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Max Romeo sang “The more you look the less you see/The less you look the…
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‘There’s an epidemic of male entitlement to female bodies’ – Adichie
By Harrison Arubu New York, June 10, 2020 Acclaimed Nigerian writer and feminist, Chimamanda Adichie, says there is a “global…
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COVID-19: Contact tracing of active cases still in full gear in Imo – Iwu
By Ikechukwu Iweajunwa Owerri, June 10, 2020 The Chairman, Imo COVID-19 Task Force, Prof. Maurice Iwu says contact tracing of…
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COVID-19: Obi calls for prayers •Extends palliatives to churches
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged churches in…
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President Nkurunziza’s death: Burundi, Africa have lost a true patriot — Buhari
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, June 9, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza…
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Rivers: Senate wades into mysterious deaths on Bonny Island
The Senate has mandated its Committee on Health (Primary and Communicable Disease) to meet with the Nigeria Centre for Disease…
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Rivers reviews guideline on religious church worship
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reviewed the restriction on the number of worshippers during church services from 50…
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Gombe Covid-19 taskforce goes bankrupt as community spread increases; 63 cases recorded in four days; 3 commissioners, 1 special adviser, 5 legislators affected
William Attah, Gombe Chairman of the Gombe State Taskforce on Covid-19, Professor Idris Mohammed has sent a save-our-soul (SOS) message…
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Senator Stella Oduah alleviates trauma of flood ravaged residents of Bida Road, Onitsha, others
Senator representing Anambra North District in the National Assembly, Senator Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah has put smiles on the faces…
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Is Nigeria Ready to Leave Lockdown? By Professor Benjamin Uzochukwu
As sub-Saharan Africa grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout, policymakers in Nigeria—Africa’s largest economy and home to…
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COVID-19: Abia Gov., Ikpeazu tests positive as Nigeria records 260 new cases, total infections now 12, 486
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has tested positive for coronavirus, just as the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Sunday…
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Pope in Sunday address: Stay vigilant about COVID-19
Rome, June 7, 2020 Pope Francis on Sunday said people should not let down their guard and assume that they…
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Imo Task Force hails churches’ compliance with COVID-19 guidelines
By Chidi Opara Owerri, July 7, 2020 The Imo COVID-19 Task Force, on Sunday, expressed satisfaction with level of compliance…
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COVID-19: Fidelity Bank donates N10m to Kano govt
By Muhammad Nur Tijani Kano, June 5, 2020 The management of Fidelity Bank Plc has donated N10 million to Kano…
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SERAP drags Buhari, NASS to UN over cuts in health, UBE budgets, N27bn for renovation
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to three UN special rapporteurs urging them to…
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Rivers may demolish markets for flouting COVID-19 directives, says Commissioner
By Desmond Ejibas Port Harcourt, June 3, 2020 The Rivers Government warned on Wednesday that some markets in the state…
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NDDC: Our late Executive Director, Etang, tested positive to COVID-19
The Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has confirmed that the Executive Director of the agency, Elder Ibanga…
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COVID-19: Nigeria records 416 new cases, total infections hit 10,578
By Abujah Racheal Abuja, June 2, 2020 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 416 new…
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COVID-19: PTF lifts ban on religious gathering, shortens curfew
By Abujah Racheal Abuja, June 1, 2020 Mr Boss Mustapha, the chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19, has said…
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Chinese Doctors: ADC demands health minister’s apology for “misinforming” Nigerians
By Adekunle Williams Lagos, May 31, 2020 The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has asked the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie…
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President Buhari receives 4th Interim Report on COVID-19 from PTF
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, May 31, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday received the fourth reports of the Presidential Task…
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Nigeria records 307 new cases, total now 10,162
By Abujah Racheal Abuja, May 31, 2020 Nigeria on Sunday recorded 307 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to…
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