COVID-19

Members of Federal Government’s Economic Advisory Council have gone into self-isolation having recently met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to Daily Trust, a member of the council, Professor…
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The federal government has announced plans to ban inter-state travel and possibly close down all motor parks as part of measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. This was disclosed Thursday afternoon in a Twitter post by the…
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Akwa Ibom State has become the latest state in Nigeria to close its borders in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The Secretary to State Government (SSG), Emmanuel Ekuwem in a statement on Thursday said salaries of state…
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Six patients being treated for the coronavirus have recovered and will soon be discharged by the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Lagos. Tunde Ajayi, special assistant to the Lagos state governor on health, disclosed this on Twitter on…
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Nigeria announced new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday night, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 51, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed. The NCDC via its twitter handle said, “On the 25th March…
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Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has pledged N50 million to a coronavirus relief fund for Nigerians. He announced this in a statement he issued on Wednesday. He said the donation is being made on his behalf by Priam Group to form…
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Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus. Clarence House confirmed that the 71-year-old heir to the throne was diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease in a statement released this morning. The royal displayed "mild symptoms" on…
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Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, says he has taken a test to know his COVID-19 status. Fayemi disclosed this in a tweet on Wednesday. The governor said though he has no symptoms, he took the test after coming in contact with…
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra Buhari-Indimi, has finally spoken about the coronavirus pandemic which is currently causing havoc in most countries, including Nigeria. Zahra’s posts which came hours after her father tested…
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Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, has tested positive for coronavirus. The governor had gone into self-isolation after shaking hands with a son of Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, who also tested positive for the virus.…
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