220 new cases of #COVID-19 recorded on May 2, 2020: 62-Lagos 52-FCT 31-Kaduna 13-Sokoto 10-Kebbi 9-Yobe 6-Borno 5-Edo 5-Bauchi 4-Gombe 4-Enugu 4-Oyo 3-Zamfara 2-Nasarawa 2-Osun 2-Ebonyi 2-Kwara 2-Kano 2-Plateau SUMMARY: 2,388 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 385 Deaths: 85
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A pregnant cashier with Access Bank, Ketu/Ikorodu branch in Lagos state, allegedly collapsed after she was handed her sack letter. The incident happened on Saturday. Access Bank, which formally acquired the defunct Diamond Bank last year, announced last week it planned to carry out mass retrenchment that could involve...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri In fact, history can not forget the month of April 2020 in Borno state when mysterious tragedy of multiple deaths struck the state in even almost one with the death of notable personalities, including high profile personalities like the former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ogun State Government has called on residents to embrace the use of vaccine to avoid preventable diseases that may arise as a result of negligence. According to a release on Saturday from the state’s Ministry of Information & Strategy, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker gave...
…To vigorously enforce partial lockdown regulations …Tells all workers resident outside the FCT to remain where they are for now The FCTA will enforce rigorously the guidelines regulating the easing of the lockdown in the FCT as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the...
Kano, Gombe, Borno the worst CRR Nigeria’s fatality rate is 3%, recovery rate 16.5% Three states in Nigeria, namely: Anambra, Enugu and Akwa Ibom, are front-runners in the recovery rates arising from the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, according to a report by Emergency Digest. The Case Fatality...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Chairman of the High Powered Response Team on Prevention and Control of the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Borno state, Alhaji Usman Umar , announced on Saturday that the response committee had so far recorded 11 deaths. Kadafur, who is also the State Deputy Governor...
The Nigerian Federal Government has announced that anyone found outside his or her home without a facemask will be prosecuted. This was disclosed in a document by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Friday, as part of the guidelines it released for the implementation of the phased...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Borno state Council, has disclosed that it will distribute 100, 000 face masks and sanitizes to protect workers and stem further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. NLC State Chairman, Comrade Bulama Abiso, disclosed this at the...
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has extended the state’s temporary lockdown relaxation, from Sunday to Monday, following appeal by residents for more time to restock their homes The governor had in a state broadcast on Thursday, announced relaxation of its total lockdown directive from April 30 to May 3,...
The management of the Kaduna Markets Development and Management Company (KMDMC), has released the list of locations of temporary neighbourhood markets in the state. Muhammad Bayero, the Managing Director of the Agency, in a statement on Friday in Kaduna, said the markets will become operational from Saturday, May 2....
Some development experts have proffered short and long term solutions for economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, recommending reduction in governance. They made the recommendations during a virtual session tagged ‘The Great Debate on COVID-19 Lockdowns: Assessing the economic implications’ organized by the South East Human Rights Group, a...
Enugu State government has directed a partial and gradual reopening of the Ogbete Main Market on May 4 following relaxation of the COVID-19 partial lockdown. A statement on Friday in Enugu by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Simon Ortuanya, said the decision was reached after a...
Residents of Ado-Ekiti In Ekiti appear to have complied totally with the order on compulsory use of face mask imposed by the state government. The compliance followed Governor Kayode Fayemi’s order of April 27, and the commencement of partial lockdown starting from Monday. The governor, in his speech, said...
For the second day running, the Borno State High Powered Response Team on Covid-19 have suspended its daily briefing to the media on its activities. Journalists and other stakeholders waiting for updates on the growing cases of Covid-19 in the state on Friday were disappointed when it was announced...
Tiff Macklem, Dean of the University of Toronto’s Business School, was appointed the governor of the Bank of Canada on Friday. At a press conference in Ottawa, Canadian Finance Minister, Bill Morneau, announced Macklem’s appointment, saying that Macklem brings a deep knowledge of and expertise in financial markets and...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday confirmed 238 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2,170. The NCDC also said that 10 new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing...