Nigerian security agents enforcing the Coronavirus lockdown in Nigeria have killed more citizens in the last two weeks than the deadly virus, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said. While the disease has so far killed 11 persons in Nigeria, according to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), security operatives have caused the death of 18 …
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Nigeria’s minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said the country does not have the capacity and resources to absorb Nigerians abroad who want to come home immediately due to the crisis caused globally by the coronavirus pamdemic. The minister disclosed this on Tuesday during “Channels TV Politics Today show” while speaking on the alleged ill-treatment of Nigerian citizens in …
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To focus on urban poorFood distribution to be handled by states The Federal Government has said that people with over N5, 000 in their bank account will not benefit from the palliatives to cushion the effect of the lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government also said that it will be using the mobile networks, to know …
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Stella Obasanjo Hospital Isolation Center (SOHIC) has commenced treatment for the first coronavirus (COVID-19) patient at the facility, Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, revealed on Tuesday. He noted that the patient was responding well to treatment. The commissioner, who spoke to journalists in Benin City, said the state has recorded 14 confirmed cases of COVID-19, while contact tracing …
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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday, said the current window of relaxation of the lockdown in the state from 7.00 am to 2.00 pm would be suspended Friday. The Governor also said the state would soon commence strict enforcement of wearing of face masks in the public, claiming it had shown to help flatten the spread of the coronavirus. …
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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has approved the release of 72 convicts from the Kaduna and Kafanchan Correctional Centres as part of government’s efforts to check the spread of COVID-19. The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Aisha Dikko, who announced the release of the inmates on Tuesday, said 69 of the convicts were released in Kaduna, while …
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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria rose to 362 on Tuesday as 19 new cases were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The public health agency in a tweet said the new cases were reported in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and four states: Lagos, Kano, Akwa Ibom and Edo. A breakdown of new cases shows that …
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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi Tuesday announced the death of a 56-year-old Nigerian returnee following complications from COVID-19 in the state. The death of the patient brings the number of COVID-19-related deaths in Lagos to six. Abayomi who announced this on his twitter handle- @ProfAkinAbayomi said the male patient who died yesterday (Monday) recently returned to …
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has signed the COVID-19 Regulations Number 2 of 2020. The new Regulations, which is pursuant to the ones signed on March 30, gave legal backing to the extension of restriction on movement in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State, as well as the exemptions included in his live broadcast of Monday, April 13, 2020. Following his …
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Local Government Areas (LGAs) and religious groups in Edo State, on Monday began the distribution of relief materials, provided by the State Government to needy members of the various communities across the state.Beneficiaries of this government’s gesture include orphans, the elderly, rehabilitated returnees from Libya and the homeless people. In Ikpoba-Okha and Egor LGA, the materials were shared to ward …
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