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 … Says services will extend across 18 LGAs Edo State Government has set up screening facilities in six Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) and four private hospitals in Benin City, as part of efforts to curtail the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, the Edo …

Edo State Government has placed a ban on street trading, as part of new measures to enforce social distancing and check the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. At a press briefing on Thursday, Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, said the measure was being taken to restrict movement and ensure compliance to social distancing and other directives …

Stoltenberg held a virtual news conference in Brussels today after an online meeting of alliance defense ministers. Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper attended the defense ministers meeting from his Pentagon office. Alliance members are cooperating in reacting to the pandemic just as if an enemy had attacked a NATO member, the secretary general said. “COVID-19 represents an unprecedented challenge …

The Lagos State Government has discharged 16 more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centres, bringing to 85 the total number of persons successfully treated for the disease in the state. Announcing this Wednesday, the Incident Commander on COVID-19 in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the discharged patients include 14 males and two females. He said: “Among the 16 persons …

Days after the office of the Accountant General of the Federation went up in flames, the headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission CAC in Abuja has been gutted by fire. Although, the fire was put out before it could cause a substantial damage, Vanguard gathered that an air conditioning unit had caught fire following a power surge. The building is …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …