Category: Health

Covid-19: Protecting Workers In The Workplace
May 7, 2020 No Responses

Covid-19: Protecting Workers In The Workplace

COVID-19 lockdown  and containment measures threaten to increase relative poverty levels among the world’s informal economy workers by as much as 56 percentage points in low-income countries, says a new briefing paper  issued by the International Labour Organization. In high-income countries, relative poverty levels...
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UNECA: Africa Will Lose $65b To Full Lockdown
May 7, 2020 No Responses

UNECA: Africa Will Lose $65b To Full Lockdown

Mr Stephen Karingi, Director, Regional Trade and Integration, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), says African economy will lose 65 billion dollars if there is a full lockdown of the continent due to COVID-19.Karingi said this during the Wor...
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Ecobank Nigeria Opens More Branches, Urges Customers To Obey COVID-19 Rules
May 7, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria Opens More Branches, Urges Customers To Obey COVID-19 Rules

Ecobank Nigeria has encouraged its customers to obey COVID-19 rules,  emphasizing the importance of social distancing to check the spread of the Coronavirus, especially when visiting the branches. The bank which gave this advice in a mail to customers als...
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Nigeria Reports 3,145 Coronavirus Cases
May 7, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Reports 3,145 Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 195 new cases of Coronavirus in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 3145. The NCDC also said that five new patients have been confirmed dead to the...
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UK’s COVID-19 Death Tops 30,000
May 7, 2020 No Responses

UK’s COVID-19 Death Tops 30,000

Another 649 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 30,076, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick, said on Wednesday. The figures include deaths in all settings, in...
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COVID-19: NLNG Hands Over Bonny Holding Centre
May 6, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: NLNG Hands Over Bonny Holding Centre

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) on Tuesday handed over a 10-bed Holding Centre, which it donated to the Bonny Zonal Hospital as part of its support to its host community to fight the spread ofCoronavirus (COVID-19). This handover is...
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Nigeria Records 2,950 Coronavirus Cases
May 6, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 2,950 Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 148  new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2950. The NCDC also said that six new patients had been confirmed...
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NCDC Rolls Out More Guidelines For Employers, Businesses
May 6, 2020 No Responses

NCDC Rolls Out More Guidelines For Employers, Businesses

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has rolled out additional preventive measures for individuals, employers and businesses following Federal Government’s May 4 easing of COVID-19 lockdown in parts of the country. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director Gene...
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UK Overtakes Italy As Worst-Hit Country In Europe
May 5, 2020 No Responses

UK Overtakes Italy As Worst-Hit Country In Europe

Britain has overtaken Italy as the worst-hit country in Europe by the novel coronavirus, according to the latest official figures released on Tuesday. Chairing Tuesday’s Downing Street press briefing, Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, said another 693 COVID-1...
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Nigeria Records 245 New Cases Of Coronavirus
May 5, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 245 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 245 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2802. The NCDC also said that six new patients have been confirmed dead to the...
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Doctors Begin Warning Strike In Ogun
May 4, 2020 No Responses

Doctors Begin Warning Strike In Ogun

The  Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Ogun State, is to commence a three-day warning strike on Monday over non-implementation of its demands by the State Government. The Doctors’...
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Nigeria Records 170 New Cases Of Coronavirus
May 4, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 170 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday recorded 170 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2558. The NCDC also said that two new patients have been confirmed...
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Atiku Urges Prayers For Dokpesi, Family, Others
May 2, 2020 No Responses

Atiku Urges Prayers For Dokpesi, Family, Others

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged Nigerians to pray for  speedy recovery of the founder of Daar Communications PLC, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, members of his family, and all others  who  tested positive for COVID-19. Abubakar in a stat...
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COVID- 19: Withdraw Old Naira Notes, Group Tells CBN
May 2, 2020 No Responses

COVID- 19: Withdraw Old Naira Notes, Group Tells CBN

The Association of Progressive Nigerians has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withdraw old and tattered naira notes from circulation as the country is battling COVID- 19 pandemic. The group made the appeal in a statement it...
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