Tag: Coronavirus Pandemic

Kano To Reduce 2020 Budget By 30 Per Cent
June 16, 2020 No Responses

Kano To Reduce 2020 Budget By 30 Per Cent

The Kano State Government will reduce 2020 Budget by 30 per cent, Governor. Abduallahi Ganduje has said Ganduje made this known during at an interactive session with Journalists on Monday at the Government House, Kano. He explained that the reduction...
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Nigeria Confirms 573 New Coronavirus Cases
June 16, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 573 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday confirmed 573 new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total number to 16,658.  Also, four deaths were recorded from the virus on Monday bringing the total number of confirmed death...
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Nigeria Records 501 New Coronavirus Cases
June 14, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 501 New Coronavirus Cases

Nigeria recorded 501 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total infections to 15,682. The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Saturday on its official Twitter handle. The centre also said that it recorded eight deaths. NCDC...
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Nigeria Warns Hospitals Against Rejection Of Patients
June 12, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Warns Hospitals Against Rejection Of Patients

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has warned management of hospitals across Nigeria against rejection of patients, saying it is unethical. Ehanire, who gave the warning on Thursday in Abuja, at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 press...
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Pope Donates €1m For Coronavirus Charity Efforts In Rome
June 10, 2020 No Responses

Pope Donates €1m For Coronavirus Charity Efforts In Rome

Pope Francis has offered one million euros (1.1 million dollars) for a new charity fund targeting people in Rome left in dire straits by the coronavirus economic crisis. The fund, called “Jesus Divine Worker,” will be managed by the Roman...
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Another Seafarer Tests Positive For COVID-19
June 10, 2020 No Responses

Another Seafarer Tests Positive For COVID-19

Another crew member of MV Montpellier, a containership chartered by German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd, has tested positive for coronavirus in South Africa. As a result, the vessel will have to remain in quarantine at anchorage and will not be able to...
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BP To Cut 10,000 Jobs As Coronavirus Hits Demand For Oil
June 9, 2020 No Responses

BP To Cut 10,000 Jobs As Coronavirus Hits Demand For Oil

BP has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs following a global slump in demand for oil because of the coronavirus crisis. The oil giant had paused redundancies during the peak of the pandemic but told staff on Monday that around...
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British Airways Threatens Legal Action Over Quarantine Plans
June 6, 2020 No Responses

British Airways Threatens Legal Action Over Quarantine Plans

British Airways owner IAG is considering mounting a legal challenge to quarantine rules which are due to come into effect on Monday. The dramatic move marks another sign of a breakdown in relations between the airline and the UK government....
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Nigeria Records 350 New Cases Of Coronavirus
June 5, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 350 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NAN) announced on Thursday that it recorded 350 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number in the country to 11,516. NCDC stated that the new cases were reported from 20 States: Lagos (102),...
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Coronavirus Cases In Nigeria Now 10,162
June 1, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus Cases In Nigeria Now 10,162

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 307 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 10,162. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, also confirmed 287 deaths. The centre said 3,007 patients have been treated and ...
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Nigeria’s Coronavirus Cases Climb To 9,302
May 30, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria’s Coronavirus Cases Climb To 9,302

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria climed to 9,302  on Friday as 387 new infections were reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) .  According to NCDC, other details are: Lagos-254FCT-29Jigawa-24Edo-22O...
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Nigeria Records 389 New Coronavirus Cases
May 28, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 389 New Coronavirus Cases

Nigeria on Wednesday reported 389 new confirmed new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of confirmed infections in the country to 8,733.  According to NCDC, the figure is the highest daily cases so far reported since the beginning of the outbr...
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Nigeria Govt Faults Governors On Worship Centres Opening
May 22, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Govt Faults Governors On Worship Centres Opening

The Nigerian Federal Government has accused governors of breaching the protocols designed to guide the country out of Coronavirus spread. Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 control Chairman, Boss Mustapha warned on Thursday of the danger in allowing lar...
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EU Diplomat Seeks Independent Investigation Of Coronavirus Origin
May 15, 2020 No Responses

EU Diplomat Seeks Independent Investigation Of Coronavirus Origin

European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called for an independent scientific investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus. In a guest column in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on Friday, Borrell called on China, where...
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