CBN’s COVID-19 STIMULUS PACKAGE: Analysts examine gains so far
*Forbearance on financial assets of banks By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor By end of this week, the Nigerian economy would be completing its second month under an unprecedented stimulus regime. The businesses which are just wriggling out of a lockdown would have been fully or partially adjusted to a new normal in terms of the […]
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COVID-19: NCDC recorded highest daily test of 2000 samples on April 30
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it tested 2000 samples on April 30, the highest daily test recorded since the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus pandemic in the country. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 on Friday in […]
COVID- 19: NCDC issues advisory on use of cloth face masks
Says it must be worn in combination with other containment measures By Chioma Obinna The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, On Friday, issued an advisory on a cloth face mask, insisting that the mask must be worn in combination with other containment measures. These measures include – avoiding large gatherings, physical distancing by maintaining […]
COVID-19: AIT risks shutdown as Founder, wife, others test positive
‘We have to screen the premises for the virus’ By Omeiza Ajayi Health officials in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), as well as Epidemiologists from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), have concluded plans to screen the headquarters of the Daar Communications Plc, owners of RayPower and African Independent Television (AIT) in Abuja after […]
Nigerians must learn to live with COVID-19 until we have a vaccine ―NCDC
By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Nigerian Federal Government has said its citizens may have to learn to live with the COVID-19 until there is a vaccine to halt its spread. The government also asked the organized labour to develop new strategies for workplace operations at the end of the current outbreak of the pandemic. […]
COVID-19: Why you can’t lift lockdown in Nigeria now, CUPP tells FG
By Joseph Erunke THE Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, Friday, said the federal government has not put in place necessary measures that can control the growth rate of COVID-19 infections to lift the lockdown in Nigeria it had declared in the wake of the outbreak of the disease. To this end, the opposition coalition […]
NCDC activates 2nd COVID-19 test centre in Kano
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has activated the second Molecular Laboratory in Kano State, to enhance detection and prevent further spread of the coronavirus in the state.
COVID-19: Kano overtakes FCT with total confirmed cases, records 80 in 24 hours
By David Royal Kano state on Thursday overtook the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with total confirmed cases of COVID-19 after recording 80 cases in 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 219, while Abuja has a total of 178. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Thursday, announced that […]
COVID-19: We’re struggling with bed spaces in Lagos — NCDC
THE Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, said yesterday that it is currently “struggling” for bed spaces for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Lagos State which has the highest number of persons infected by the coronavirus in Nigeria.
COVID-19 updates: Over 3 million cases with 228,000 deaths globally
Victor Ogunyinka No end in sight as to when the world will finally break even from the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic globally as about 3,232,061 cases have been recorded globally. There have been over 228,504 deaths recorded also as of 10:00 am 30th April 2020. About a third of the COVID-19 cases recorded globally have also […]
UPDATED: Nigeria’s coronavirus cases reach 1,728, fatalities 51
By David Royal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 196 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,728. NCDC also announced that seven more fatalities were recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 51. The NCDC, in […]
