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COVID-19: New variants fuelling Africa’s second wave – WHO

Agency Report Jan 29, 2021 0

COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging in Africa as new, more contagious variants of the virus spread to additional countries, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, said in Brazzaville on…

Entertainment

Banky W Blasts FG For Making Citizens Undergo NIN Registration Despite Surge In Covid-19 Cases

Faith Jan 22, 2021 0

Banky W has called out the federal government for forcing Nigerians to undergo NIN registration despite a huge spike of covid-19 cases in the country.Banks W described it as an inconsiderate and very dangerous move by the government to…

Health

Covid-19: Ekiti Imposes New Curfew, Bans Large Public Gatherings

Ariwodola Idowu Jan 11, 2021 0

Ekiti has re-imposed fresh restrictions to movement and banned large public gatherings amid fears of the escalating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.The Commissioner for Information and…

Government

Lagos State Intensifies Public Sensitisation on COVID-19 Second Wave

Florence Onuegbu Jan 8, 2021 0

The Lagos State Government on Friday, intensified public advocacy and sensitisation to the emergence of the second wave of COVID-19.This was done through interaction between the staff of the Ministry of Information…

Health

COVID-19 Second Wave: No Fresh Lockdown – FG Insists

John Ogunsemore Jan 4, 2021 0

The Federal Government says there is no plan to impose a fresh lockdown in the wake of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this Monday during a…

Government

COVID-19: Edo State Steps up Measures to Contain Second Wave

Monday Ajogun Dec 30, 2020 0

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says his government has reactivated the isolation and treatment facilities and disease surveillance protocol to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state.Obaseki, in his broadcast Tuesday…

Health

“I’ll impose lockdown in January – Wike laments rising COVID-19 cases

John Ogunsemore Dec 28, 2020 0

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, says he will re-impose lockdown beginning from January as the number of COVID-19 cases surge in the State.He gave a hint of the imminent second phase of lockdown amid rising cases of COVID-19…

Government

COVID-19: Nigeria Confirms 1,145 New Infections, 335 Recoveries

Abujah Racheal Dec 18, 2020 0

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 1,145 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday, Dec.17, 2020. It said that as of…

Foreign

Australia’s Second-Wave Virus Hotspot Records Zero Active Cases

News Agency of Nigeria Nov 24, 2020 0

The state that was at the centre of Australia’s second wave of the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday recorded no active COVID-19 cases for the first time in nearly nine months. SEE ALSO: COVID-19: Chinese City Completes Coronavirus Testing…

Government

COVID-19: Our Disregard for Safety can Trigger a Deadly Second Wave

Ifeanyi Nwoko Nov 9, 2020 0

Nigerians have been admonished to refrain from their nonchalant attitude towards the safety protocols of COVID-19 issued by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).Ven. Ifeanyi Akunna, the Vicar of Anglican Church of the…