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Friday, April 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Germany’s infection rate for the novel coronavirus has fallen significantly, with every patient now infecting less than one other person on average, the government’s agency for disease control and prevention said. After this so-called reproduction number drops below one, an epidemic usually will slowly subside. Germany is currently at 0.7, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said. […]
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Friday, April 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger Government has lifted the suspension of congregational Friday Prayer (Juma’at) for today Friday, April 17, 2020. Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government and Chairman Task Force on COVID-19, disclosed this in a statement to newsmen in Minna on Friday. According to him, the Juma’at Prayer is expected to hold […]
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Thursday, April 16th, 2020
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has called on its customers to exercise utmost caution in their banking transactions and ensure that they do not fall prey to any nefarious activities during the Coronavirus lock down period. Specifically, UBA has urged its customers not to divulge any sensitive personal information regarding […]
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Thursday, April 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited has introduced palliative measures for customers to give them some relief, in view of the challenges of COVID-19 lockdown extension. Dr Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank Chief Executive Officer, made the announcement in a statement in Lagos on Thursday. Adeduntan said the bank was introducing special waivers on repayment […]
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Thursday, April 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The son of late environmental activist and poet, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Menegian has died of coronavirus infection in the United Kingdom (UK). His sisiter, Noo disclosed this Thursday in a post on Facebook. The post read in part: “We said goodbye to my brother, Gian, on Monday. He had COVID-19 combined with underlying […]
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Thursday, April 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has raised alarm over the inadequacy of the face mask in the country, to prevent the spread and contracting of the dreaded Coronavirus. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr.Boss Mustapha revealed this at a Coronavirus press briefing Thursday in […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 34 new positive cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The latest cases were from Lagos, Kano, Kastina, Delta and Niger States, as total number of infections in the country rises to 407. NCDC, through its verified Twitter account, on Wednesday said that the 34 […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Group of 20 (G20) leading economies have agreed to temporary debt relief for the world’s poorest countries. “We support a time-bound suspension of debt service payments for the poorest countries that request forbearance,” the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors said following their virtual meeting on Wednesday. The suspension period will […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Foremost pro Biafran group, the Biafra Zionists Federation, (BZF) has lambasted the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government over the alleged discriminatory manner it is handling the COVID-19 palliatives in the country, saying the administration is clearly dividing Nigeria along ethnic lines in the face of the disease currently ravaging […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Ministry of Health has discharged one patient who had earlier tested positive of the dreaded Coronavirus disease after treatment and Isolation for the pandemic. African Examiner reports that the Nigeria Centre for Decease Control NCDC had announced 2 cases of COVID 19 in Enugu that have […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) says three new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) WHO had on Friday confirmed a new case of Ebola virus in the city of Beni in DRC, after 52 days of not recording a case in the country. Dr Tedros […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says it will release impounded vehicles to the owners after the lockdown is over. The Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday. Omotosho said that the attention of the state government had been drawn to visits by motorists to […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has been reportedly gutted by fire. Reports said the fire affected the last floor of the seven storey building. The inferno which reason is yet to be confirmed destroyed valuables and other items in the office. The firefighters have since arrived the scene […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Austrian government said on Wednesday that professional football teams could re-start training to prepare for the resumption of the season, which would be played without fans for the foreseeable future due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. It also added that, when play re-started, the league would be responsible for conducting coronavirus […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night announced additional 11 confirmed new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Lagos State. This brings to 373, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country. The NCDC made the disclosure in a tweet at 11.00p.m. on Tuesday. It said, “As at 11:00 p.m. on April […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
…Those Who Top Up Mobile Phone With N200 Or Less to Benefit too (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar, says urban poor dwellers with an account balance of N5,000 or less will be among the beneficiaries of the Federal Government Conditional Cash Transfer scheme. The […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Union (EU) has pledged to donate the sum of $55m about (N21b) Nigeria to boost the country’s fight against coronavirus. Head of the EU delegation during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja, Ambassador Karlsen described the donation, channelled through the UN COVID-19 basket fund as the largest single contribution […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours after the extension of lockdown for another two weeks, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, Tuesday, met with the President Muhammadu Buhari, behind closed doors to discuss the National Social Investment Program (NSIP) as COVID-19 rages in the country. NSIP is […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some residents of Magboro in Ogun State, South West Nigeria, Tuesday decried the hardship being suffered from the lockdown ordered by the Federal Government (FG), complaining that the extension, without palliatives might be unbearable. Magboro is a suburb of Ogun, close to Lagos – Ogun border, along the Lagos-Ibadan highway. President Muhammadu Buhari had in a national […]
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama will finally endorse his vice president Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on Tuesday, according to two people familiar with the matter. The endorsement was an effort to bring the Democratic Party together ahead of the election. The endorsement is expected to come in a video to be released […]
