(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s Ministry of Health late Saturday reported 84 new cases of COVID-19, the highest daily increase so far, bringing the nationwide tally to 413. Out of the 1,835 samples collected from cross-border cargo truck drivers and communities in the last 24 hours, 52 Ugandan truck drivers and 32 contacts of previously confirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday announced the highest daily figure of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria, with 553 new infections recorded. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 9, 855. The NCDC, on its official twitter handle said that as of May 30, 12 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Taiwanese envoy in Nigeria, Amb. Vincent Yang, on Friday donated about 50,000 medical masks to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control( NCDC). Yang, while handing over the consignment to the Head of NCDC Lagos office, Mrs Olajumoke Babatunde, said Nigeria would soon receive another consignment of 100,000 masks from Taiwan. ”The donation […]
By Emmanuel Adigwe, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohmmed, has refuted claims that the ventilators President Donald Trump promised Nigeria has arrived the country. According to Lai Mohammed, if the ventilators come into the country, it will be announced publicly. It will be recalled that President Donald Trump in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Wednesday reported 389 new confirmed new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of confirmed infections in the country to 8,733. The figure is the highest daily cases so far reported since the beginning of the outbreak in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The brother of Senegalese president, Macky Sall, has announced he has tested positive for Coronavirus. Aliou Sarr who is the mayor of Guédiawaye is being treated at the Dalal Diamm hospital in Dakar. His wife is also reported to have also tested positive for the virus and is undergoing treatment at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s churches and other places of worship can reopen their doors from June, The African Examiner reports. According to reports, South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, stated this stressing that chuch attendance will only be limited to 50 people. “This pandemic has … taken a toll on us emotionally and spiritually. It […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 25 Commuters from various part of Nigeria who violated the interstate movement restrictions and was travelling through Imo state, Southeast, Nigeria, have tested positive of the deadly Coronavirus. Chairman of Covid-19 committee, in the state, Professor Maurice Iwu, who spoke with newsmen in Owerri, the state capital, said Imo has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Monday recorded 229 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total active cases to 5,524. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, said that as of May 25, 2020, seven deaths were recorded in the country. The health agency said no new state reported a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Government and Lufthansa have agreed on a much-anticipated bailout deal to help the airline cope with losses from the coronavirus pandemic, both sides announced on Monday. The deal, which provides for aid and equity measures worth nine billion euros ($9.8 billion), is yet to be approved by Lufthansa’s supervisory board and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amidst COVID-19, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that Polling Units shall be redesigned by the Commission to ensure substantial compliance with the COVID-19 protocols established by health authorities. INEC noted that, among other things, the redesign would emphasise social distancing, general hygienic conduct and enforcement of COVID-19 prevention protocols. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Monday confirmed 72 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 1,286. Mercy Mwangangi, Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Health, said that the latest cases were detected from 2,711 samples, which were tested in the last 24 hours. Mwangangi said that 70 of […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, the number of COVID-19 in Nigeria is on the increase as the country has just recorded 313 new confirmed cases. Also, Lagos the Nigeria’s epicenter of the virus recorded 148 – the highest of the newly confirmed incidents. The latest figure as released late Sunday by the Nigeria Centre […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Southeast Governors Forum has resolved to further engage the Nigerian Center for Disease Control ( NCDC) to scale up testing of Corona Virus in the zone, just as it directed its people living outside Igboland to obey all extant orders relating to the pandemic. Some of the extant orders […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The total number of Coronavirus – confirmed cases in Nigeria has risen to 7,526. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily briefing late Saturday via its Twitter handle announced that 133 of the new cases were found in Lagos, 34 in Oyo, 28 in Edo, 22 in the FCT, six […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said on Saturday that the east African nation will start engaging in massive cultivation of oil palm from October to end importation of edible oils. A statement by the Prime Minister’s office, issued in Kigoma region after Majaliwa had inspected oil palm seedlings nursery, said the premier […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A World War two veteran from Ghana, Ex-Private Ashiteye Hammond, has decided that he will have to walk two miles a day for a week as part of effort to raise money for coronavirus charities. The 95-year-old who has walked over 14 kilometres over seven days intend at raising 600,000 dollars to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Johannesburg NGO, ‘Door of Hope’, is worried as lots of families abandon their babies due to the terrible economic situation in the coronavirus lockdown. According to reports, since the shutdown, the organisation has received seven new babies. Expressing worry over the situation, Nadene Graham, Door of Hope operations director, stated: “The […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sequel to COVID-19 pandemic, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has declared he will celebrate the upcoming Eid-el-Fitr with his family alone and will not be receiving visitors for the Sallah. Buhari made his decision known in a state issued Friday by his Senior Special Assistatant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba […]
By Emmanuel Adigwe (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus outbreak, the Lagos State Executive Council has approved review of the state’s 2020 Budget by 21 per cent. Sam Egube, the state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, disclosed this at a press briefing on Thursday in Lagos. Egube emphasized that this […]