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The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has disclosed that the Government had succeeded in tracing 3,550 people who came in contact with patients infected with COVID-19 in the country. Ihekweazu who disclosed this in Abuja by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said the 3,550 people were being monitored for symptoms of coronavirus. The NCDC said this as there were concerns in the country over the rising COVID-19 cases, which increased to 190 on Thursday. In Osun State, residents of Ejigbo, where six…

Muhammed Babandede, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, has said being infected with coronavirus is a humbling experience. Babandede, who spoke from isolation since he tested positive for COVID-19 upon his return from the UK on March 22, said Nigerians should pray that the number of cases in the country doesn’t explode further. In a video he released on Wednesday night, the immigration boss said people all over the country, especially kinsmen from his village, have been gracious with their prayers and show of love towards him. He said,…

The Federal Government, in a new guideline it issued on Wednesday, stated that markets selling food would open from 10am to 2pm every other day. Also, supermarkets and pharmacies are to open from 10am to 4pm every day, but must maintain a high level of hygiene. The new guidelines also ban bus services during the lockdown. It adds that a mass gathering of more than 20 people is not allowed. The Federal Government reviewed the lockdown on Wednesday just as COVID-19 cases rose to 174 with 35 new cases. The Nigeria…

Federal Government has began disbursement of N5,000 to one million indigent Nigerians in the country yesterday. Beneficiaries of the money are from the Conditional Cash Transfers Scheme, who were paid N20,000 each covering four months. The action, according to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Faroug, is in line with recent directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that the conditional cash transfers for the next two months be paid immediately to beneficiaries. Disbursing the money at Kwali Local Government Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,…

Mr Geoffrey Onyema, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, says his ministry has not received any request from Nigerians aboard for their evacuation in view of the global Novel Coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic outbreak. Onyeama made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at the Presidential Task Force briefing on update of COVID-19 in the country. “As of now, we do not have any request from any of the embassies from Nigerians wishing to be evacuated from various countries. “But certainly, if we receive notification from any of our embassies, we will react…

In the fight against coronavirus, a seven-year-old girl and her eight-year-old sister have broken their lifetime savings and decided to support President Muhammadu Buhari and Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The girls, Princess, 7, and Vera Akpan, 8, donated N1,850 and N2,350 respectively. In her letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, Vera narrated that she intended to give her saving to an orphanage in Warri, Delta State, but the coronavirus pandemic made her change her mind, explaining that the “the need of the country is vital to me.” “How do…