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The Federal Government through the Ministry of Finance on Saturday reached out to the National Assembly to intimate it with an Executive Proposal to establish ...
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Nigeria confirms two more COVID-19 deaths, 20 new infections push total to 210
Nigeria has confirmed two additional deaths from the coronavirus. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed this in a tweet on Friday, hours after it confirmed six cases of coronavirus in Osun State.
Read More »FG won’t release coronavirus corpses to families, says Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has declared that the Federal Government will not release the corpses of people who died after testing positive to coronavirus to relatives for burial ...
Read More »Coronavirus also spreads through breathing, speaking – U.S Science Academy
The deadly coronavirus may be spread through mere breathing or speaking and not just coughing and sneezing ...
Read More »Lockdown: Buhari warns security agencies against maltreating Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged security agencies to deploy tact while enforcing the lockdown directive in Lagos and Ogun states and the Federal Capital Territory ...
Read More »Ondo announces coronavirus index case
Ondo State has recorded its index case of coronavirus (COVID-19), about five weeks after the first case of the disease was reported in Nigeria ...
Read More »U.S COVID-19 death toll hits 7,381
U.S. deaths from the coronavirus have hit 7,381 on Friday. So far on Friday, 28,667 new cases and 1,094 deaths have been reported, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University ...
Read More »COVID-19: Stranded Nigerians to pay for evacuation from foreign countries – Fed Govt
The Federal Government is set to evacuate stranded Nigerians abroad in the wake of ravaging Coronavirus pandemic in the world ...
Read More »Coronavirus: Why foreigners are leaving Nigeria – Minister
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has explained why foreign nationals are leaving Nigeria in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ...
Read More »Coronavirus: We are now in recession, says IMF
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is "way worse than the global financial crisis", the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday, adding that the organisation is prepared to use its "one trillion dollar ...
Read More »Buhari denies Abba Kyari’s sack as Chief of Staff
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, has responded to the rumour that President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari had been sacked ...
Read More »Fed Govt regrets begging Elon Musk for ventilators
The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning has deleted its tweet requesting for ventilators from South African billionaire, Elon Musk ...
Read More »Coronavirus cases in Nigeria jump to 184
Nigeria has recorded 10 new cases of the deadly Coronavirus, with the total national figures jumping to 184 ...
Read More »Atiku debunks plans to dole out cash to Nigerians
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday disowned a notice circulating in the social media directing members of the public to a link ...
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