Covid-19 News
42% Nigerians lost jobs to COVID-19
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that no fewer than 42 per cent of hitherto employed Nigerians lost...
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COVID-19: AFDB approves Nigeria’s $288.5m Loan
The African Development Bank has approved $288.5m loan in a bid to help Nigeria tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate...
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India overtakes Italy in cases amid easing of lockdown
India has recorded close to 10,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that...
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Post COVID-19: Lagos Govt Urges Women to Embrace Agriculture, Skills
…To assist female journalists willing to go into agriculture The Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs....
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COVID-19: Lagos State to Begin Home-Based Treatment of Asymptomatic Patients
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said the state is putting in place adequate strategies to...
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Lagos State Expresses Confidence in Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine
The Lagos State Government has expressed confidence in the clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine as treatment for COVID-19. Although two weeks...
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Lagos Threatens to Shutdown Religious Centres over Failure to Observe Directives…
Officials to monitor centres The Lagos State Government has threatened to shut down churches and mosques across the state whose...
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Foundation Commends Lagos State for Completion of COVID-19 Home Grown School Feeding
The Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) has commended the Lagos State government for the successful completion...
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Coronavirus: Madagascar minister fired over $2m lollipop order
Madagascar's education minister has been fired over plans to order more than $2m (£1.6m) worth of sweets for schoolchildren. Rijasoa...
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Nigeria benefits from IMF’s $23bn COVID-19 relief
The Federal Government has benefited from the $23 billion emergency financial assistance and debt relief of 189-Member Organisation, International Monetary...
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