No State In Nigeria Is COVID-19 Free – NCDC DG, Ihekweazu
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says no state in the country is free from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). NCDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu disclosed this on Monday during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The comment comes even as the NCDC is yet to officially report a case in Cross River state,...
Management Of COVID-19 In Nigeria: An Urgent Call For A Different Approach – Uko Nkole
The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic blindsided the whole world with the nature of its arrival and spread. The fact that the most advanced civilizations were not able to prevent its spread to their countries nor manage its effects bears testimony to just how unpredictable a scourge this is. Till date, all efforts geared towards the virus have at best been...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 675 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 20,919
Nigeria has recorded 675 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 20,919. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its Twitter handle on Monday. “On the 22nd of June 2020, 675 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the...
Nobody Under Our Management Has Died Of COVID-19, Abia Govt Insists
Following the announcement of 3 COVID-19 casualties in Abia by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the state government has insisted that no COVID-19 patient under its care has died. The state's Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu made this known on Monday while fielding questions from newsmen in Umuahia, the state capital. While stating that the state government...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 675 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 20,919
Nigeria has recorded 675 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 20,919. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its Twitter handle on Monday. “On the 22nd of June 2020, 675 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the...
Nobody Under Our Management Has Died Of COVID-19, Abia Govt Insists
Following the announcement of 3 COVID-19 casualties in Abia by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the state government has insisted that no COVID-19 patient under its care has died. The state's Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu made this known on Monday while fielding questions from newsmen in Umuahia, the state capital. While stating that the state government...
Abia Discharges 93 Coronavirus Patients
Ninety-three persons from Abia State were on Monday morning discharged from the state isolation centre in Amachara Specialist, Umuahia after they were treated and confirmed COVID-19 free. The result of their sample sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) laboratory at Abakiliki, Ebonyi State returned negative as at the weekend, prompting the Task Force on COVID-19 in Abia...
Abia Discharges 93 Coronavirus Patients
Ninety-three persons from Abia State were on Monday morning discharged from the state isolation centre in Amachara Specialist, Umuahia after they were treated and confirmed COVID-19 free. The result of their sample sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) laboratory at Abakiliki, Ebonyi State returned negative as at the weekend, prompting the Task Force on COVID-19 in Abia...
CBN Takes Traders’ Stimulus Package To Abia
As part of efforts to support Abia Traders, Micro, Small and Medium-scale Businesses as well as Households affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has introduced a stimulus package to this regard. The programme is being implemented through NIRSAL Microfinance Bank. In a release signed by the Special Adviser To Abia State Governor On Strategy & Planning,...
CBN Takes Traders’ Stimulus Package To Abia
As part of efforts to support Abia Traders, Micro, Small and Medium-scale Businesses as well as Households affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has introduced a stimulus package to this regard. The programme is being implemented through NIRSAL Microfinance Bank. In a release signed by the Special Adviser To Abia State Governor On Strategy & Planning,...
