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Coronavirus: Niger State Gov’t Permits Muslim Prayers On Friday

The Niger Government has lifted the suspension of congregational Friday Prayer (Juma’at) for Friday, April 17, 2020. Ahmed Matane, the secretary to the state government...

Akwa Ibom: San Dominique Hospital Medical Director Dies Of Suspected Coronavirus

Dominic Essien, a medical doctor, has died in Akwa Ibom State after displaying suspected symptoms of COVID-19. The deceased, owner of San Dominique Hospital Uyo, was...

2nd COVID-19 Patient Discharged From Isolation Centre In Rivers

The second COVID-19 patient in Rivers will be discharged from the isolation centre. Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, disclosed this in a press...

Kano’s COVID-19 Taskforce Co-Chairman Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Abdulaziz Habib, the co-chairman of the Kano state COVID-19 Taskforce, has tested positive of CoronaVirus. Habib’s test result was one of the 12 released on...

Edo Government Bans Street Trading To Check Spread Of COVID-19

The Edo State government has placed a ban on street trading, as part of new measures to enforce social distancing and check the spread...

21 Nigerians Have Been Killed By State Actors During COVID-19 Lockdown – Falana

Femi Falana has written to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, stating that 21 persons have so far been killed in the first 14...

Lockdown: Taxi Driver Who Stripped Naked In Abuja Jailed For 6 Months

An Abuja magistrate court has sentenced a taxi driver, Emmanuel Imhoudu, who stripped naked after his vehicle was impounded by security operatives in the city, to...

Aliko Dangote-led CACOVID Relief Fund Close To N30 Billion – CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Friday, April 17, 2020, said that monetary contributions to its relief fund under the auspices of Private...

Katsina Government Receives N241 Million In COVID-19 Donations

The Katsina State COVID-19 Emergency Response Committee says it has so far raised over N241 million in donations from philanthropists and organizations to support...

Coronavirus Watch: Wike Explains Why He Ordered Arrest Of 22 ExxonMobil Workers

Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, said he acted against the advice of security agencies in the state by insisting on the arrest...

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