COVID-19 PALLIATIVES: First Lady Enugu State in Collaboration with Unilever Distributes Toiletries to the Less Privileged

CoronavirusNigeriaPhilanthropyCOVID-19 PALLIATIVES: First Lady Enugu State in Collaboration with Unilever Distributes Toiletries to the Less Privileged

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 29, 2020

The Ugo Touch of Life Foundation, U-TOLF, a pet project of the Enugu State Governor’s wife, Mrs. Monica Ugochi Ugwuanyi in collaboration with Unilever Nigeria Limited today donated relief materials to less privileged persons across the 17 Local Government Areas of the State to ensure proper hygiene amongst them. The toiletries donated by the Unilever Company include cartons of Close Up toothpaste, Life Buoy soap, Sunlight detergent, Omo, Lux, Pears powder, among others. Mrs. Ugwuanyi...

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One COVID-19 Test Costs $20 – NCDC Reacts to Senegal Cheaper Testing Method

AfricaCoronavirusNewsOne COVID-19 Test Costs $20 – NCDC Reacts to Senegal Cheaper Testing Method

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 29, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday reacted to the reported cheaper testing method in Dakar, Senegal, during the media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. The reaction came through the NCDC DG, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu when he said a sample test of COVID-19 cost between $18 and $20. Saying no way that the new testing method will be available at the reported price ($1). In his reaction, he also...

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COVID-19: Bauchi Gets 15 New Cases, Jigawa 2 Additional Cases, 3 Affected Areas Lockdown

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Bauchi Gets 15 New Cases, Jigawa 2 Additional Cases, 3 Affected Areas Lockdown

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 29, 2020

The Bauchi State government said that 15 new cases of Coronavirus  (COVID-19) had been recorded, bringing the total to 29. Dr. Rilwan Mohammed, Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, said that the results were sent in from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Abuja in “just this evening”. “As I am speaking with you right now, the total number of confirmed new cases in the state is 15, and not 11...

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IMF Approves US$3.4bn Emergency Support for Nigeria to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

CoronavirusEconomyMoneyNigeriaIMF Approves US$3.4bn Emergency Support for Nigeria to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

PilotnewsApril 29, 2020

The Executive Board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved US$3.4 billion in emergency financial assistance to support Nigeria in addressing the economic impact of COVID-19 shock and the sharp fall in oil prices. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Fund said that the support, under the Rapid Financing Instrument, would help limit the decline in international reserves and provide financing to the budget. “The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved...

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COVID-19: Sokoto Records 3 Deaths – Tambuwal

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Sokoto Records 3 Deaths – Tambuwal

PilotnewsApril 29, 2020

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has announced the death of three COVID-19 patients in the state. Tambuwal disclosed this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Muhammad Bello. The governor noted that all three victims had a history of other diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and high blood pressure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state’s Chairman of the Taskforce Committee on COVID-19, Dr....

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UPDATE: Nigeria Records 195 New COVID-19 Cases as Total Number of Infections now 1,532

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaUPDATE: Nigeria Records 195 New COVID-19 Cases as Total Number of Infections now 1,532

PilotnewsApril 29, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, confirmed 195 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID- 19) in the country. This brings the total number of infections in Nigeria to 1,532. The NCDC, in a tweet at about 11:50 p.m. on Tuesday, said that the 195 new infections recorded were, 80-Lagos, 38-Kano, 15-Ogun, 15-Bauchi, 11-Borno, 10-Gombe, 9-Sokoto, 5-Edo, 5-Jigawa, 2-Zamfara, and one each from Rivers, Enugu, Delta, FCT, and  Nasarawa States. According to the...

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NCDC Targets Testing Two Million Nigerians in the Next Three Months

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Targets Testing Two Million Nigerians in the Next Three Months

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 29, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday said its target is to have two million Nigerians get tested in the next three months. The NCDC DG, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu disclosed this at the daily media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He also raised concerns about the COVID-19 cases in Kano and the increasing number of deaths in the state. He said that the FG would step up testing and...

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OVID-19: One New Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in Enugu State

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaOVID-19: One New Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in Enugu State

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 29, 2020

Consequent to the successful treatment and discharge of the first two reported cases of COVID-19 patients in Enugu, the jubilation of a COVID-19 free Enugu State was short-lived as a new case is confirmed. A statement signed by the Commissioner of Health, Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu, revealed that the confirmed case travelled out of Enugu on the 28th of March 2020 and returned from Jos, Plateau State, 2 weeks ago (14th April 2020); the patient also...

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COVID-19: SokotoRecords 3 Deaths As 279 Health Personnel Mobilises

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: SokotoRecords 3 Deaths As 279 Health Personnel Mobilises

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 29, 2020

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has announced the death of three COVID-19 patients in the state. Tambuwal who disclosed this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Muhammad Bello noted that all the three victims had a history of other diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and high blood pressure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state’s Chairman of the Taskforce Committee on COVID-19, Dr....

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COVID-19 LOCKDOWN –Sea Horse Lubricants Industries Donates N10 Million for Food to All Towns in Ekwusigo LGA.

CoronavirusNigeriaPhilanthropyCOVID-19 LOCKDOWN –Sea Horse Lubricants Industries Donates N10 Million for Food to All Towns in Ekwusigo LGA.

PilotnewsApril 29, 2020

Seahorse Lubricants Industries Ltd, a premium motor oil manufacturer donates ten million Naira (N10m) for food to all the towns in EKWUSIGO LGA. The company said that the palliative is a corporate social responsibility which will help to cushion the harsh effects of the nationwide lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. A committee of eight was set up from all the towns in the LGA to manage the money. By consensus, the committee bought two...

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