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Germany donates €5.5m to Nigeria amid COVID-19

Daily Dispatch April 2, 2020

The German Mission in Nigeria has pledged €5.5m to the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, says the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Nigeria. The donation, according to an online currency converter, Oanda, as of 2pm on Thursday, exchanged for N2.2bn. This is coming as the

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Breaking: Medical Doctor Dies of Lassa Fever In Edo

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2020

A medical doctor has died of Lassa fever in Edo State. The President of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Aliyu Sokomba, confirmed this to Channels Television on Wednesday.

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Coronavirus: Ajimobi has not replaced Abba Kyari – Presidency

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2020

The Presidency has reacted to the news making the rounds on social media that President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. A claim about Kyari’s sack went viral on social media on March 31, 2020, after a WhatsApp broadcast message which claimed that President Buhari had sacked him. The message forwarded […]

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‘COVID-19 cases may reach 39, 000 in Lagos’

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2020

The Lagos State Government has projected that the numbers of COVID-19 cases in the state might reach 39, 000 if good social distancing was not adhered to by the public. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the State Commissioner for Health, made this known while giving the state’s analysis of the COVID-19 update on Friday in Lagos. “Our […]

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Coronavirus forcing parents to skip kids’ vaccinations – UNICEF

Daily Dispatch March 26, 2020

The novel coronavirus pandemic that has forced billions of people across the globe to stay home is making parents skip routine immunisations for their kids, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF warned Thursday. The phenomenon is being aggravated by overburdened health services where medical workers are being diverted from giving vaccines to focus on the […]

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Coronavirus: 1.3bn students, 60m teachers out of classroom – UNESCO

Daily Dispatch March 26, 2020

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has said 60.2 million teachers and 1.37 billion students, representing more than three out of four children and youth worldwide are no longer in the classroom due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement this week, UNESCO said school closures globally has impacted nearly eighty percent of […]