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COVID-19 Response: FCT NMA Calls For Un-Bundling Of NCDC

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2020

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), FCT Chapter, has called for un-bundling of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), to ensure rapid response. The NMA made the call in a communiqué at the end of an emergency meeting of its executive, read by the Chairman, Dr Philip Ekpe. Ekpe said

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NCDC receives four ambulances from Dangote to tackle COVID-19

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2020

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has received four ambulances from billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote as part of his support in tackling the COVID-19. The NCDC confirmed this on Saturday, saying the ambulances were received by the Lagos State Ministry of Health. In a tweet, the ministry said it was grateful for the collective […]

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Akure blast: PDP demands investigation, palliatives for victims

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday expressed apprehensions and shock over the explosion that rocked a suburb of Akure, Ondo State. The explosion had injured many people and destroyed numerous houses. The PDP National Publicity Secretary,  Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement, also urged the Federal Government to immediately set up an inter-agency panel to […]

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Akeredolu: The real cause of Akure blast, vehicle buried by impact

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2020

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu debunked the meteorite theory for the deafening blast that rocked Akure, the Ondo capital and environs overnight. He said the explosion was from a vehicle carrying explosives to a nearby state. According to him, the crater on the road was created by the exploded vehicle as it sank from the impact. The […]

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Covid-19: We are working on palliatives, Makinde tells Oyo people …says Testing Centre set to come on stream in state

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2020

Press Release   *Compliance with shutdown measures, best way to protect state   Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, informed residents of the state that his government is already working on palliatives to ease the pressure on the people following the partial shutdown of activities as part of the precautionary measures to curtail the spread of Covid-19.

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Truck carrying dynamite explodes in Akure, destroys church, houses

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2020

A truck loaded with dynamite exploded on the Akure-Owo highway on Saturday, destroying a school, church and some houses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), however, reports that no life was lost in the incident which occurred at about 1:00am. NAN also reports that the severity of the blast had cut the Akure-Owo expressway in […]