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Senate President Ahmad Lawan mourns victims of Borno IDP fire, lockdown extrajudicial killings

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2020

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has commiserated with the victims of the fire incident that occurred on Thursday at a camp housing Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Ngala, Borno State. Lawan mourned the 14 who lost their lives and sympathised with those injured in the inferno. The

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Lagos confirms 18 new COVID-19 cases

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2020

Lagos State has confirmed eighteen new cases of Coronavirus. The state commissioner for health, Akin Abayomi, made this known on his official Twitter account on Thursday. “COVID19Lagos update as at 15th April, 2020, 18 new cases of #COVID19 Infection were confirmed in Lagos on 15th of April, 2020. “The new confirmation brings total number of […]

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Lagos govt discharges 5 COVID-19 patients

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2020

The Lagos state government on Thursday confirmed that 5 coronavirus patients have been discharged from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital after showing full recovery from the disease. This was made known by the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who made the confirmation via his Twitter handle. Sanwolu said the patients, 3 females and 2 males tested […]

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COVID-19: Every state in Nigeria will have its share, but we will prepare more – NCDC Boss

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2020

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu believes every state in Nigeria will have its share of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but the NCDC will prepare more for it. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Director-General stated this during his appearance on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. He stressed that the Nigerian government was making

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Ogun Set Up Independent Laboratory for Diagnosis of Covid-19

Daily Dispatch April 15, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA Known as the gateway to Nigeria economy, Ogun State government has reiterated its readiness to fight the scourge of coronavirus to a standstill by planing to set up an independent laboratory for diagnosis of the virus in the state. With this development, Ogun State will become the first state in Nigeria […]

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Nigeria says treatment of nationals in China ‘unacceptable’

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2020

Nigeria on Tuesday condemned as “extremely distressing” and “unacceptable” accounts that Nigerian citizens in China had been maltreated because of the coronavirus pandemic “There were videos circulating on social media of very disturbing scenes and incidents involving Nigerians in the city of Guangzhou,” Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said during a meeting with Chinese