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#Coronavirus: Nine Test Positive in Borno as Index patient Dies Today
The Borno state high-powered response team on prevention and controlof coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has tested 55 contacts with ninepositive. Out of the 11 contact samples sent in for testing, the index patientdied today (Wednesday) in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. COVID-19 response team Chairman, Umar Kadafur, who doubles as theDeputy Governor, disclosed this Wednesday in […]
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#Covid-19: Practical Steps Large Companies Can Take to Support their MSME Partners
By Richard Gilbert, Challenge Director, Business Fights Poverty While COVID-19 is hurting all businesses, MSMEs are particularly vulnerable, especially those cash-based informal businesses in developing countries, which have no social protection and are unable to access most forms of government emergency finance, or transition to remote working. A new Action Toolkit has been published to […]
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#COVID-19 cases in #Africa now 24,000- #WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has said the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa had risen to over 24,000 in the past 24 hours. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account, @WHOAFRO on Wednesday. “More than 24,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported […]
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#Nigeria Posts $434.85million Crude Oil Export Sales in January
… As Vandalism of NNPC Pipelines Spikes Nigeria recorded crude oil and gas export sale of $434.85million in January, 2020, an increase of 94.30 per cent pitched against the December 2019 figures, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) Monthly Financial and Operations Report, released today, in Abuja has stated. The statement by the corporation’s Group […]
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South Africa: #COVID-19 Economic and Social Measures in Numbers
By Olawale Rasheed As at 21 April 2020, below are the economic and social measures taken by the South African government as a response to #COVID-19: -25 – the days since South Africa began a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus. -58 – the lives taken by the coronavirus in South Africa […]
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Op-ed: M.B. Marwa and Ideal Chief of Staff for Buhari
By Bello Bala Shagari Nigeria is no ordinary country and its citizens are no ordinary people. Hence, its need for extraordinary people in positions of power. People who don’t know Nigeria’s history will never understand the complexity and enigmous nature of this African Giant. I seldom wonder if it is also true to say that […]
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#Covid-19: #Nigeria’s OPS Calls for Exit Strategy
The Organised Private Sector in Nigeria has called for the designing and implementation of an exit strategy from the Coronavirus lockdown as a prelude to reopening the national economy. In a proposal now before the Presidential Taskforce and other top administration officials ,the OPS observed that the current lockdown is in urgent need of review,submitting […]
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El-Rufai, Mentioned in COS Race, is Free of Covid-19
Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is free of Covid-19 just as his name popped up in the ongoing scheming for the vacant position of Chief of Staff. In a statement from the Kaduna state government, the governor tested negative four time consecutively. “KADUNA UPDATE: “I am delighted to report today, that after nearly four […]
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Former Attorney General, Kayode Mourns Akinjide, ex-Justice Minister
Press Release: We all mourn the passing of Chief Richard Akinjide SAN. He was a titan at law, a quintessential politician, nationalist and patriot. Pa Akinjide was a phenomenon in his own right. And he exuded different persona to different people. To me, he was a role model, a motivator; an enviably brilliant and consummate […]