Tag Archives: COVID-19

**About 200 Nigerians Have Requested Evacuation From U.S.—Onyeama Tayo Olanipekun The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has helped 997 Americans return home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The evacuation took place between April 4 to 8 aboard Delta Air Lines and Ethiopian Airlines, even as the death toll from the dreaded Coronavirus in the U.S. is almost 15,000 as at press time. …

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Heritage Bank Plc has joined the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the celebration of “World Health Workers Week” and pay tribute to health workers globally for their selfless sacrifice and bravery in the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic causing countless mortality rates.

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Nigerian Police was created to maintain peace and order in the society hence the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other Acts clearly state their functions.

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Popular actress, Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband, AbdulRasheed Bello, have been penalised for disobeying the Lagos State rules on restriction of movement in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. The duo had organised a party in their Lekki, Lagos home which attracted their workers and friends totalling above 20 persons despite the state government’s announcement that any gathering above 20 persons …

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Olam Nigeria, a leading player in the Nigerian agricultural value chain, and its group companies, Crown Flour Mills, OK Foods and Caraway, as one of its objectives of ensuring food security in Nigeria, have joined the efforts by leading private sector organizations to support state and federal government initiatives geared towards alleviating the pain and disruption to the daily lives of citizens by the COVID 19 pandemic.

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Mouka, Nigeria’s leading brand of mattresses and bedding products, has donated 200 mattresses to Ogun State Government for the enhancement of isolation centres used for the treatment of people infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Covid-19: Agbelekale resident at day six defile the Federal and Lagos State Governments' "Lockdown" "stay at home", "stay safe" and "spacing" order as they gather in multitude for free food, oil and water, kindly distributed by a Philanthropy Alhaji in Agbelekale, Abule Egba, Lagos on Saturday, April 4.  Photo Abiodun Omotosho

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  After more than a decade of armed conflict, outbreaks of severe malnutrition, malaria, measles and cholera, approximately 1.5 million internally displaced people in Nigeria’s Borno state now face the spectre of COVID-19. Many displaced people live in vastly overcrowded camps with poor water and sanitation facilities, limited supplies of hygiene essentials such as soap and water, and often no individual space …

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The Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has alerted members of the public to the fraudulent activities of some dubious individuals who impersonate the Commission’s Acting Managing Director, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, in dishonest Facebook Accounts. Two such duplicitous Facebook accounts used to deceive members of the public, promising them jobs and contracts in NDDC, were operated by a …

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In the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown, Prudential Zenith Life Insurance is rolling out a range of services to help customers cope with the lockdown.

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