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From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) Lagos state on Monday topped the Covid death toll in Nigeria with 15 deaths out of the 23 fatalities recorded in the country. This figure has taken Lagos death toll to 399, while a total of 1,862 deaths have been recorded nationwide. The fatality figure--23 is the…
February 23, 2021
By Abiola Olawale The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has on Monday said that a new variant of COVID-19, B.1.2.5 has been detected in Nigeria and 15 other countries. Chike Iheakweazu, the Director-General of NCDC disclosed this on Monday during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. The Director-General disclosed that…
February 23, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday affirmed that Nigeria will soon receive four million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. Mustapha stated this at the PTF daily briefing on Covid-19 in Abuja. He noted further that multisectoral machinery will be deployed to…
February 22, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday reported that 10 people died from Covid-19 disease in the country. This figure has taken the country's death toll to 1813. Meanwhile, cases fell drastically to 662 new infections on Friday, marking a huge drop as against the…
February 20, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's, Abuja) Lagos, Rivers and Taraba states led Nigeria’s Covid-19 tally on Wednesday, 17th February with a total of 381 new cases as Nigeria recorded 869 new infections. In addition, 8 deaths were also recorded on the day. This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its…
February 18, 2021
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) said it is poised to keep working on a seamless service delivery mechanism that would enable the scheme deliver satisfactory services to enrollees and deepen healthcare insurance in Nigeria's economic hub -- Lagos. NHIS State Coordinator, Ikeja-Lagos, Mrs Aisha Abubakar Haruna disclosed this at an Interactive Stakeholders' Forum in…
February 17, 2021
From Akanimo Kufre (The New Diplomat's A/Ibom|C/River Correspondent) Two African territories -- Congo and Guinea -- have been hit by fresh Ebola cases within one week in February, raising disturbing concerns in Africa, even as governments are still struggling to respond to the Coronavirus pandemic. The first was recorded on February 7 in North Kivu…
February 16, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) The new Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala on Monday said that the trade body would ensure maximum production and distribution of vaccines, therapeutic and diagnostics available in an equitable and affordable fashion to all, particularly to poor countries. Iweala who…
February 16, 2021
Google search on Saturday revealed that Nigerian ladies top the search rating on how to make this year Valentine’s Day memorable for their lovers. Valentine’s Day is celebrated every Feb. 14 around the world and is associated with love. Google, in a statement in Lagos by its Communication Officer, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, said the spike in valentine…
February 15, 2021
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From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) Lagos state on Monday topped the Covid death toll in Nigeria with 15 deaths out of the 23 fatalities recorded in the country. This figure has taken Lagos death toll to 399, while a total of 1,862 deaths have been recorded nationwide. The fatality figure--23 is the…
February 23, 2021
By Abiola Olawale The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has on Monday said that a new variant of COVID-19, B.1.2.5 has been detected in Nigeria and 15 other countries. Chike Iheakweazu, the Director-General of NCDC disclosed this on Monday during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. The Director-General disclosed that…
February 23, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday affirmed that Nigeria will soon receive four million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. Mustapha stated this at the PTF daily briefing on Covid-19 in Abuja. He noted further that multisectoral machinery will be deployed to…
February 22, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday reported that 10 people died from Covid-19 disease in the country. This figure has taken the country's death toll to 1813. Meanwhile, cases fell drastically to 662 new infections on Friday, marking a huge drop as against the…
February 20, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's, Abuja) Lagos, Rivers and Taraba states led Nigeria’s Covid-19 tally on Wednesday, 17th February with a total of 381 new cases as Nigeria recorded 869 new infections. In addition, 8 deaths were also recorded on the day. This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its…
February 18, 2021
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) said it is poised to keep working on a seamless service delivery mechanism that would enable the scheme deliver satisfactory services to enrollees and deepen healthcare insurance in Nigeria's economic hub -- Lagos. NHIS State Coordinator, Ikeja-Lagos, Mrs Aisha Abubakar Haruna disclosed this at an Interactive Stakeholders' Forum in…
February 17, 2021
From Akanimo Kufre (The New Diplomat's A/Ibom|C/River Correspondent) Two African territories -- Congo and Guinea -- have been hit by fresh Ebola cases within one week in February, raising disturbing concerns in Africa, even as governments are still struggling to respond to the Coronavirus pandemic. The first was recorded on February 7 in North Kivu…
February 16, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) The new Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala on Monday said that the trade body would ensure maximum production and distribution of vaccines, therapeutic and diagnostics available in an equitable and affordable fashion to all, particularly to poor countries. Iweala who…
February 16, 2021
Google search on Saturday revealed that Nigerian ladies top the search rating on how to make this year Valentine’s Day memorable for their lovers. Valentine’s Day is celebrated every Feb. 14 around the world and is associated with love. Google, in a statement in Lagos by its Communication Officer, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, said the spike in valentine…
February 15, 2021
