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I would love to see the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs issue this joint statement on the Covid-19 pandemic

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) We have suspended the collection of tithes and zakat contributions from all our members until further notice. Given the hardships many of them are facing, it would be morally wrong to collect money from them now

(2) Every registered imam and pastor who is a member of our organisations will take a 50% pay cut for this month of April 2020

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US scientists publish report showing that obesity makes people vulnerable to the Covid-19 virus

AMERICAN scientists have revealed that obesity is the single biggest chronic factor in New York City’s hospitalisation of coronavirus patients as most people admitted as Covid-19 patients were found to be overweight.

 

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Nigeria faces a gloomy economic future as Covid-19 crisis depresses oil prices close to $20 barrel

NIGERIA'S fiscal situation got more precarious today after the global economic collapse brought about by the coronavirus pandemic depressed crude oil prices to just above $20 a barrel on international markets.

 

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Ganduje introduces seven-day lockdown across Kano State as the number of cases grows to nine

GOVERNOR Abdullahi Ganduje has introduced a seven day lockdown across Kano State with effect from tomorrow Thursday April 16 after the number of affected people in the state soared to nine this morning.

 

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United Nations delivers 50 ventilators to Nigeria as part of its assistance programme

NIGERIA has taken delivery of 50 A30 ventilators from the United Nations (UN) as part of the ongoing assistance the country is receiving from the international community as it combats the global coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Lagos State government announces ambitious plan to feed 100,000 youths daily

LAGOS State government has announced ambitious plans to feed 100,000 youths daily as part of the measures required to cushion the effect of the extended lockdown as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Number of Nigerians killed by security agencies for defying lockdown surpasses those who died from the virus

NIGERIA’S National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has revealed alarming statistics showing that the country’s security forces have killed more people for defying the government’s lockdown order than have died from the coronavirus pandemic itself.

 

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Nigerian community in the UK suffers another sad loss as Engineer Lebari succumbs to Covid-19

NIGERIA'S diaspora community in the UK has lost another of its prominent citizens to the dreaded coronavirus pandemic after Manchunian Greg Lebari succumbed to the virus and sadly passed away.

 

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Were I in President Buhari’s shoes I would use that EU €50m grant to hand out these emergency packs to residents of states under lockdown

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Yesterday, it emerged that the European Union (EU) gave Nigeria €50m towards fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. As has been the case with all the other private donations the federal government has received, we have not been told what this money will be used for

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Defiant pastor who ignored lockdown and kept his church opens dies from coronavirus

EVANGELICAL clergyman Bishop Gerald Glenn who defied the US government's coronavirus lockdown and held a packed service on March 22 has succumbed to the virus and died from contracting the virus.

 

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