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Nigeria: There's Urgent Need to Decongest Prisons - Chief Justice
Premium Times, 15 May 2020
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, has written to the chief judges of states on the 'urgent' need to decongest Nigerian prisons due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Calls for Speedy Trial, Decongestion of Correctional Centres
Vanguard, 21 April 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called for urgent measures towards the speedy completion of cases and decongestion of custodial centres in the country due to the COVID-19… Read more »
Buhari Asks Chief Judge to Free Prisoners Due to COVID-19 Threat
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for urgent and speedy trials, urging the chief justice to free prison inmates who have been awaiting trial for six years or more, to ease overcrowding as COVID-19 spreads. Borno State, ravaged by a decade of attacks by Boko Haram militants, has ordered a lockdown for 14 days to stem the spread of COVID-19, after a nurse who worked with Doctors Without Borders died from the virus.
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Nigeria: President Writes CJN On Speedy Trials, Prison Decongestion
This Day, 22 April 2020
Concerned about the possible effects of COVID-19 on inmates in correctional centres, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday called for urgent and speedy trial of court cases. Read more »
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Nigeria: WHO Scales Up Support As Borno State Confirms COVID-19 Outbreak
WHO, 22 April 2020
WHO scales up support as Borno State confirms COVID-19 Outbreak Read more »
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Nigeria: Coronavirus - Borno Declares 14-Day 'Lockdown
Premium Times, 20 April 2020
The governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, on Monday declared a complete lockdown of the state for 14 days as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Read more »
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Nigeria: Coronavirus - Buhari Writes CJN, Urges Speedy Trials, Decongestion of Prisons
Premium Times, 21 April 2020
<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MBuhari">President Muhammadu Buhari</a> has called for urgent measures towards the speedy trial of cases and decongestion… Read more »
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Nigeria: Borno Has Four Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 - Official
Premium Times, 21 April 2020
The Borno State committee on COVID-19 has confirmed it has recorded four confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state. Read more »
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Nigeria: Borno Identifies 99 Contacts of Index Case
This Day, 22 April 2020
The Borno State Government has identified 99 people believed to have had contact with the index case of COVID-19 in the state. Read more »
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Nigeria Crosses 100 a Day Mark With 117 Fresh Cases
This Day, 22 April 2020
Researchers in federal government universities are working very hard to find a vaccine and cure for COVID-19, the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has… Read more »
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Nigeria: COVID-19 Cases Jump to 782
This Day, 22 April 2020
Nigeria has recorded 117 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 782 the total number of confirmed cases in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Coronavirus - Nigeria Records 117 Cases Tuesday, Highest Daily Figure
Premium Times, 22 April 2020
Nigeria, on Tuesday, recorded its highest daily figure since its first COVID-19 case in February as 117 cases were reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Read more »
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Nigeria: Doctors, Nurses Quarantined As Borno Health Worker Dies of COVID-19
Vanguard, 21 April 2020
Some doctors and nurses at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in Borno State are currently under quarantine, following the death of a member of an international… Read more »
InFocus
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Abba Kyari, who died in a Lagos private hospital, is the most high profile person in the country to die in the coronavirus outbreak. Kyari was laid to rest at Gudu cemetery ... Read more »
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UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria Edward Kallon says the supplies include 10,000 test kits, 15 oxygen concentrators, personal protective equipment, vaccines, emergency health kits ... Read more »
