Tag: CASES

SGBV: Women Affairs Ministry sets up mobile courts for cases

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, says her ministry has concluded plans to constitute a mobile court to try Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) cases. The minister, who said this at a news conference on Monday in Abuja, noted that it was aimed at increasing the visibility of the activities of the ministry in dealing with SGBV issues. Kennedy-Ohaneye disclosed that among the would-be culprits to be arraigned at the court were those still practicing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), to put an end to the old traditional practice nationwide.…

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Close to 2m COVID-19 cases confirmed in Africa Centre

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 1,998,253, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Wednesday. The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 48,016 as of Wednesday afternoon. A total of 1,685,914 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent so far, according to the Africa CDC. The most COVID-19 affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco,…

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NCDC records 155 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths in 24 hrs

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 155 new cases of the Corona virus (COVID-19), as the total number of confirmed cases soared to 63,328. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja while giving an update on COVID-19 infections in Nigeria, said four deaths had been recorded in the past 24 hours. He disclosed that the 155 new cases were recorded in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Giving the breakdown, he said that Lagos State reported the highest number of infections with 85,…

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Africa COVID-19 cases hit 1.8mWHO

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa located in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are over 1.8 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent. The UN health agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter account @WHOAFRO. WHO stated on its dashboard that there were over 1.8 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent- with more than 1.4 million recoveries and 43,000 deaths cumulatively. South Africa, Ethiopia and Kenya were countries with highest number of reported confirmed cases. According to the dashboard: South Africa reported 726,823…

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