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A woman opens her mouth for the heath worker to collect a sample for coronavirus testing during the screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19 at Lenasia South, south Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) By Abujah Racheal Abuja, Jan. 14, 2021 — The global community has been hit hard in an unprecedented way by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Nigeria and Nigerians have not been spared. Sadly, this is in spite of the tremendous efforts being made by Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to halt the spread of the dead...

Punch Newspapers Sections Our Reporters The Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other groups have warned that Nigeria’s fragile economy cannot withstand another lockdown. MAN, the LCCI, and others, in separate interviews  with The PUNCH,  called on Nigerians to adhere to COVID-19 preventive measures to prevent another lockdown. The groups gave the warning just as a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, on Tuesday disclosed that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, had tested positive for COVID-19. Recal...