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December 9, 2021

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 IFMNEWS

Nigeria Records 268 Covid-19 Infections

Nigeria's COVID-19 daily deaths have dropped as no deaths have been reported in the past six days, but the number of infections has continued to increase.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 268 fresh cases have been recorded in 10 states.

Lagos reported 225 infections, 84 percent of the total cases logged on Wednesday. Rivers recorded 17 infections, while Enugu added 10 new cases to its COVID table.

Other states with new cases include Edo (5), Bauchi (3), Ogun (3), Oyo (2), Kaduna, Bayelsa and Delta reported one case each.

The nation's infectious diseases agency said the latest figure includes a backlog of cases and recoveries.

Twenty-five people were said to have been discharged after recovering from the infections.

No deaths were reported for the six consecutive days and the fatality figure stands at 2,980.

In all, Nigeria now has 215,164 confirmed cases and 207,520 recoveries.

Nick Cannon Breaks Down In Tears As He Announces The Death Of Five-Month-Old Son

Nick Cannon announced on Tuesday that his youngest son, Zen, has died from a brain tumor.

He made the announcement on The Nick Cannon Show Tuesday morning, telling the audience his 5-month-old son passed away after previously suffering from hydrocephalus, in which fluid builds up in the cavities of the brain and increases the size of the ventricles, putting pressure on the brain.

Cannon, 41, said the tumor developed quickly around Thanksgiving, and as he broke down in tears on his show, he told how he spent this past weekend in California to share a few last moments with Zen.

The actor said he took his son on a trip to the beach on Sunday and held Zen for the last time. He died soon after.

Zen was Nick's seventh child, delivered in June by former flame Alyssa Scott, 28.

He was the fourth of Nick's children born within the past year and a half, with twins Zillion and Zion born in June, and his daughter, Powerful, born last December.

The seven children are with four different women, including his ex-wife Mariah Carey, ex-girlfriend Brittany Bell, his current partner Abby de la Rosa, and Scott, a model who appeared in one of Cannon's music videos.

BBNaija Star, Maria, Tests Positive For COVID-19

Former Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Maria Chike, on Wednesday revealed that she has been tested positive for COVID-19.

She made this announcement via her Instagram page where she also appreciated her fans for showing concern about her well-being.

Taking to her Instagram stories, Maria wrote, “My heartbeats, I heard you were all concerned about me. Thank you so much for all your kind messages. Unfortunately, I have tested positive to COVID-19 but I can reassure you, I am doing really well.”

The reality TV star also revealed the troubles she had during the tests, as the earlier results conflicted.

“I initially had a negative result from Dubai less than 24 hours of coming into Ghana. Upon arrival in Ghana, I tested positive and was asked to quarantine. I got a different doctor that tested me negative again. We had so many back and forth results of positives and negatives. But finally, I have tested positive,” Maria said.

Advising her fans to take the virus seriously, she also assured them that she had been placed in the best possible care.

She said, “Please, do not take COVID-19 for granted, and don’t try to be as stubborn as myself always. I have been placed in the best possible care and receiving treatment. I will be in Ghana until I am fully recovered and tested negative. I love you all and cannot wait to get back to work.”

December 8, 2021

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 IFMNEWS

FG Warns That 109m Nigerians Will Be In Poverty By 2022

The Federal Government has warned that the total number of poor Nigerians would be about 109 million by the end of 2021

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said 11 million Nigerians were likely to fall into poverty by the end of 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

She was speaking in Abuja at the ongoing National COVID-19 Summit with the theme: 'Pushing through the Last Mile to End the Pandemic and Build Back Better.'

Represented by Director-General, Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, the minister said before the pandemic, about two million Nigerians were expected to fall into poverty by 2020 as population growth outpaced economic growth.

She said with COVID-19, the recession pushed an additional 6.6m Nigerians into poverty in 2020, jerking up the total newly poor to 8.6 million in the same year.

"This implies an increase in the total number of the poor in Nigeria from about 90m in 2020 to about 109m in 2022," she said.

She cited vulnerable employment; receiving fewer remittances and being close to the poverty line as some of the factors responsible for the rise in poverty.

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