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The percentage has varied over time. On 3 June, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported that 75% of Covid-19 cases in Nigeria had unknown sources of infection; 2% had a travel history and 23% were contacts of existing patients. “It means that community transmission is happening. It…

The 2021 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board examination was held from 19 June 2021 to 3 July 2021. Following the release of the JAMB result and the outcry regarding low scores, viral claims suggested that the board would hold a re-sit for candidates who scored less than 170 on 3 July 2021…

Epidemic-prone diseases that are endemic in Nigeria are: cholera, measles, meningococcal meningitis, viral haemorrhagic fever (Lassa fever, dengue) and yellow fever.

 

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Malaria deaths in Nigeria reduced from almost 153,000 deaths in 2010 to about 95,000 deaths in 2018. Nigeria accounted for 25% of all malaria cases worldwide.

Lagos State had the largest number of cases of Covid-19 with 58,936 confirmed cases as of  27 May 2021. 

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the total value of Nigeria's exports was N3.19 trillion, while the total value of imports stood at N5.93 trillion. The country's trade balance was therefore N-2.73 trillion.

The average price paid by consumers for premium motor spirit (petrol) decreased month-on-month by -0.97% from N165.70 per litre in December 2020 to N164.09 per litre in January 2021.

The country’s GDP per capita (nominal gross domestic product divided by the mid-year population as per World Bank estimates) was US$2,229 in 2019.

 

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Oyo state generated N17.7billion in the first half of 2020 which is higher than the N14 billion it generated during the same period of 2019. The total tax for the first half of 2019 was N10.8 billion while the total tax for the first half of 2020 was N5.98 billion. Its revenue in the first half of…