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#COVID19 Nigeria update for Friday 15th May, 2020

#COVID19Nigeria update for Friday 15th May, 2020:

288 new cases of #COVID19:

179-Lagos

20-Kaduna

15-Katsina

15-Jigawa

13-Borno

11-Ogun

8-Kano

7-FCT

4-Niger

4-Ekiti

3-Oyo

3-Delta

3-Bauchi

2-Kwara

1-Edo

As at 15th May 2020, there are 5445 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria, 1320 discharged and 171 dead.

A breakdown of cases by State can be found via: 

https://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng.

#TakeResponsibility

Remember, the risk of spread of #COVID19 is higher when people gather.

❗️Avoid mass gatherings including religious settings, social events & others. 

❗️Please maintain a physical distance of 2 meters away from others at all times.

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₦1.18 Trillion Was Recorded By Firstbank Cardholders In Transactions Value During Lockdown

  

The Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank, Adesola Adeduntan, also disclosed that the bank’s 53, 000 agents across the country processed about N512 billion worth of transactions with differing values while the lockdown lasted. He noted that the bank was “able to actively support her customers, their families and businesses through these challenging times.”

Adeduntan further noted that approximately 12.6 million withdrawals to the tune of N156 billion were carried out across FirstBank’s ATMs nationwide.“Our customers made transfers over 106 million times with a total value of about N8.18 Trillion across our digital channels. We have also recorded over 275,000 new sign-ups to alternative channels covering our Firstmobile, USSD and First-Online platforms,” he said. While calling on lovers of stress-free banking to get on board, the FirstBank CEO assured existing customers of the bank’s relentless efforts to ensure that banking transactions continue seamlessly, adding that COVID-19 will not slow down her activities and efforts at staying true to her brand promise to her customers.FirstBank cards come in a wide range of categories, each fulfilling tasks which are flexible, offer comfort and stress-free banking.

The range of cards available to customers of FirstBank are categorised into three broad groups — Debit, Credit and Prepaid cards. The grouping covers outstanding cards offerings such as Naira MasterCard, Verve Card and the pioneering Visa Multi-Currency Card.Others are Expressions MasterCard, Platinum MasterCard, Visa Infinite Credit Card, Visa Gold Credit Card, Naira Credit Cards (Visa Classic and Platinum), Visa Prepaid Card and Verve Prepaid Card.

FirstBank’s Naira MasterCard and Verve Card are secured by Chip and PIN technology with local POS/Web limit increase available upon request. The Naira denominated MasterCard comes with various benefits such as online purchases, bills payments and cash withdrawals at ATMs world-wide. The various transaction limit(s) on Naira MasterCard issued by the bank are N150,000 for ATM transactions, N2,500,000 for POS and N1,000,000 for web transactions.The FirstBank Verve Debit Card works with Chip and PIN technology to secure transactions. It allows the cardholder to conveniently pay for goods and services and is accepted by all ATMs, POS, Web, Mobile, Kiosk, and bank branch connected to the Interswitch network in Nigeria.

It is available to all account holders and enables daily transaction limits of N150,000, and N500,000 on ATM and POS channels respectively. Customers can transact up to N1 million on the web in a single transaction.

FirstBank cards also offer the Card Protection Transactions feature, which allows the cardholder to activate or deactivate it for all types of transactions, channels and locations, through the Card-in-Control Service on the Firstmobile app. Another card innovation service by FirstBank is the Visa Gold Card, which offers higher daily spending capacity and limit on ATM, POS and Web. With the Visa Gold Card, the customer is assured of $1,000 daily ATM withdrawal, $10,000 POS transaction and $5,000 on the web at any location around the world. It is a dollar denominated international Premium Credit Card issued in partnership with Visa International.

Moreso, it guarantees access to international emergency services such as Emergency Card Replacement and Emergency Cash Advance in situations where the card gets lost or damaged. The Visa Gold card comes handy when making airline bookings with its smooth seamless purchase options.Also, among FirstBank’s super cards is the VISA Debit Multi-Currency Card. First of its kind to be offered by any financial institution in Nigeria, the card is an enhancement to the existing Visa Debit Dual Currency card and can be linked to any or all NAIRA, USD, EURO and GBP accounts. It is an international card with Chip and PIN technology which can be used to make payment anywhere in the world and across all channels – ATMs, POS & Web.

With the Visa Debit Multi-Currency card, cardholders can make daily withdrawals to the tune of N150,000 (local) and $1,000 (international) from the ATM. However, on the web, a total of N1,000,000 is permitted locally while $6,250 is allowed on the international corridor daily. POS transaction limit is N2,500,000 (local) and $2,500 (international). The Platinum Debit MasterCard is a premium Debit Card denominated in Naira. It is linked directly to a customer’s Naira denominated current and/or savings account. It offers a convenient alternative to the use of cash, and cheques by giving direct access to funds in cardholders’ accounts across all channels like ATM, POS, web etc.

Like other card types, its transactions are easily monitored via the FirstBank FirstMobile App or FirstBank Internet Banking service and offers 24-hour access support for all card-related complaints through First Contact. It is a card linked to a Naira denominated account, and it is valid for three years. It is designed to suit the lifestyle of senior and management executives of multinational companies and leaders across various industries and sectors of the global economy. Its daily limits include; ATM: N300,000; POS: N3million; Web: N2,000,000 as well as Cross-border TXN limit: $500 monthly.

Speaking further, Adeduntan highlighted that the contactless capability of the bank’s Visa and MasterCards support less human-to-human contact in executing transactions, in the same way that the debit cards have remained the base channel for self-onboarding to any digital channel such as USSD, Firstmobile, FirstOnline etc. FirstBank has also initiated value added services attached to the cards including discounts at merchants' locations such as Jumia Friday, Health Plus, among others.

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BREAKING: BET9JA REDUCE IT MINIMUM WITHDRAWAL TO #1000

If you are a sport betting lover in Nigeria, you would have heard of the mega betting company called 'bet9ja'.

You will recall vividly that their previous minimum withdrawal in online betting was #5000, which made some of their customers to be discouraged in betting online, rather, they switched to the alternative option which is offline betting that has no privacy.

The reason why some of their customers dislike the #5000 minimum cashout is majorly because, when you place a bet and you win #3000 online for example, you have no choice than to place another bet just to try and hit the minimum withdrawal and unfortunately you ended up loosing. It will be a heartbreaking experience for any bettor.

Good news! It's now official, bet9ja has reduce it minimum cashout from #5000 to #1000.

This happened at the resuption of football after Covid19 mandatory break in most countries of the world. I believe this is a right step in the right direction for the company and a big relief for their customers. Below are the methods of payment. Online deposit (transaction, minimum/maximum deposit), bank cash deposit, ATM deposit and withdrawal on bet9ja online betting platform.

Payment Methods

Online Deposit

Method	Transaction	Min/Max Limit	Status
Interswitch	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 10,000	Good
Quickteller	Instant	Card Dependent	Good
GT Bank	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 9,999,999	Good
GT Bank USSD	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 100,000	Good
Polaris Bank	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 500,000	Good
OPAY	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 100,000	Good
NIBSS	Instant	Card Dependent	Good
Zenith	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 3,000,000	Good
Zenith USSD	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 100,000 (without a token)/1,000,000 (with token)	Good
Providus Bank	Instant	Min: 100 Max: Card Dependent	Good
UBA Instant Bills Pay	Instant	Min: 100 Max: Card Dependent	Good
UBA USSD (Magic Banking)	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 500,000	Good
Unity Bank USSD	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 20,000	Good
FirstMonie	Instant	Wallet Min: 100 Max: 50,000 Debit Card Min: 100 Max: 150,000 First Bank Account Min: 100 Max: 1,000,000	Good
Heritage USSD	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 100,000	Good

Bank Cash Deposit

Method	Transaction	Min/Max Limit	Status
Bank Deposit	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 1,000,000	Good
Stanbic IBTC	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 1,000,000	Good
Unity Bank In-branch	Instant	Min: 100 Max: 1,000,000	Good

ATM Deposit

Method	Transaction	Min/Max Limit	Status
ATM	Instant	Card Dependent	Good

Withdrawal

Method	Transaction	Min/Max Limit	Status
Withdrawal	Within 24 Banking Hours	Min: 1,000 Max: 9,999,999	Good

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PULISIC NARATES HOW FIT HE IS, HELPING OUT BACK HOME AND ALSO HIS BEST DAY IN BLUE SO FAR

According to Christian Pulisic 'The Premier League is everything I hoped it would be and more. It’s one of the most competitive leagues in the world, if not the best, and there are a lot of pressures but I’ve been enjoying the ride so much.'

Christian Pulisic is back in London and eager to get back to training as soon as the authorities decide it is safe to do so. He feels fit after taking time to recover from the muscle injury that sidelined him from New Year’s Day and has come to terms with that ‘tough and frustrating’ period, which culminated in him edging closer to a return before football was curtailed due to the global public health crisis.

After spending lockdown with his family in Pennsylvania, the American has had time to reflect on his first season in the Premier League and is clearly relishing the constant challenge of testing himself on such a global stage. It is easy to forget that he’s still only 21 years old, such is his experience in European football. ‘It’s one of the most competitive leagues in the world, if not the best, and there are a lot of pressures but I’ve been enjoying the ride so much. I’ve learnt so much in this first year and I’m looking forward to getting back to it.’

Pulisic had just navigated the famously hectic English winter period when the first significant stumbling block of his Chelsea career arrived. He came off just after the hour mark in our 1-1 draw at Brighton at the start of January, though it was a few days later in training when he sustained what Frank Lampard described at the time as ‘quite a nasty injury. The niggling issue to a tendon in his adductor, a muscle in the upper thigh or groin area, has proved troublesome to shake off and our number 22 claims it was a more serious problem than he had first anticipated.

‘I didn’t take it as seriously as I think I should have,’ he admitted. ‘It was one of those you felt you could do a lot of things but you try to push it that one extra step and realise it’s not ready yet. ‘It was very tough and frustrating going through times like that. I underestimated it and tried to get back as soon as I could because I just wanted to play so bad.

‘If anything, I’ve given myself a little more time to rest now and make sure that I’m 100 per cent fit. I’d say I’m fully recovered and ready to go as soon as we get back. That will be welcome news to Chelsea fans desperate to see him back out on the pitch continuing what has been a promising maiden season in the Premier League. Following his Turf Moor hat-trick in October, the wideman netted further goals against Watford, Crystal Palace and Valencia, as well as chipping in with half a dozen assists, taking his goal contribution ratio to roughly one every two games.

The evening in Burnley, however, understandably sticks out as his best memory in a blue shirt so far. ‘It was my first start in a little while so I just had this motivation to go out and prove a lot of people wrong,’ Pulisic recalls. 'I felt I’d done okay up to that point but I hadn’t really shown everything that I could do so going into that game, I did have a chip on my shoulder. ‘Once that first goal came, my confidence shot through the roof and it was just my day after that, everything kept falling for me. It was incredible. I’ll never forget coming home after that and just sitting down and looking back on what had just happened.

‘I was so proud being able to talk to my family back home and people that had been watching. It wasn’t just the hat-trick but scoring, helping the team win and having a great game – there’s no better feeling. Football feelings are on hold for now as global attention turns to dealing with the devastating threat of coronavirus. Like many of his Chelsea team-mates, Pulisic has been playing his part in his local community back home in the US, donating to the Feeding America relief organisation that supports over 60,000 food banks across the country.

Working alongside the food chain Chipotle, he has also helped to provide free meals to nurses working at the Hershey hospital where he was born. ‘With Feeding America, it’s amazing what they do for our country and how many people who are struggling for meals that they help,’ he said. ‘I have this amazing platform where I can help people with that. ‘It’s been awesome for me to help in any way that I can because I know so many people are putting a lot of work in right now. With Chipotle, we’ve been able to help out at my local hospital and put some smiles on their faces because they’re working so hard right now, they’re putting themselves at risk and they’re doing such an incredible job.

‘I haven’t been able to go down to the hospital in person unfortunately at this time but I’ve been able to do some things on video calls and I’m hoping after all this I’ll be able to see their smiles in person.’ After spending some time in his hometown with his family, Pulisic is back in London awaiting any decisions that are made regarding the return to training. While the capital might be operating slightly differently than normal for the time being, he is relishing life in the big city right now. ‘Coming from a smaller town and now being in London, it’s amazing for me,’ he added. ‘There’s so much to do and so much you can get out to try. It’s been great for me to take my mind off things and enjoy my time here. It’s an incredible city and the culture is awesome so I’m definitely loving it.’

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Covid19: Avoid Self Medication

The medicines given by authorised medical personnel to patients with diseases including #COVID19, are dependent on individual conditions.

 DO NOT engage in self-medication based on another person’s prescription as you can harm yourself.

#TakeResponsibility

Q: Who should self-isolate?

A: Those who have had contact with a confirmed case of #COVID19 should avoid contact with others for 14 days

Evacuees to Nigeria are required stay in supervised isolation in a location provided by Federal Government of Nigeria

Full guide here:

https://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/media/files/SelfIsolation_QuarantineGuide.pdf.pdf

The #COVID19Nigeria situation report for 13th May, 2020 has been published.

Yesterday, the number of discharged cases in Nigeria crossed the 1,000 mark. Our daily #COVID19 situation report provides more details on this & Nigeria's response.

Download via:

https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?cat=14&name=An%20update%20of%20COVID-19%20outbreak%20in%20Nigeria

We are grateful for additional medical supplies including personal protective equipment, provided by the UNDP and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) to support #COVID19 response activities in Nigeria.

One of the key strategies of Nigeria’s response is to ensure frontline health workers are protected.

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Treatment Centres Running Out Of Bed Spaces –Mustapha

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has revealed that treatment centres are running out of bed space.

The SGF, during the national briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Friday., expressed that this information was gotten from reports from states in the country.

While giving his address, Mustapha said the PTF had intensified the monitoring of the level of compliance with the advisories and guidelines already issued.

He said PTF has asked the security agencies to ensure strict enforcement.

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