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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has expressed fears that the number of coronavirus cases in the country will continue to rise for the next few months. This hint came as the lockdown imposed on the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states ends at 11:59pm today. The Director General, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, told Sunday Punch in […]

The Federal Government has released new guidelines for the new phase of containment of COVID-19 from May 4 to May 17, 2020. Part the guidelines which were signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, stated that anyone without a face mask in public will be prosecuted. The guidelines were also […]

American business magnate and philanthropist, Bill Gates, on Thursday said it could take as long as two years or at least nine months before a vaccine can be found to tackle the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has claimed thousands of lives across the globe. Mr Gates said as of April 9, 115 different COVID-19 potential […]

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, appealed to Nigerians to donate their buildings as isolation centres. Ehanire made the appeal at the press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control aimed to test two million people in the next three […]

Nigeria Thursday recorded 204 coronavirus cases, the first time the daily recorded cases of the virus exceeded 200. Before the Thursday figure, the highest daily coronavirus cases recorded was 196, on Wednesday. Also, a state other than Lagos recorded the highest daily figure, the first time in weeks. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, […]

President of the United States, Donald Trump, says the country has a high record of coronavirus infections because it has an equally high testing rate. Trump stated this on Wednesday via Twitter, noting that other countries have fewer cases because their testing capacities were minimal. “The only reason the US has reported one million cases of […]

The World Health Organization and health officials in the northern Nigerian state of Kano have launched a probe into reports of increases in unusual deaths, state Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje told CNN. A team of experts is gathering hospital records and interviewing families of those who died at home to determine the actual cause of death. […]

Federal offices nationwide can open from May 4 for workers to resume work, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said. The resumption will be based on specific grade levels, the PTF explained. Also, the banking, construction,  manufacturing sectors, as well as food processing companies, will be allowed to open from Monday, the PTF further […]

Nigeria has recorded 196 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1728. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle. The NCDC also announced that Nigeria’s COVID-19 fatalities have increased to 51. Punch reports that COVID-19 has spread to 34 states and […]

Lagos State has recorded 80 new coronavirus infections… This brings the total number of cases confirmed in the state to 844 while the total confirmed infections in the country jumped to 1532. This was contained in a daily update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday night. “195 new cases of #COVID19 reported; […]

There are more than 1 million cases of coronavirus in the US, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally and more than 58,000 people have died. Some states are already taking their first steps toward reopening. Texas’ governor said he’ll allow his stay-at-home order to expire on Thursday. President Trump is expected to sign an executive order compelling meat processing plants to remain open. Among […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, discussed with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on the telephone. Punch gathered that their discussion was centred on the fight against coronavirus. The Personal Assistant to the President, Bashir Ahmad, disclosed this on his Twitter handle. He tweeted, “President Muhammadu Buhari had a phone conversation with the US President Donald […]

British Airways is set to slash up to 12,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan forced on the carrier by the fallout from the novel coronavirus, its parent company IAG said on Tuesday. The firm said its plans were still under consultation but it was “likely that they will affect most of British Airways’ […]

Nigeria’s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 1,337 on Monday, from 1, 273 reported on Sunday evening by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The agency in a tweet Monday night said 64 new cases were reported in five states. These are Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Borno, Taraba and Gombe. It is […]

Tragedy struck on Monday as fire razed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation filling station on Yaya Abatan Street, Ogba, Lagos State. It was gathered that the fire, which started around 1pm, emanated from a diesel-laden tanker that was about to discharge its content into the station’s underground storage facility. Apart from the filling station, over […]

Mohammed Atiku-Abubakar, a son of Nigeria’s former vice-president, has now tested negative for coronavirus. “I have just received my second consecutive negative result,” Mr Atiku-Abubakar told Premium Times Monday afternoon. “My discharge is currently being processed, and I hope to be home this evening.” The Nigerian disease control office does not comment on individual cases. […]

A coalition of Nigerian legal experts has filed a class action suit against the Peoples Republic of China over the effects of the coronavirus pandemic effect on Nigerians. They are demanding $200 billion as damages for the “loss of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social disorientation, mental torture and disruption of normal daily existence of […]