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Twelve states have not recorded any case of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria… This is as the novel virus spreads to 25 states in the country including the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control as of Tuesday night, 782 confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country while 197 […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 38 new COVID-19 cases. The public health agency in a tweet Monday night said the 38 new cases were reported in eight states. These are Kano, Kaduna, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Gombe, Abia, Sokoto, Ekiti and Borno states. There was a drop in the daily figures […]

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that wearing of face masks may be made compulsory for residents in the state from next week. The governor said this would help to curb the spread of coronavirus in the state. He said this during a televised media briefing on COVID-19 updates in Lagos monitored by […]

Slowly but surely, numerous countries are following the lead of the central Chinese ground zero of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wuhan, by starting to gradually end their lockdown restrictions. Here is an overview: – India –  Although India’s national lockdown has been extended until May 3, on Monday workers in key sectors were allowed to go […]

Nigeria has recorded 86 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 627. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the update on its Twitter handle on Sunday. It also said the total number of fatalities recorded from the virus in Nigeria increased from 19 to 21. “Eighty-six […]

Mr Garba Shehu has reacted to certain reports making the rounds regarding some persons in the Presidency being barred from entering the Aso Rock Villa. Following the circumstances surrounding the death of Abba Kyari, some persons who attended the burial of the late chief of staff were asked to distance themselves from Aso Rock. Shedding […]

The United States Mission to Nigeria has said over 340 Americans were evacuated from Lagos on Saturday. In a tweet, the Mission said the Americans left the country for the United States on a chartered Omni Air International flight bound for Dulles Airport, near Washington, D.C. “The U.S. Mission in Nigeria wishes all aboard a […]

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State announced Saturday night that the state’s coronavirus index case has tested negative after staying in a treatment centre for the past two weeks. In a broadcast to the people of the state, Obiano also announced that six out of the 39 contact persons have tested negative for the virus. […]

President Buhari says his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, who died at the age of 67 was his loyal friend and compatriot for 42 years. In a tribute on Saturday, the President said Kyari was in his 20s when he first met him. He wrote, “Mallam Abba Kyari, who died on April 17, 2020, […]

Following new revelations regarding the reported maltreatment of Nigerians in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China, the Federal Government said it would immediately begin the process of evacuating affected persons. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said the government would ensure compensation for about 100 Nigerians who were evicted from their homes and hotels by Chinese […]

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has expanded its commitment to Global COVID-19 Response, with additional funding bringing the foundation’s commitment to more than $250 million to support development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines; help strengthen African and South Asian health systems; and help mitigate the social and economic impacts of the virus The Bill & […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has warned Nigerians to prepare for the transmission of the coronavirus to more states. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, who appeared on Sunrise Daily, a live programme on Channels Television, on Thursday morning, noted that, though there are bound to be more cases, the goal is to build […]

The recent announcement of plan to give Nigerians two months of free electricity as part of palliatives for COVID-19 is nothing more than propaganda that cannot work, the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. The TCN faulted the announcement by power distribution companies that the Federal Government and the National Assembly would pay for the […]

Those with more than 5,000 in their bank accounts will not partake in the palliatives being planned by the Federal Government to mitigate the effects of the lockdown extension, the government clarified on Wednesday. The clarification was made on Wednesday by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq, in a chat with reporters […]

About 72 per cent of Nigerians have expressed concern over lack of food, economic hardship and hunger during the ongoing lockdown in the Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states. A survey conducted by NOIPolls and published on Tuesday gauged the level of concern of Nigerians about the lockdown order. Findings indicated that others worry over the […]

Thirty-four new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Nigeria, bring the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 407. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on its Twitter handle on Wednesday. The NCDC also said deaths from coronavirus-related cases have increased to 12. It tweeted, “Thirty-four new cases of #COVID19 […]

Magistrates Lateef Layeni and Bimbo Oshodi-Makanju, on Tuesday, convicted 120 out of the 183 persons arraigned before the mobile court sitting at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, for violating the lockdown order in the state. It was gathered that the violators were ordered to pay fines ranging from N5,000 to […]