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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said a total of 119 people with COVID-19 symptoms have been identified in the state. Abayomi, at a briefing of Tuesday, said a total of 118,000 households had been reached in the search of possible COVID-19 cases in communities. He said community search was activated to […]

Due to global shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), especially face masks, the Federal Government has urged Nigerians to improvise with handkerchiefs or scarfs to shield themselves from contracting coronavirus. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, who spoke during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said the use of facemasks was not […]

A hotel belonging to Patience Jonathan, former first lady, will be converted to an isolation and treatment centre for COVID-19 patients, according to TheNation. The hotel, said to be located in Abuja, is reportedly under interim forfeiture secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2018. The newspaper quoted a source as saying the […]

The Nigeria government has announced 20 cases of COVID-19 as the tally of confirmed cases in the country rose to 343 Monday night. The Nigeria Centre for Disease in a tweet said the new cases were reported in Lagos, Edo, Kano, Ogun and Ondo States. The figure is four times the number reported on Sunday, […]

Nigeria recorded its lowest daily increase of COVID-19 cases in one week on Sunday, with only five cases confirmed. The number of cases recorded on Sunday was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday evening. Nigeria recorded 104 cases of the disease last week with the lowest daily increase being six […]

President Buhari  has appealed to Nigerians to stay at home to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but the government has still not said whether it will extend a two-week confinement order on three states that  ends Monday. Residents in Lagos, Ogun and the capital Abuja have been confined to their homes, only allowed to […]

President Buhari has urged Nigerians to comply with the restrictions in order to defeat the coronavirus while promising more interventions for vulnerable citizens. The lockdown order of the President in Lagos and Ogun State, as well as the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, enters day 13 today. President Buhari in a statement by his spokesperson, Garba […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks, saying COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. WHO through a statement on Friday, debunked the myth, adding that COVID-19 was spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. “People can also be infected by touching a […]

There are strong indications that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), may extend the lockdown order in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory. This came after the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, spoke at Friday’s edition of the committee’s daily media briefing. […]

The federal government, on Friday, said it is yet to reach a decision whether to provide free electricity for Nigerians for two months or not. The ministry of power in a tweet via its official handle, on Friday, said when the decision is taken, it will be announced officially. “Please Note: NO DECISION has been […]

A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, raising new concerns about public safety as the world combats the coronavirus. The World Health Organisation said the new case was confirmed in Beni, a town at the heart of the epidemic in eastern DRC. According to the report, the patient […]

Ronaldinho Gaucho, former Barcelona midfielder, has been released from a maximum-security prison and placed under house arrest in Paraguay. The former Brazilian forward was arrested on March 6, for attempting to enter the South American country with a false passport. He was apprehended alongside Roberto Assis, his brother who doubles as his business manager. After spending 32 […]

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has directed the Commissioners of Police in States where the social restriction orders have been emplaced to continue with the due enforcement of the orders. He gave the directive in a statement posted on the verified Twitter handle of the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday. Adamu noted that […]

The Federal Government has sent new budget proposal to the National Assembly for consideration in view of global economic realities as a result of the COVID-19- pandemic. The new proposal sighted by The Nation, which is being considered by the National Assembly, reduced the 2020 estimate from. N10.594 trillion to N10.276 trillion. It also reduces […]

The fire that gutted a flank of the Treasury House, office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, was caused by an electric spark at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, says. Mr Agba spoke with journalists after the fire was put out. He said the fire started […]

The era of subsidy on petrol is gone forever, the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, said on Monday. Kyari, who spoke during a live programme on African Independent Television, stated that with the current fluctuations in global crude oil prices, the cost of refined products would be determined by market forces […]

Despite opposition by the Nigerian Medical Association, the visiting 15-member medical team from China will arrive the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on a chattered Air Peace aircraft on Wednesday (today). The personnel, who are experts in infectious diseases, respiratory illness, intensive care, cardiology, neurology, general surgery and anesthesiology, will be coming with their drugs, […]