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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 […]

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state, says history will not be kind to the federal government if it fails to protect citizens from hunger and disease during the current COVID-19 pandemic. In a document released on Wednesday to suggest economic stimulus programs to help the economy recover after the COVID-19 pandemic, Tinubu said […]

Nigerian security agents enforcing the Coronavirus lockdown in Nigeria have killed more citizens in the last two weeks than the deadly virus, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said. While the disease has so far killed 11 persons in Nigeria, according to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), security operatives have […]

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 […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised a $1 million reward to the country’s scientists if they manage to develop a coronavirus vaccine, his spokeswoman said on Monday. The ex-Soviet country with a population of around 42 million has confirmed 3,102 cases of COVID-19 and 93 people have died. The president “believes a million dollars is […]

Over 9,000 persons suspected to have come in contact with COVID-19 patients have so far been traced, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said. Mr Ehanire, while speaking at the daily Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on Tuesday, said 99 per cent of the Individuals have exceeded the 14 days observation period. “We have […]

The Federal Government says the School Feeding Programme will continue despite the closure of schools nationwide in order not to neglect malnourished children. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this while responding to questions at the national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Tuesday. […]

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 Northern States Governors’ Forum on Monday met to discuss the impact of coronavirus in the region. The meeting, which was conducted via teleconference and chaired by the forum’s Chairman, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, shared experiences on measures adopted by individual states to deal with the disease. A statement by Lalong’s Director of […]

President Buhari has said that conditional cash transfer and food distribution to vulnerable people would continue even as he announced the extension of lockdown in Abuja as well as Lagos and Ogun States. The President extended a two-week lockdown in the three cities by another 14 days. He explained that the extension was part of […]

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 […]