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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, said on Friday that many people who tested positive for coronavirus were running away from being taken to isolation centres for treatment. Mr Abayomi said this was one of the reasons the state still has unoccupied beds at the isolation centres despite recording more cases than its […]

Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Lagos may reach 120,000 at the peak of the pandemic between July and August, the state government has said. The Commissioner of Health in the state, Akin Abayomi, said on Friday that the state is likely to record between 90,000 and 120,000 cases during that period. Mr Abayomi said this […]

An Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court has imposed a fine of forty thousand naira on one Vincent Ikechukwu for failure to use a face mask which has become mandatory in the state since the wake of COVID 19 Pandemic. The offender who is the first to face such penalty will also engage in community labour for […]

The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says its attention has been drawn to the judgment of the Supreme Court nullifying the trial of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu , his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited and Jones Udeogu, a former Director of Finance and Account of Abia State Government and ordering their […]

The Kano State Commissioner for Works, Engr. Muazu Magaji who was sacked for celebrating the death of late Presidential Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari has tested positive of COVID-19. A reliable source on Thursday said that Muazu Magaji has been moved to isolation. Also, the former commissioner had announced on his verified Facebook pays that […]

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said the protocol of self-isolation of returning travellers into the country did not prove successful. Ehanire, while fielding questions at the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday, stated that the protocol had been reviewed and quarantine was adopted instead. He said, “The policy we […]

The US embassy in Nigeria says another $319m (N121bn) looted by Sani Abacha, former military dictator, is in the United Kingdom and France. This comes three days after Nigeria repatriated $311 million Abacha Loot from the US and the Bailiwick of Jersey. In a statement on Wednesday, the US embassy revealed that there is a separate $167 […]

Badeggi in the Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State in Nigeria was thrown into confusion when one of the passengers that violated the interstate night travel ban died in a commercial vehicle. It was learnt that a commercial bus with registration number, JJJ 349 XN, was travelling from Lagos to a northern state through […]

The Senior Pastor of the Covenant Christian Centre, Lagos, Pastor ‘Poju Oyemade, has said shutting church buildings does not affect the true worship of God. According to Oyemade, Christians do not need to gather in a physical building to serve God, adding that in Biblical days, people received divine healing in public places. The host […]

Coronavirus death toll in Nigeria has climbed to 103, with five new deaths recorded by the nation on Wednesday. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, five new deaths recorded on Wednesday took the nation’s death toll to 103. Of the 103 people who died of Coronavirus, 30 of them were from Lagos, […]

The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, aka Winners’ Chapel International, David Oyedepo, has questioned the continuous closure of churches over the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he suspects ulterior motives. Oyedepo, who spoke during the Covenant Hour of Prayer Programme on Wednesday, said if markets could be opened for six hours, there was no reason […]

The spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has once again come under fire from Nigerians on social media platforms, following his comment rebuking a Nigerian for demanding a presidential media chat. A man, who identified himself as Mr Ibikunle, during a call-in session on a live programme on Nigeria Info FM, implored Mr Adesina […]

The Federal Government has extended the ban placed on flights in the country as part of efforts to curtail the spread of coronavirus for another four weeks. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the daily briefing of the task force on Wednesday. Mustapha, who is also […]

Confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased to 2,950 in Nigeria. This is after 148 new infections were recorded in the country on Tuesday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its website. The NCDC noted that five patients died or coronavirus-related complications in the last 24 hours. A breakdown of data obtained […]

Nigeria health minister Osagie Ehanire on Tuesday said Nigeria has started using remdesivir, an anti-retroviral drug, in managing COVID-19 patients. “We have been using that (remdesivir); we have tried that in Lagos too,” Ehanire said while addressing members of the House of Representatives. “So, we have tried the antiretroviral drug to see what effect it […]

The Kano state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says 34 doctors have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. Sanusi Bala, the Kano NMA chairman, confirmed the development to NAN on Tuesday, adding that one of the cases has died. Bala explained that many of the victims were doctors working at the Aminu […]

The federal government has advised medical facilities in the country to stop rejecting patients, especially emergency cases. Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, said this on Monday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in the country. Mr Ehanire, however, noted that it is unethical not to attend to persons in distress, adding […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has extolled the virtues of late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who also served as Governor of Katsina State for eight years, saluting his honest and sincere service to the country. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said Mr Buhari […]