The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday announced four new deaths from complications of coronavirus (COVID-19) and 51 fresh cases of the disease. The agency broke the news of highest toll confirmed in a single day in Nigeria via tweet on Friday night. There are currently 493 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, 159 […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says three new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) WHO had on Friday confirmed a new case of Ebola virus in the city of Beni in DRC, after 52 days of not recording a case in the country. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, disclosed […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday confirmed Thirty-four new cases of the coronavirus pandemic, taking Nigeria’s total infections to 407. According to the agency’s statement on Twitter, of the 34 cases, 18 were found in Lagos, 12 in Kano and two in Katsina while Delta, Niger recorded one each. A total of […]
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As part of the measures to cushion the effect of the lockdown due to the Coronavirus, Lagos State Government has concluded plans to feed 100,000 youths daily. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made this known on Tuesday at a media briefing on the update of COVID-19 pandemic. Sanwo-Olu said that his government would continue […]
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The comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, has tested negative for COVID-19. Recall that comptroller-general had tested positive for the disease after he returned from the United Kingdom on March 22. He went into self-isolation afterwards. In a tweet on Tuesday, Babandede said he has tested negative twice for COVID-19. “I just receive […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued new advisory to guide Nigerians on the use of face masks to prevent themselves against new coronavirus (COVID-19). The Director-General (D-G) of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, issued the advisory on Tuesday in Abuja while giving an update on COVID-19. Ihekweazu said that NCDC recognised the need […]
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The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria is now 373. This is according to the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control who announced 11 new COVID-19 cases in Lagos State at 11PM on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. As at 11:00 pm 14th April there are 373 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 99 […]
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The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) is seeking a special fund from the Federal Government to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the region. The chairman of the forum and governor of the Plateau, Simon Lalong made the call in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham on Monday in […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday confirmed 20 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. In a post on its Twitter handle, the centre said 13 of the cases were recorded in Lagos State, two each in Edo, Kano and Ogun states and one in Ondo State. The announcement of […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has urged state governments not to relax either the lockdown orders declared by the Federal Government or the stay-at-home order imposed on some states by their governors. This appeal was made by Dr. Sani Aliyu, National Secretary of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, at a press briefing in Abuja […]
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