The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has raised the alarm over a dengue fever outbreak in Sokoto, with one fatality reported. The NCDC said there were 29 suspected cases in November 2025, with six laboratory-confirmed and one fatality. This pushes the monthly case fatality rate (CFR) to a concerning 16.67%. In its latest Situation Report released on Thursday, […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has disclosed that between 1st January to 29th May, 2022, the country has reported 66 suspected cases of monkeypox. However, the suspected cases, according to the centre, 21 were confirmed in nine States, saying that Adamawa State is leading with 5, Lagos, 4; Cross River, 2; FCT, 2; […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday afternoon announced three additional cases of the Omicron variant in the country, The new cases bring the total of the recently discovered variant of the COVID-19 virus in Nigeria to six. The NCDC in the statement signed by the Director-General, Ifedayo Adetifa further explained that the […]
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The Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC hss recorded a total of 864 new cases of the novel Coronavirus infection. Accordinv to NCDC the confirmed cases are in, FCT-129, Anambra-87, Rivers-82, Benue-80 Oyo-76 Plateau-61 Kaduna-54 Delta-51 Nasarawa-38 Kwara-36 Edo-32 Katsina-26 Kano-24 Taraba-18 Ogun-14 Sokoto-11 Gombe-10 Jigawa-7 Akwa Ibom-6 Cross River-6 Zamfara-5 Bauchi-5 Osun-4 Ekiti-2 With […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,386 new cases of Coronavirus on Wednesday, 20th of January 2021. According to NCDC, the new cases were confirmed in Lagos-476, Rivers-163, FCT-116, Kaduna-114, Oyo-68, Plateau-62, Ogun-56, Imo-55, Osun-55, Edo-51, Anambra-50, Kwara-44, Kano-17, Ebonyi-14, Cross River-10, Delta-10, Jigawa-8, Bayelsa-6, Ekiti-6, Borno-2, Taraba-2, and Zamfara-1. The agency […]
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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has said that the PTF has authorised the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to immediately implement the 450 tests per Local Government Area (LGAs) plan, nationwide. “The PTF has also authorized the NCDC to immediately implement the 450 tests per LGA plan, nationwide, immediately. […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,444 new cases of Coronavirus on Sunday, 17th day of January 2021. According to NCDC, the new cases were confirmed in Lagos-901, Plateau-136, Kaduna-57, FCT-54, Ebonyi-53, Akwa Ibom-52, Nasarawa-32, Osun-29, Ogun-28, Imo-16, Oyo-16, Edo-15, Kano-14, Rivers-10, Ekiti-7, Borno-6, Abia-5, Benue-4, Yobe-4, Kebbi-3 and Anambra-2 The agency […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says COVID-19 in the country is now reaching a critical level where hospitals will no longer be able to cope with serious cases. Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the NCDC, on Monday, said while Nigerians may be tired of dealing with the pandemic, the virus is taking advantage of […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said January 2021 will be a tough month for Nigeria as the number of persons infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country is expected to rise. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of the NCDC, stated this at the press briefing of the Presidential Task on COVID-19 in […]
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The total number of deaths recorded so far from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has surpassed the 1,000 mark – about six months after the country reported its first cases in February. Data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) indicated that 1,002 people have lost the battle to COVID-19 in the country. The figure […]
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