COVID-19 cases in Nigeria hits 20 919 as NCDC confirms additional 675 cases

Nigeria on Monday recorded 675 new cases of Coronavirus. The NCDC confirmed this through its official twitter handle on Monday. A breakdown of the cases are, Lagos-288 Oyo-76 Rivers-56 Delta-31 Ebonyi-30 Gombe-28 Ondo-20 Kaduna-20 Kwara-20 Ogun-17 FCT-16 Edo-13 Abia-10 Nasarawa-9 Imo-9 Bayelsa-8 Borno-8 Katsina-8 Sokoto-3 Bauchi-3 Plateau-2. As of Monday 22nd June, the total Coronavirus […]

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COVID-19: NCDC confirms additional 627 new cases

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 627 fresh cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The NCDC disclosed this via its official twitter handle on Friday. According to the NCDC the cases are, Lagos-229, FCT-65, Abia-54, Borno-42, Oyo-35, Rivers-28, Edo-28, Gombe-27, Ogun-21, Plateau-18, Delta-18, Bauchi-10. Kaduna-10, Benue-9, Ondo-8, Kwara-6, Nasarawa-4, Enugu-4, Sokoto-3, Niger-3, […]

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NCDC Bill: Governors fault Reps, says they were not consulted in putting bill together

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, had on Wednesday, faulted the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill as the House of Representatives kick starts the long-awaited public hearing on the controversial legislation. Chairman of the NGF, Kayode Fayemi who is also the governor of Ekiti State , who represented his colleagues, stated that: “The Act gives governors […]

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