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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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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NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, made his his second nationwide broadcast on the efforts by the Federal Government to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, extending the lockdown in Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE […]
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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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NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Monday, April 13 deliver a national broadcast by 7pm. The information was disclosed in a statement released by Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity. “President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation Monday, April 13, 2020, at 7pm,” the statement read. “Television, radio […]
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In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, says he did not know Nigeria’s healthcare system was in a very bad state. Mustapha said his role as the chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19 opened his eye to the current state of Nigeria’s […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Friday announced that contrary to some reports in the media, it has not taken any decision on supply of two months free electricity to Nigerians. Some reports had indicated that the Federal Government and the Electricity distribution companies had agreed to supply electricity free to Nigerians for two months […]
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I rejoice with our Christian brothers and sisters as well as all Nigerians on the occasion of the celebration of this year’s Easter. This year’s commemoration of Easter comes amid the grip with which Covid-19 has held the entire world. Unprecedented in living memory, majority of Christians have found themselves marking Easter in a subdued […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 14 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The new cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections recorded in the country so far to 288. The NCDC confirmed the latest figure – which rose from 276 to 288 – in a tweet […]
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NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari has given a posthumous pardon to five influential Nigerians who were convicted of varying degree offences. The development was disclosed by Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, at an event in Abuja on Thursday. Those pardoned by the president are the late Prof Ambrose Alli, the late Anthony Enahoro, Ex Lt. […]
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