The Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 has declared that Nigeria’s health care system is fragile and may not withstand the effect of another major outbreak...
The Anambra State government led by Governor Willie Obiano has banned all forms of night club activities in the state from Wednesday, December 23, 2020 to...
The Federal Government on Tuesday ordered security agents manning the gates to government offices to enforce the stay at home directive to civil servants on grade...
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 999 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Osun State government on Tuesday banned youth carnivals, New Year rallies and other ceremonies in a bid to check the spread of COVID-19 in the...
The Federal Government on Tuesday ruled out the imposition of a fresh lockdown in Nigeria following confirmation of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Tuesday explained why the Federal Government has not banned flights from the United Kingdom over the mutated...
Concerned authorities in Germany have clamped down on flights coming in from the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and South Africa until January 6th –due to the...
South Korea on Tuesday announced a nationwide ban on private gatherings of five people or more over the upcoming Christmas and New Year holiday. The rule...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has revealed that four of his children tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The...
The spread of a new COVID-19 strain first discovered in the United Kingdom has witnessed the banning of flights to and from UK and has also...
The Federal Government needs about N400 billion to vaccinate 70 percent of Nigeria’s 211 million population against COVID-19; so says the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie...
The Federal Government on Monday announced the closure of all schools in the country till 18th of January, 2021, following the second wave of the deadly...
The Abia State government led by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has issued new guidelines to stem the second wave of the deadly COVID-19 disease. This was contained...
The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli has died on Monday barely a week after his fifth coronation anniversary. The Olu of Warri who died at 65,...
The Federal Government on Monday announced new measures meant to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country, including restrictions on the number of guests at...
The Osun State government has warned residents of the state not to let down their guard as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across...
The Senior Pastor of Lagos-based church, Trinity House, Ituah Ighodalo, has advised governments at all levels to shut down churches if the measure would help Nigeria...
Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Canada have banned their citizens from travelling to the United Kingdom over a new strain of COVID-19 sweeping across South-East England. Argentina’s...
Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar on Sunday urged the Nigerian government to ban flights from the United Kingdom over the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the...
Nigeria’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 has increased to 78,434 as the country recoreded 501 fresh infections on Sunday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
Niger State House of Assembly Speaker, Abdullahi Bawa and the Clerk of the House, Abdullahi Kagara have both tested positive for COVID-19. The state Commissioner for...
Nigeria on Saturday recorded 920 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
Kwara State government on Saturday confirmed 21 fresh COVID-19 cases in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Rafiu Ajakaiye, who confirmed the...
The Akwa Ibom State government led by Governor Emmanuel Udom has confirmed no fewer than 48 new cases of the deadly COVID-19 virus and has thus...
Ebonyi State Government on Friday ordered religious worship centres in the state to restrict their services to maximum of two hours over fears of the wave...
Nigeria on Friday recorded 806 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Lagos State government, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Friday the state government had carried out a total of 197,000 COVID-19 tests since the outbreak of the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, ordered the indefinite closure of all schools in the state over a spike in COVID-19 cases. The governor, who...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday re-imposed restrictions on worship centres over spike in COVID-19 cases in the state. The governor, who gave the...
A former Burundi President, Pierre Buyoya, has died from COVID-19 complications. Ex-president Buyoya’s death was confirmed by his cousin and a diplomatic source to BBC on...
Nigerian singer, Stanley Omah Didia aka Omah Ley has taken to Twitter to recount his ugly experience in Uganda after he was arrested in the capital...
The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Abdulkadir Jimoh, has reportedly died of Covid-19. The late commissioner was said to have died at the University of...
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has gone into isolation, after undergoing test for covid-19. This information was disclosed via the governor’s official twitter handle @AWTambuwal,...
A second wave of the deadly COVID-19 virus has been officially declared in Nigeria by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 as infections continue to...
Nigeria on Thursday recorded its highest single-day tally after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 1,145 fresh COVID-19 cases in several parts of the...
The Niger State government on Thursday ordered the closure of all schools in the state over spike in COVID-19 cases. The Secretary to the State Government,...
The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has tested positive for COVID-19. The governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Makut Macham, confirmed the development in a...
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has proceeded on self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. The office of the president (Elysée Palace) said in a statement on...
The United State of America has set a new double daily record after confirming more than 3,700 deaths and over 250,000 new Covid-19 cases in just...
The Federal Government has stated that Nigeria contributes one quarter of the global malaria burden – about 53 million cases annually. The Malaria Technical Director of...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 930 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja has recorded no fewer than 305 fresh cases of the dreaded COVID-19 disease which has fast spread across the country...
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 758 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Kwara State government said on Tuesday 19 fresh COVID-19 cases has been recorded in some parts of the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Tanko Mohammed has reportedly tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 and is currently in Dubai receiving treatment. Ripples Nigeria had reported...
The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion budget-support facility for Nigeria to help build a resilient recovery post COVID-19. “Nigeria is at a critical juncture....
Nigerians have been warned by Resident Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH that the country is currently experiencing a second wave of the Covid-19...
Nigeria on Monday recorded 201 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Nigerian Army said on Monday at least 26 army Generals and other senior officers have so far tested positive for COVID-19. The Acting Director of...
