The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Monday the ministry had developed a Health Sector Response Plan for the containment of COVID-19 within the...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, Monday told state governments that it was still unsafe to reopen schools in the country....
The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, on Monday, confirmed the death of a nurse from COVID-19 in...
The Senator representing Lagos East, Adebayo Osinowo popularly known as Pepperito is dead. He died at the First Cardiologist Hospital, Ikoyi, Lagos where he had been...
The Kaduna State government has been urged to tackle insecurity in the state just like the battle put up by concerned authorities in the fight against...
No less than 23 health workers have so far contracted the dreaded COVID-19 disease in Enugu State. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Professor Ikechukwu Obi stated...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has shut down a popular mall in the capital city for staging a concert headlined by controversial musician, Naira Marley...
Concerned authorities in China have embarked on mass testing and district lockdowns in Beijing after a jump in COVID-19 cases connected with a wholesale food market...
The Rivers State government led by Governor Nyesom Wike has denied a claim made by the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association that no fewer...
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon has provided more details of last Saturday’s attack on Monguno, Borno State, by ISWAP, a breakaway faction...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Sunday night confirmed 403 new COVID-19 cases in 19 states of the federation and Abuja. In its regular update...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Sunday approved the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown in a bid to further ease the restriction of movement in the state....
The Oyo State government has confirmed no fewer than 22 fresh cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of infections in the state to 491. This...
Tragedy struck on the Shenyang-Haikou Expressway south of Shanghai when a truck laden with liquefied gas exploded on Saturday afternoon killing no fewer than 18 people...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has issued new guidelines for places of worship across the country, to stem the spread of COVID-19, warning against...
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A clash between soldiers and members of the Borno State COVID-19 Committee left one person dead, and many others injured, on Friday The COVID-19 committee members...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed 501 new cases of COVID-19 in 23 states of the federation and Abuja. In its regular...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Cross River Chapter, on Saturday urged the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to critically appraise the state’s COVID-19 status. In a...
Africa’s biggest multilateral lender, African Development Bank (AfDB) said it had responded to the needs of its member nations in an effort to contain the spread...
Concerned authorities in China have shut down parts of Beijing on Saturday after six new domestic COVID-19 cases were reported, fueling fears of resurgence in local...
The Rivers State Government has revealed that no fewer than 22 frontline doctors and 60 other health workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state....
For the second consecutive day, Nigeria recorded more than 600 COVID-19 cases, after the country’s centre for disease control confirmed 627 new infections in 22 states...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday the Americas were bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic at present with North and South America currently...
The Gombe State government said on Friday a Senior Registrar in Paediatrics with the Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe, Abubakar Mohammed, has died from COVID-19 in the...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said on Friday 64 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. Makinde, who disclosed this on his Twitter...
Governor David Umahi has directed the director of Department of State Security Service (DSS) in the state to ensure, that an ex-commissioner, Abia Onyike, was quarantined...
Fellow Nigerians, 1. The 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks 21 years of uninterrupted civil administration in our dear country. This day provides us an opportunity...
The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal has appointed Alhaji Sani Garba-Shuni as the new Head of Service (HOS) in the State, replacing the outgoing HOS,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, state that the celebration of this year’s democracy day in Nigeria was being done at a difficult time due to the...
The Kano State government has confirmed that it has recorded 23 new case of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 1,048....
Less than five hours after the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 raised the alarm over the spike in COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, the country’s centre for...
Following the increase in rape and gruesome murder of some victims, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has declared a state of emergency on the sexual and...
The Lagos State Government has declared that all entertainment event centres and cinemas in the state are to remain shut for now to stem the spread...
The Ogun State government has said that workers of a company in Sagamu accounted for 104 of the state’s 108 COVID-19 highest single day record. Ogun...
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has painted a grim picture ahead for many after predicting that unemployment may rise to 33.6% or about 39.4 million people...
No fewer than seven health workers in Rivers State have tested positive to the COVID-19 disease, a group disclosed on Wednesday in Port-Harcourt. The Association of...
The Anambra State government has ordered the shut down Eke Awka, over non-compliance with guidelines for preventing COVID-19, including the use of face masks. Governor Obiano...
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday approved and passed the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion. The House of Representatives had also a day earlier approved and...
Fresh data provided by the Johns Hopkins University has revealed that more than 7.36 million people across the globe have now been confirmed to have COVID-19...
The Bauchi state government has confirmed that no fewer than 15 new cases of the dreaded COVID-19 disease have been recorded in the state. Governor Bala...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that a number of its partners are producing oil in Nigeria at $93 per barrel. Mele Kyari, the...
The Imo State government has announced its first COVID-19 related death in the state. The state COVID-19 Taskforce chairman, Maurice Iwu, announced the development on Wednesday....
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night confirmed 409 new COVID-19 cases in 15 states in the country and Abuja. NCDC, which disclosed...
The Kwara State government has announced that it has recorded its second death arising from COVID-19 infection in the state, and the discharge of 18 patients...
Edo government has discharged five more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centers. The state Governor Godwin Obaseki said they were discharged after they tested negative for...
An aide to the governor of Gombe and three commissioners of the state have been confirmed positive for COVID-19. Gombe State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Alhassan...
The Kano State government has confirmed the discharge of no fewer than 46 COVID-19 patients who have recovered from the virus and the death of one...
The Niger State government has relaxed the COVID-19 lockdown imposed on the state about three months ago to curtail the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus....
The Kaduna State government led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai has announced that it has recorded five new cases of COVID-19 infections in no fewer than two...
