The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday night the COVID-19 had diverted public attention and resources from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including diabetes, cancer, and hypertension....
The Rivers State government has inaugurated a COVID-19 Free Bus Scheme to cushion the effect of the pandemic on residents and visitors to the state. The...
The Federal Government on Monday directed hotels in the country to reopen for business from June 2. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on...
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, said on Monday the Federal Government had given approval for banks in the country...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday only 20 LGAs in the country accounted for 60% of cases of...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday the Federal Government had extended the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, inaugurated a 400-daily-testing-capacity mobile laboratory to enhance testing of COVID-19 cases in the state. Fayemi said the establishment of...
Oyo State has recorded 10 fresh cases of Covid-19 with eight of them linked to iSON Xperiences, a firm in Ibadan South-West area of the state....
Lagos State has lost four more patients to the cold hands of the dreaded COVID-19 disease which has spread across the country and has killed over...
The pressing problem most African families are dealing with at home and abroad is how to ameliorate the hidden and open attacks against them by constituted...
In everything in life there is positive and negative sides. The positive side of our existence individually could be said to be when we were born....
The Ondo State government has confirmed three fresh cases of COVID-19 infections in the state and also informed that three patients have died after contracting the...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has placed Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of the state on ‘absolute’ lockdown following the positive testing of two persons in the...
The Bayelsa State Government on Monday said it has sealed six churches in the state for breaching ”operational protocols” required to conduct services during the COVID-19...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to push the battle to curtail Covid-19 in Nigeria to states and communities. The...
The Benue State Government through the State Action Committee on COVID-19, on Sunday intercepted an oil tanker loaded with seven persons and 11 motorcycles. A member...
The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has confirmed the discharge of 11 COVID-19 patients who have fully recovered from the virus after treatment. This update was revealed...
Members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Sunday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the pandemic situation in Nigeria and other measures taken by government at...
The Abia State government has directed members of the state Executive Council and the state Inter-Ministerial Committee on COVID-19 to undergo COVID-19 tests. The state’s Commissioner...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said on Sunday 21 COVID-19 patients had been discharged in the last three days following their full recovery from the virus....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has listed reasons President Muhammadu Buhari failed to address the nation on the May 29 Inauguration Day. The opposition party, in...
The claim by the Kano State government that there is a decline in recorded cases of the dreaded COVID-19 disease in the state has been described...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Saturday said that the COVID-19 pandemic has taught Nigeria a few lessons, which included a revelation of the state of...
Some workers in Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State have been sent on “temporary cessation” from work without pay. The management of the library said...
The Enugu State Fire Service has commenced the decontamination and fumigation of Ogbete Main Market, Enugu, to check the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The...
The Akwa Ibom State government said on Saturday that two COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. Akwa Ibom has 29 confirmed COVID-19...
The Chairman of the Nigeria Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Saturday confirmed the arrival of 268 Nigerians from China. The flight arrived at the Nnamdi...
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) said on Saturday it had commenced mass production of face masks and hand sanitizers for use by students of the...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said on Saturday COVID-19 pandemic would not truncate Nigeria’s democracy and electoral process. Yakubu...
The drama of whether or not covid-19 exists in Kogi State has taken another dimension , as the family of the index case in the state...
The Federal Capital Territory Authority, FCTA, has confirmed that it has recorded 29 fresh case of COVID-19 infections in the federal capital, Abuja. This was revealed...
Senator Dino Melaye has countered the position by the government of Kogi State which insisted that the state remained free of COVID-19, by claiming that he...
A former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has said that the controversial “Infectious Diseases Bill” might likely not be passed. He said the...
The Kaduna State government has confirmed 12 new cases of COVID-19 informing also that the new infections were recorded in Kaduna North (6), Kaduna South (4),...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Friday night confirmed 387 new COVID-19 cases in 13 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)....
The Osun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, said on Friday an 82-year-old woman has recovered from COVID-19 in the state. Isamotu, who confirmed the...
The Bauchi State government on Friday confirmed that two more COVID-19 patients had died in the state. The state’s Health Ministry, which disclosed this in a...
The Borno State government on Friday confirmed the discharge of 35 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation facilities. The state’s Deputy Governor, Usman Kadafur, who disclosed...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated state governors elected on the platform of the party on the occasion of May 29...
The Federal Government has said that with the shortage of bed spaces at isolation centres in the country, it would require hotels and school dormitories as...
India has registered another record daily increase with 7,466 new COVID-19 cases with its total infections now 165,799 and 4,706 deaths also confirmed, with both figures...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has raised an alarm over the sale of COVID-19 diagnostic test kits in...
The Kebbi State government has confirmed that it has discharged the last two remaining active cases of COVID-19 recorded in the state. This was revealed on...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has said that there was nothing controversial in the confirmation of two Covid-19 cases...
No less than 325 Chinese citizens were on Thursday night evacuated from Nigeria over fears of Covid-19 spread. They were evacuated by an Air Peace flight...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Thursday the team would conclude its assessment on the impact of measures put...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night confirmed 182 new COVID-19 cases in the country. The centre said in a daily update on...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, (SSANU), University of Jos Branch, on Thursday expressed disappointment at the “deliberate” delay in the payment of salaries by...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Thursday shut down its headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following the death of its Executive Director, Finance and...
The federal government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has stated its resolve to prioritise the evacuation of its citizens stranded in China due to...
