coronavirus in nigeria

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced twenty-two new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi, 1 in Edo. The centre made this known in a tweet on Wednesday night. It also stated that the…

A magistrates’ court in Yaba, Lagos has sentenced 34 fitness enthusiasts to one month of community service and 14 days of quarantine for jogging on the Gbagada-Oworonsoki expressway. According to the court, their act was in…

Oyo State has confirmed that two persons have tested positive for Coronavirus in the state. This was revealed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa. According to Adisa, one…

Chinese medical supplies and medics are arriving Nigeria on Wednesday in response to Nigeria’s efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. According the Chinese Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC), among the items being…

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, has approved the release of 247 truckloads of relief items worth N3.250 billion and a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N2bn from its warehouses. This was revealed in a…

Seven patients receiving treatment for Coronavirus in the FCT, Abuja tested negative after a second test and have been discharged.  Muhammad Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), broke the news on Tuesday. Bello said;…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced sixteen new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria: 10 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT, 2 in Oyo, 1 in Delta and 1 in Katsina.  The centre made this known in a series of tweets on Tuesday night.…

Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde Oyo State Government on Tuesday said the state has recorded two new cases of Coronavirus also known as COVID- 19. The governor of the state, Seyi Makinde, who also doubles as the head of COVID-19…

Professor Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health in Lagos State has said COVID-19 clinical trials in Lagos will soon commence in the state.  Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, he said that they were partnering with stakeholders like the…

As the world continues to fight against the deadly Coronavirus, there has been fake news, unconfirmed speculations and conspiracy theories regarding what the virus is about and how it came to be. In the last couple of weeks, some…

An experimental HIV drug that has been used to successfully treat COVID-19 patients is in its second phase of testing with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and could potentially be approved for use in four weeks, its manufacturer…

Lagos state commissioner of health, Akin Abayomi Lagos state commissioner of health, Akin Abayomi, has said local transmission of Coronavirus in the state is increasing. At a press briefing on Monday, Abayomi explained that as at week…

Six new cases of Coronavirus have been reported in Nigeria, 2 in Kwara, 2 in Edo, 1 in Rivers and 1 in the FCT. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported this in a tweet on Monday evening, stating that there are currently 238…

Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola The federal government has declared Friday, April 10 and Monday April 13, as public holidays to mark the 2020 Easter Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on…

Waitrose supermarkets in the UK is making its workers pay back the time they spend self-isolating due to coronavirus, DailyMail reports. The company told their staff to pay for up to two weeks of leave if they are self-isolating or…