Nigeria Update

Oyo records one new COVID-19 case

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has confirmed one new COVID-19 case in the…

Nigeria records 114 new COVID-19 cases, total now 1095

Nigeria has recorded 114 new cases of COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…

Seven health workers test positive for COVID-19 in Borno, Commissioner says

Dr Salihu Kwaya-Bura, Secretary, Borno High Powered Response Team on Convid-19, has said that…

COVID-19: PDP reacts to Buhari’s ECOWAS appointment

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to use his appointment…

COVID-19: 5,000 frontline health workers get N112.5m insurance cover

The Nigerian Insurance industry has provided live Insurance cover for a maximum number of…

Covid-19: NCDC boss hints at extension of lockdown

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control NCDC has hinted at the likelihood of the…

COVID-19: Lagos discharges 10 more patients

The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Friday said 10 additional coronavirus patients have…

Churches must reopen for Covid-19 to end- Lord’s chosen head pastor, Lazarus Muoka says (video)

Pastor Lazarus Muoka of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Church, has said that coronavirus…

COVID-19: Test results for Chinese medics not ready- FG

The Federal Government has said the test results for COVID-19 carried out on the…

COVID-19:  Shun politics, support government efforts – Plateau PDP urges residents 

The Plateau chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged residents of the state…

Covid-19: Edo inaugurates 30-bed facility built by private company

Edo Government on Friday in Benin inaugurated a 30-bed facility built by a private…

COVID-19: Brace up for tough times after the virus , NGO advises Nigerians

An NGO, DSK Foundation, on Friday, advised Nigerians to brace up for tough times…

COVID-19: IOM to build 90 quarantine shelters in N/East IDPs camps

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Friday said it has commenced the building…

Palliative: Don’t come to us for vote again, Delta non indigenes tell Okowa, others

Non-indigenes in Asaba, Okwe and Ibusa communities in Delta state on Friday frowned over…

Coronavirus: IOM builds quarantine shelters as Borno records first cases

Conflict-affected communities in north-east Nigeria are increasingly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic as cases…