Nigeria Update

China traces 65 contacts as 72 Nigerians awaiting evacuation tests positive

Seventy-two Nigerians awaiting evacuation in Guangzhou city, Guangdong Province of China have tested positive…

Oyo confirms first COVID-19-related death, cases now 17

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disclosed that the state has recorded the…

JUST IN: Nigeria’s coronavirus cases rise to 873

91 new confirmed cases have been recorded in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease…

Police arrest travellers from Abidjan at Ibadan Toll Gate

  Barring the restriction on inter-state movement within the South-West in the wake of…

BREAKING: Governors agree on 14 days national COVID-19 lockdown

Governors of the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday “unanimously” agreed to the…

Two health worker infected with Coronavirus–Official

Two health workers in Kano state have tested positive to COVID-19, an official, has…

 Covid-19: FG to evacuate stranded Nigerian students in Sudan

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has disclosed that the Federal Government…

Borno records second COVID-19 death, says Deputy Governor

The Borno Government on Wednesday announced a second death from Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The…

COVID-19: Lagos emergency food markets achieved goal- Commissioner

The Lagos State Government says its 27 Makeshift Neighbourhood Food Markets have achieved the…

COVID-19: Bauchi govt to cut budget

The Bauchi State Government says it will cut down its 2020 budget to meet…

COVID-19: Shippers council tasks haulage operators on reduced freight rates at seaports

Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC)has urged haulage operators to reduce the freight rates to decongest…

Pregnant woman, 29, sneaks into Ekiti, dies of coronavirus after delivery

The 29-year-old woman who was the third positive case for coronavirus in Ekiti State…

What El-Rufai said after beating coronavirus [Full Statement]

In the evening of Saturday, 28 March 2020, I was notified that I had…

COVID-19: Group criticises sack of Zaria Imam for respecting lockdown order

A group, Kofar Gayan Lowcost Community Development Association, has criticized the sacking of the…

35-year-old mom of four dies after UNTH doctors allegedly abandon her over Coronavirus fears

A 35-year-old mother of four, Nkiru Alagbu, has reportedly died after being neglected by…