Nigeria Update

Nigerian Covid-19 vaccine: CBN to fund research

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has revealed that the apex…

Covid-19: El-Rufai announces discharge of 11 Almajiri patients

The Kaduna State Government, on Tuesday, announced that eleven (11) Almajiri Covid-19 patients in…

Kaduna quarantines 50 inter-state travel ban violators

Kaduna State Standing Committee on COVID-19 has quarantined 50 persons for violating the interstate…

COVID-19: Health workers get hazard allowances as FG says vaccine may not be ready until 2021

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said the Federal Government had signed a…

Buhari did not order for Madagascar COVID-19 drug – Tolu Ogunlesi

Presidential aide, Tolu Ogunlesi has said that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),…

Nigerians picking face masks from dumpsites for resale, PTF chair cries out

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday revealed that used face masks were…

Covid-19: PTF asks northern state governments to stop evacuating almajiris

The Chairman of the Presidential task force on Covid-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, has asked…

JUST IN: Nigeria records 146 new cases of COVID-19, total now 4,784

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, May 12, reported 146 confirmed…

Covid-19: Kwara records 10 new cases, toll now 44

Ten more people have tested positive to Coronavirus in Kwara state. This brings the…

Covid-19 kills four in Yobe as state confirm 20 cases

The Yobe State COVID-19 Committee on Prevention and Control has disclosed that the state…

COVID-19: Reps want local airlines to evacuate stranded Nigerians abroad

The House of Representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Federal Ministries…

COVID-19: PTF warns Nigerians against sharing, recycling of facemasks

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has warned Nigerians against the sharing of…

Covid-19: Catholic bishop gives 425 hospitals as isolation centres

The National Coordinator, Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, says the Catholics has…

I’m touched, El-Rufai says as he thanks citizens who donated N10, N100 to Kaduna COVID-19 fund

Governor Nasir el-Rufai, on Tuesday, said he was touched by the gesture of residents…

Madagascar’s COVID Organic won’t be given to Nigerians unless certified safe – Minister

The minister of health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said Madagascar's COVID Organic, a drug…