Nigeria Update

JUST IN: Nigeria records highest COVID-19 cases, deaths in West Africa

Nigeria has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in West Africa, The PUNCH reports.…

JUST IN: Don’t resume on Monday, Sanwo-Olu orders civil servants

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered all civil servants in the state to…

COVID-19: NNPC, partners, construct 200-bed hospital in Yenagoa

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation-led oil and gas industry intervention initiative on COVID-19 has…

Nasarawa: Lawmaker dies of COVID-19

A member representing Nasarawa central in the Nasarawa House of Assembly, Mr Sule Adamu,…

JUST IN: Emir of Zamfara dies in isolation

Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Mohammed Asha, is dead. He was believed…

COVID-19: Enugu confirms four new cases

The Enugu State Government has announced four new cases of COVID-19, bringing the number…

Life won’t return to normalcy until next year- NCDC DG

Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said that…

COVID-19: 85 dead in Abuja, 17 states as nation relaxes lockdown on Monday

As Nigeria continues to combat the Coronavirus pandemic that has killed so many and…

Covid-19:  Ganduje relaxes lockdown in Kano 

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Saturday announced the relax of presidential lockdown for two…

JUST IN: Nigeria records 220 new coronavirus cases, total now 2388

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday confirmed a total number of new 220…

Covid-19: Kaduna records 14 new cases

Kaduna State has recorded 14 fresh positive cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the state Commissioner…

COVID-19 KDSG to pay daily allowance to frontline health workers

The Kaduna State Government says it has concluded plans to offer a daily allowance…

Lockdown: Perishable produce markets to open twice a week in Kano

The Kano State Government has said that markets would be open on Mondays and…

COVID-19: CSOs seek prompt reports of situation in Kwara

The Kwara CSOs Working Group on COVID-19, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs),…

COVID-19: Kaduna records first death, three additional cases

The Kaduna State Government has said that it has recorded its first casualty to…