Nigeria Update

JUST IN: Buhari to address Nigerians by 8pm

President, Major General (Retd.) Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation on Monday by8:00pm. A…

JUST IN: Kano records two new COVID-19 deaths

Kano State has recorded two coronavirus deaths. This brings the confirmed fatalities in the…

Why I relaxed coronavirus lockdown – Anambra governor

The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has given reasons for the relaxation of the lockdown…

Coronavirus: Ibadan indigene, 35, arrested in Nasarawa after fleeing Abuja isolation centre

A 35-year-old woman, who fled the coronavirus an isolation centre in Abuja, has been…

Panic as Taraba records six cases of COVID-19

The announcement of six confirmed cases of COVID-19 for Taraba State by the Nigeria…

News nine commissioners test coronavirus positive is fake, says Akwa Ibom govt

Akwa Ibom State Government has described as false news that nine of its Executive…

13 Lagos medical workers exposed to dead COVID-19 patient, says Commissioner

No fewer than 13 medical workers at the Randle General Hospital, Surulere, may have…

COVID-19: Woman runs to Lagos police for help after NCDC failed to answer emergency line

A woman who showed symptoms for COVID-19 ran to a police station in Lagos…

Oyo hospital shuts down over Covid-19 death

Lafia Hospital, Apata Ibadan, in Oyo state where the first patient who died as…

Health Minister, NCDC boss briefs Buhari on Covid-19, Kano strange deaths

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, and Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),…

Kebbi records COVID-19 index case

Kebbi has recorded the first COVID-19 case. It came from the 13 samples sent…

Katsina lists 455 contacts, sends samples to NCDC

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Sunday disclosed that the state had sent…

Two coronavirus patients flee hospital in Borno

Two patients, a man and a woman, are on the run after testing positive…

Coronavirus: Imam arrested for holding evening prayers at Mile 12 mosque

Suleiman Abubakar, the Imam of the Sheik Central Mosque in Mile 12 area of…

Strippers, travellers, clubbers, buses arrested for violating COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos

No fewer than 39 strippers and revellers at a nightclub have been arrested by…