Nigeria Update

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…

COVID-19 pandemic in Kano serious –  Commissioner 

The Kano State government on Sunday said the COVID-19 pandemic in the state was…

Bauchi traces 800 contacts after Kano, Abuja returnees test coronavirus positive

The Bauchi State Government have begun the contact tracing of no fewer than 800…

Covid-19: Kano NCDC officials not responding to distress calls, former CEO NHIS alleges

A former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme , Prof Usman…

Bauchi records three new coronavirus cases, toll now 14

The Bauchi State Ministry of Health has announced three more positive cases of Coronavirus…

Mass deaths: Panic in Kano as another prof dies mysteriously

There was growing anxiety in Kano State on Sunday over mass deaths in the…

Covid-19: Nigeria tests less than 11k as South Africa tests 161k; Ghana, 100,622; Egypt, 90,000; 

At  6.03pm on Sunday, www.worldometers.info reported that Ghana with 1,550 confirmed cases and a…

Covid-19: Nigeria desperately looking for test kits – NCDC

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Sunday…