Nigeria Update

Covid-19: Lagos records 80 new cases as total exceeds 1,000

The Nigeria Centre for Disease (NCDC) on Friday announced that the country’s total number…

Police sack two policemen for fighting [Video]

The Nigeria Police Force  has sacked two policemen for fighting each other along a…

Doctors, patients, others flee Bayelsa hospital over two suspected Covid-19 cases

There was panic in Bayelsa State on Friday following reports of two suspected index…

Ekiti buries coronavirus victim, bans inter-state movement of corpses

Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, on Friday, said the health worker…

Hotel owners reject requests to quarantine Nigerians returning from US, UK, China, UAE

Amid preparations for the evacuation of Nigerians abroad due to the raging coronavirus disease…

Zamfara records first two coronavirus victims

Zamfara state has for the first time recorded two Coronavirus victims. In a broadcast…

Ogun isolates 22 as state records first COVID-19 death

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has disclosed that the state has recorded the…

Oyo records one new COVID-19 case

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has confirmed one new COVID-19 case in the…

Nigeria records 114 new COVID-19 cases, total now 1095

Nigeria has recorded 114 new cases of COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…

Seven health workers test positive for COVID-19 in Borno, Commissioner says

Dr Salihu Kwaya-Bura, Secretary, Borno High Powered Response Team on Convid-19, has said that…

COVID-19: PDP reacts to Buhari’s ECOWAS appointment

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to use his appointment…

COVID-19: 5,000 frontline health workers get N112.5m insurance cover

The Nigerian Insurance industry has provided live Insurance cover for a maximum number of…

Covid-19: NCDC boss hints at extension of lockdown

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control NCDC has hinted at the likelihood of the…

COVID-19: Lagos discharges 10 more patients

The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Friday said 10 additional coronavirus patients have…

Churches must reopen for Covid-19 to end- Lord’s chosen head pastor, Lazarus Muoka says (video)

Pastor Lazarus Muoka of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Church, has said that coronavirus…