The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has reported a total of 117 additional new cases of the coronavirus in Nigeria, as the total Infected Patients reaches 782 as at Tuesday 21st April 2020. The total Infected patients for the coronavirus in Nigeria, as at Tuesday 21st April 2020 reached…
The Federal Government has announced the indefinite postponement of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) because of the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said this at the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported Eighty-six new cases of the coronavirus, as total figure hit 627. According to the NCDC statement released on Sunday 19th April 2020, the centre said Eighty-six new cases of coronavirus have been reported, of which 70 cases were reported in Lagos,…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama has joined millions of other Nigerians to pay tribute to the late Abba Kyari, who until his death, was the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, in his tribute to the man he called his best friend,…
Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has directed the conversion of Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital Giginyu to an isolation centre for treatment of people that have tested positive for CCOVID19 in the State. According to the statement released on Sunday 19th April 2020, by the Kano State government, the…
Kano State Deputy Governor Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna has tested negative for COVID-19 the deadly disease ravaging the World, the Kano state government says. According to the statement released on Friday 17th April 2020, Dr Gawuna following his result turning out negative, Dr.Gawuna who is also the Chairman of the…
The co-chairman of the Kano state COVID-19 Taskforce, Prof Abdulaziz Habib has tested positive of CoronaVirus. Professor Habib’s test result was one of the 12 released on Wednesday by the Ministry of Health in Kano, the state government said. The co-chairman is said to be on admission at the state…
Governor Ganduje of Kano State has expressed his sadness on the news of the death of former Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Aliyu Umar (SAN). Governor Ganduje in a statement released on Friday 17th April 2020, condoles with the family of the late Barrister Aliyu Umar…
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has expressed determination to provide palliative to cushion the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on the people of the state on Thursday, as he inspects one of the food banks in the state, as the State is now set to kick off the distribution of food…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed Thirty-five new cases of the coronavirus, as the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria as at Thursday 16th April 2020, hits 442. The NCDC confirming the Thirty-five new cases of the coronavirus, took to its official verified twitter handle on…
The Benue and the Taraba States government on Tuesday signed a peace accord in Nasarawa state to end tensions between Tiv-Jukun crisis. This is contained in a statement signed by Engr. Haruna Manu and Engr. Benson Abounu, the deputy governors of Taraba and Benue states as well as Mr.Emmanuel Akabe,…
Kano State has recorded its first coronavirus death, as the state Government confirmed the sad incident on Thursday 16th April 2020. The first coronavirus death from Kano state, is coming just a few hours after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that the total number of confirmed cases…
The Lagos State Government has recorded yet another COVID-19 death in the state, as the Governor made this known on Wednesday barely 24 hours after the sixth COVID-19 death was recorded. It also announced that 25 new cases were recorded, bringing the total confirmed cases in the state to 232….
The executive governor of Kaduna State, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has given an update about his condition, a few days after testing positive to the coronavirus. The governor said contrary to reports, he is yet to be cleared of the virus, urging Nigerians to ignore fake news. The governor refuting media…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed an additional 34 new cases of the coronavirus, as Nigeria COVID-19 cases jump to 407 in total. The NCDC in their daily updates of the Nigeria COVID-19 cases, announced on their official Twitter handle that Thirty-four new cases of COVID19 have…
The Kano State Government, has concluded plans to use the General Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital as Isolation centre, as the State continues to battle to contain the spread of the coronavirus, from the index case confirmed a few days ago. The Kano State government in a letter sent to the…
The Lagos state government has once again announced that a total of sixteen COVID-19 Patients have been discharged from the various Isolation centres within the state. The Governor of Lagos, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who made the announcement in his daily briefings to Lagosians on their fight against the coronavirus in…
Lagos State government has confirmed that they have discharged eight more additional coronavirus patients from their isolation facility on Tuesday 14th April 2020. According to the statement by the government, the eight more additional patients discharged are six males and two females. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed these on his verified…
President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the donation of N21billion naira by the European Union (EU) to Nigeria in the fight against coronavirus. President Buhari reacting to the donation by EU on Tuesday 14th April 2020, commended the European Union for donating the sum of €50 million Euros to support Nigeria’s…
The Nigeria Police Special Tactical Squad (STS) has arrested a 28-year old female armourer, Fatima Garba, alongside her gang of kidnappers and armed robbers, notorious for allegedly attacking innocent Nigerians around Sokoto, Kebbi, Kaduna and Niger States. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja,…