coronavirus in nigeria

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 454 new cases of coronavirus and 268 recoveries on Friday night. According to the centre’s latest data posted on Twitter; 454 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-87 Edo-63 FCT-60…

Federal Government has evacuated eighty six stranded Nigerians, who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, via Air Sudan on Friday. The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa,…

Federal Government has announced the resumption of domestic flights in the country on Wednesday. Hadi Sirika, the minister for aviation, made the announcement that domestic flights would resume on July 8, 2020. In a tweet on…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 561 new cases of coronavirus and 344 recoveries on Tuesday night. According to the centre’s latest data posted on Twitter; 561 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-200 Edo-119…

Nigeria has been excluded from list of countries that qualify to travel into Europe ahead of the reopening its borders to international travelers on July 1, 2020. According to the list released by the EU, only 54 countries qualify for…

Nigeria’s coronavirus infection toll has exceeded the 25,000 mark after recording 566 new COVID-19 cases in 19 states and Federal Capital Territory. The agency made the announcement on Monday night via its Twitter handle, saying;…

Federal Government has announced that it considering the implementation of ‘precision lockdown’ in 18 local government areas identified as the hotspots of the coronavirus infection in the country. Secretary to the FG and chairman of…

Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has revealed that the Federal Government is expected to announce the next phase of eased lockdown in the country on Tuesday, June 30. Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the…

Enugu State Ministry of Health has said 72 health care workers in the state have tested positive for COVID-19. The Commissioner for Health in Enugu, Dr Obi Ikechukwu, confirmed this in a statement on Friday while giving an update on…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 594 new cases of coronavirus and 209 recoveries on Thursday night. According to the centre’s latest data posted on Twitter; 594 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-159 Delta-106…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 649 new cases of coronavirus as total figure exceeds 22,000 nationwide. According to the centre’s latest data posted on Twitter; 649 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-250 Oyo-100…

Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that no state in the country is COVID-19 free. Ihekweazu announced this on Monday, June 22 while speaking at the daily briefing of the…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 675 new cases of coronavirus and 230 recoveries on Monday night. According to the centre’s latest data posted on Twitter; 675 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-288 Oyo-76…

Nigeria’s coronavirus infection toll has surpassed the 20,000 mark after recording 436 new COVID-19 cases in 18 states and Federal Capital Territory. It would be recalled that over 19,000 cases, were recorded two days ago, indicating…