coronavirus in nigeria

Nigeria’s Coronavirus infection toll has surpassed 1,000 after Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 114 new cases, it has emerged. This was made known on Friday night by NCDC in its daily Coronavirus report via its…

Lagos state government has announced the discharge of another 10 COVID-19 patients. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this announcement on Friday evening via his verified Twitter handle. He revealed that the patients include three…

A private Nigerian laboratory has joined other scientists and laboratories around the world in the race towards developing a vaccine for the treatment of Coronavirus. The laboratory known as African Centre of Excellence for Genomics…

Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said some states are yet to submit samples for test to know if they have COVID-19 cases. While speaking during a television interview on…

ECOWAS leaders have appointed President Muhammadu Buhari as the head of the COVID-19 response, in the region. Presidents of West African countries under the aegis of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government announced the…

Oyo state has on Wednesday recorded its first Coronavirus-related death as total cases rise to 17.  Governor Seyi Makinde made the announcement on his Twitter handle at about 11:30 pm on Wednesday. He said that the deceased died at…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 91 new cases of Coronavirus on Thursday night. The centre made this known in a series of tweets, adding that 74 cases were reported in Lagos, 5 in Katsina, 4 in Ogun, 2 in…

Governors of the 36 States in Nigeria have on Wednesday unanimously agreed to the implementation of an inter-state lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to mitigate the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 virus from State to State.…

Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu has said President Muhamadu Buhari will make very difficult decisions in the coming week regarding the lockdown. He said this in Katsina during his visit to Governor…

A new case of Coronavirus has been recorded in Warri, Delta State, bringing to five the total number of cases in the state including one death. According to SaharaReporters, the new case was recorded on Tuesday but yet to be forwarded to…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Tuesday night confirmed 117 new cases of Coronavirus, the highest number reported in a day so far. The centre made this known in a tweet, stating that 59 of the new cases were reported…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced thirty-eight (38) new cases of Coronavirus. The centre made this known in a tweet on Monday evening, stating that 23 cases were reported in Kano, 5 in Gombe, 3 in Kaduna, 2 in…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Sunday night confirmed 86 new Coronavirus cases. This was announced by the Centre via its official Twitter page stating that 70 cases were reported in Lagos, 7 in FCT, 3 in Katsina, 3…

Nollywood Actress Funke Akindele-Bello has finally broken her silence after being prosecuted for breaking the social distancing order in Lagos State. MDB had reported that the actress on April 4th hosted a party for her husband…