coronavirus in nigeria

Victor Ikwuemesi, founder and CEO of Sosoliso Airlines, has on April 14 died of COVID-19 in London, United Kingdom.  The Chairman of the defunct airline died few days after he was admitted and diagnosed of Coronavirus. A source close to…

Nigeria has received €50m from the European Union (EU) to boost its ongoing fight against Coronavirus in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari hosted the EU team at the Council Chambers, State House, Abuja on Tuesday. Making the…

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has said contrary to online reports about the state’s third Coronavirus case, the infected person is not a serving member of the National Youth Service…

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Nigeria Centre for Disease control (NCDC) has announced that Ondo state has confirmed a new Coronavirus case.  NCDC had announced this alongside 19 newly confirmed cases on Monday night, with Ondo currently…

Federal Government of Nigeria has said state governors will henceforth be in charge of the distribution of palliative measures in their respective states. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,…

Ekiti State Government has extended the COVID-19 lockdown and placed a curfew on movement in the state by two weeks. Governor Kayode Fayemi gave the order in a statement issued on Monday by the Secretary to the State Government…

Total Coronavirus infection toll in Nigeria is now 343 as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms 20 new cases in Nigeria on Monday night.  The centre in a tweet made this known, revealing that 13 new cases were reported in…

President Muhammadu Buhari in a broadcast has ordered for the extension of the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by two weeks. On March 29, President Buhari had in a similar public address ordered for the…

Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity has said President Muhammadu Buhari will deliver a nationwide address at 7pm on Monday. He made this known in a statement released on Monday afternoon. The…

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu Federal Ministry of Education has urged Nigerians to disregard news circulating that the Federal Government had directed the reopening of schools. The ministry’s Director of Press, Ben Goong, on Sunday…

Total Coronavirus infection toll in Nigeria is now 323 after Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed five new cases on Sunday night.  The centre made this known in a tweet, adding that 2 of the new cases were reported in…

The speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Taiwo Oluomo has reacted to an open letter of ‘appreciation’ written by Ajumoserere Community Development Committee (CDC) of Ifo Local Government.  The letter claimed the speaker gifted a…

Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) said it has placed four of its nurses in isolation after their contact with a patient who died from complications of COVID-19. In an interview with NAN, Tokunboh Fabamwo, chief medical…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in his daily Coronavirus report has on Saturday night reported 13 cases of Coronavirus in the country - 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta & 1 in Kano.  13 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;11…

President Muhammadu Buhari has encouraged Nigerians to abide by the stay-at-home order, adding that restriction of movement in some states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will remain as long as experts find it necessary. It would be…