coronavirus in nigeria

Nigeria’s commercial centre and most populated city, Lagos, once again topped the chart of new coronavirus infections recorded in the country on Friday. Out of the 43 new cases Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported on its…

Federal Government has on Monday, May 10 announced Phase IV of COVID-19 eased lockdown across all 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 during a briefing in Abuja,…

United States has in its latest travel advisory advised its citizens to avoid 14 states in Nigeria, urging them to "reconsider travel to Nigeria". In the updated advisory, the U.S. State Department added at least 116 countries this…

Nigeria recorded 65 new COVID-19 cases and zero fatality on Wednesday, according to data released by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This makes it the tenth consecutive day that the country recorded no death from the virus…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said the country’s total COVID-19 cases increased by 60, bringing the total number to 164,207. With this figure, a total of 471 infections were been confirmed over the past seven days.…

Daily deaths from COVID-19 have declined in Nigeria in the past two weeks with no fatalities recorded from the disease in the past 48 hours. The fatality toll in the country remains 2,058 in total with no deaths from the disease on…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 106 new COVID-19 cases in 12 states, raising the total number of infections in the country to 162,997. The 106 new cases were reported from 12 states – Lagos (33), FCT (20),…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday reported 129 new COVID-19 infections in 13 states across the country, raising total infection tally to 162,891. The health agency disclosed this in an update on Wednesday night on…

Federal Government says it is proposing to spend the sum of N396 billion for COVID-19 vaccination exercise across the country between 2021 and 2022. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this on Wednesday…

Less than a month after Nigeria commenced vaccination of its citizens against the COVID-19 virus, over 560,000 people have received the first dose of the vaccine. As at Monday evening, 566,917 eligible Nigerians have been vaccinated,…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 101 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing total number of infections in the country to 162,489. The health agency disclosed this on its official Twitter handle Sunday morning,…

Barely three weeks after Nigeria commenced vaccination of its citizens against the COVID-19 virus, over 370,000 people have received first dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. As at Friday, 374,585 eligible Nigerians have been vaccinated,…

Nigeria has for the second day in a row recorded no fatalities from COVID-19, with the total death tally in the country still at 2,027. The development was announced in an update published by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on…

There were no fatalities recorded from COVID-19 in Nigeria on Thursday as the steady run of low daily infection figures continues. Infection figures in Nigeria have remained low in the past three weeks with 135 new cases recorded from 16…