coronavirus in nigeria

United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) has on Thursday disclosed that 16 million doses of Covax vaccine for COVID-19 pandemic would arrive in Nigeria very soon. Peter Hawkins, UNICEF country representative to…

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 938 new COVID-19 cases, 1,065 discharged patients and 8 more deaths. With Thursday’s figure, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country is now 143,516, according to an update by the Nigeria Centre…

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 1,131 new COVID-19 cases, 1,192 discharged patients and 8 more deaths. With Tuesday’s figure, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country is now 142,573, according to an update by the Nigeria Centre…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday confirmed 1,056 new COVID-19 cases, 1,120 discharged patients and 21 more deaths. Tuesday’s 1,056 new cases raised the total number of infections in the country to 141,447. However, 21…

BUA Group has asked Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), a private sector organization established to assist Federal Government in combating coronavirus, to stop playing politics with Nigerian lives. The group, which is a member of…

Federal Government has placed a travel restriction on 100 passengers for flouting COVID-19 directives. The new development was announced by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 via its Twitter handle on Tuesday, February 9. The…

Overall COVID-19 infections in Nigeria has surpassed 140,000 with 643 new cases recorded on Monday, one of the lowest daily figures since the start of 2021. Nigeria had on Sunday recorded its lowest COVID-19 daily infection toll since…

BUA Group says it has purchased one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for Nigeria through African Export–Import Bank (AFREXIM) vaccine programme in partnership with Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID). The group, owned by…

Nigeria on Saturday confirmed 1,588 new COVID-19 cases across 20 of its states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Lagos state was top of the list with 535 new cases on Saturday, followed by Anambra with 218 and Oyo with 155.…

Nigeria on Friday recorded 1,624 new cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths from the virus, the country’s health agency said. While the new infections raised the cases in the country to 137,654 in total, the nine deaths took the total…

Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said it will shut down schools across the country if it continues to notice a spike in the number of confirmed cases. PTF National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Muhammed, stated this in a recent…

Nigeria has recorded its second highest daily death toll from COVID-19 on Wednesday, as infections continue to spread rapidly. A total of 22 people died from COVID-19 on Wednesday to bring to 1,544, the total number of people who have…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday announced 1,303 new coronavirus and 15 new casualties, increasing death toll to 1,522 in total. The 15 deaths were significantly higher than the three deaths recorded on Monday. The new…

Nigeria on Monday confirmed 1,430 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country’s total infections to 122,996, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Three people also died from the disease in the past 24 hours taking the…