Lagos Police arrests Cleric, 287 other lockdown violators
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 288 violators of the lockdown directive by the Federal Government in the last three days. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, who made…
COVID-19: SERAP urges govs to use security votes, life pensions to fund healthcare
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged governors of the 36 states of the federation to channel their security votes and life pensions of ex-governors to the fight…
COVID-19: Another 13 Nigerian returnees from Togo arrive Seme border post
Another batch of 13 Nigerian returnees from Togo Republic have arrived at Seme Border Post in Lagos State in the early hours of Sunday. The 13 returnees arrived the border…
Police disperse villagers at burial, arrests curfew violators in Kaduna
Gov. El-Rufai The Police in Kaduna on Saturday dispersed a crowd of villagers at the burial of a young man at Maraban Rido community in Chikun Local Government Area of…
Suspected killer of Funke Olakunrin, 2 others test positive for coronavirus in Ondo
Ondo State has reported three new positive cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the state to seven. The state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, announced this in…
COVID-19: IMF to meet on Nigeria’s $3.4bn emergency loan request on Tuesday
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to recommend the approval of $3.4 billion in emergency funding for Nigeria as part of measures to cushion the impact of COVID-19 on…
COVID-19: LASG discharges 123 patients as infections in Nigeria rises to 1182Â
In an early-morning tweet on Sunday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said 87 new infections have been reported in the country. Lagos recorded 33 cases while Borno…
NCDC, AOLG refute voice note recording on COVID-19 figure in the Council area
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Amuwo Odofin Local Government (AOLG)Â in Lagos State on Saturday refuted claims of giving out an alarming figure of confirmed COVID-19…
COVID-19: Woman cries out in viral video, blames NCDC for son-in-law’s death in Kano
An audio message from a woman in Abuja alleging her son-in-law died in Kano from a disease suspected to be COVID-19 due to slow response by the Nigeria Centre for…
Nigeria adds 2 molecular laboratories to test for COVID-19 – NCDCÂ
Nigeria has added two new molecular laboratory network to test for Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, told the News Agency…