Buhari pleads with Nigerians to stay at home, says lockdown essential
President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said lockdown measures are “essential” to defeat the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria and urged citizens to “observe restrictions on movement where…
Lagos records another coronavirus death
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi The Lagos State government has confirmed another death from the COVID-19 disease. The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed…
New study shows COVID-19 survives longer in the air, can travel up to 4 metres
A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with COVID-19 patients has found that the virus can travel up to 13 feet (four meters) twice the distance current guidelines…
Nigeria’s frm finance minister, Okonjo-Iweala makes IMF’s list of External Advisory Group
Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has named a former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as part of its External Advisory…
COVID-19: WHO lists strategies to ease stay-at-home restrictions
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working with affected countries on strategies for gradually and safely ease stay-at-home restrictions occasioned by Coronavirus pandemic. The WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros…
Insurgency: COAS relocates to North East
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has relocated to the North East to oversee and direct the overall operation in the theatre and other army operations across the…
NCDC confirms 17 new coronavirus infections in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease control, NCDC, has confirmed 17 new cases of #COVID19 in the country The Centre disclosed this in a tweet on Friday night According…
Wife, 2 children of late medical doctor test positive for coronavirus in Daura
The Katsina State Government announced on Friday that the wife and two children of the medical doctor, who died of COVID-19 in Daura, have tested positive to the pandemic. The…
FG appeals to State govts not to relax COVID-19 containment protocols
The Federal Government has appealed to the state governments to be mindful of the present situation of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. This is according to the National…
LASG discharges 7 more COVID-19 patients
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced that seven more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. Governor Sanwo-Olu who made the announcement on…