Lockdown: Police arrests Funke Akindele, asks Naira Marley, others to report at the CID
Funke Akindele Bello. The police in Lagos has arrested Nollywood actress and producer, Funke Akindele. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, Bala Elkana, confirmed this in a…
33 COVID-19 patients discharged as confirmed cases rises to 232
The Nigeria Centre for Disease control, NCDC, has confirmed 8 new cases of COVID19 in Nigeria; 5 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT and 1 in Kaduna State. According…
COVID-19: Resident doctors kick against FG’s plan to invite Chinese medical experts
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has kicked against a plan by the Federal Government to invite an 18-man Chinese team of medical experts including doctors, nurses and those…
AfDB predicts Covid-19 could cost Africa a GDP loss between $22.1 and $88.3 bn
By Akinwumi A. Adesina The African Development Bank estimates that Covid-19 could cost Africa a GDP loss between $22.1 billion and $88.3 billion in the worst case scenario. These are…
NCDC regrets error, says Nigeria records 25 new cases of Covid-19 not 26
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday said the number of new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) pandemic outbreak in the country was 25 and not 26…
No licence issued for 5G in Nigeria – Pantami
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Saturday said no licence has been issued for 5G in Nigeria. In a statement the minister said the President…
Coronavirus: LUTH confirms death of patient
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Saturday confirmed the death of a COVID-19 patient in the hospital. Prof. Chris Bode, LUTH Chief Medical Director, made this known…
NCDC raises alarm over fake account
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has called on Nigerians to disregard other accounts claiming to be “official accounts of the NCDC” The NCDC in a twitter message…
COVID-19: NCDC confirms 2 deaths in Lagos, Edo as confirmed cases rises to 210
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed deaths of two COVID-19 patients in Lagos and Edo. NCDC, disclosed this in a Twitter message on Friday night. “Twenty new…
Return of Nigerian citizens: Foreign Affairs ministry has instructed that financial implications be borne by prospective evacuees – NIDCOM
following the requests by some Nigerians stranded abroad in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic to be evacuated, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) says the…