A few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari extended the lockdown on three Nigerian cities in a bid to check the spread of coronavirus, the country on Monday night confirmed 20 fresh cases of the disease. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed on its Twitter handle that 13 new infections were recorded in Lagos,…
Nigeria’s coronavirus cases have increased to 318 after 13 new cases were recorded. The Nigeria Control for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle on Saturday. Details later…
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has expressed sadness as the country and the world at large battle COVID-19 pandemic amid the Easter season. The bishops also said this was a time to express love to one another, especially the poor, widows and underprivileged, who might not have the means to celebrate Easter. In a…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from hospital on Sunday, a Downing Street spokesman said, a week after being admitted for treatment for coronavirus and spending three days in intensive care. “The PM has been discharged from hospital to continue his recovery, at Chequers,” the spokesman said, referring to the prime minister’s country estate…
Delta State Government just confirmed the third Covid-19 case. This was made available to newsmen on Governor Okowa official Facebook page on Saturday. “We have just confirmed the third case of #COVID19 in Delta State. The patient, a male, was diagnosed today in Asaba, our state capital and is currently being managed by our healthcare…
The Cross River Government has ordered workers in the state’s civil service to resume work after a temporary suspension over the Coronavirus pandemic. In a statement released by Governor Ben Ayade’s spokesperson Christian Ita, civil servants from grade level 10 were asked to resume work on Tuesday, April 14. The returning civil servants were also told to adhere to the ‘no…
At least 20 states in Nigeria have recorded COVID-19 cases. This follows the latest update from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday. A total of 13 new cases were confirmed. A breakdown shows that eleven are in Lagos, one in Delta and one in Kano. It is the first time Kano and…
Following the confirmation of 13 new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria, 20 states in the country are battling the virus. Based on the figures released by the NCDC as at Saturday, 11th April, Lagos remains the epicenter with 174 confirmed cases while Abuja closely follows on 56 and Osun in third with just 20 confirmed…
Police arrested a dozen people and fired tear gas in a Nile Delta village on Saturday, as villagers protested the burial of a COVID-19 victim, a security source said. Relatives had taken the body of a retired doctor from her home in Daqahliya north of Cairo to the family vault in the village of Shubra…
The United States has overtaken Italy as the country with the highest Coronavirus death toll, following a recent figure released by the Johns Hopkins University. Over 20,000 have died from Coronavirus in the United States, a heartbreaking development that came just after the North-American country became the first nation to record more than 2,000 virus deaths in a…