The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 917 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 80,080. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Sunday. “On the 3rd of January 2021, 917 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths were recorded in Nigeria, “Till date, […]
Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, has denied a report trending on social media that he is battling with COVID-19. Mr Tinubu’s spokesperson, Tunde Rahman, said his principal has done COVID-19 test 15 times and all results came negative. There were speculations on Sunday morning about […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has ruled out the possibility of conducting a local clinical trial on the proposed N 400bn vaccines before administering them on Nigerians. The agency said since the World Health Organisation had approved the vaccines there might not be need to conduct another clinical trial on […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 576 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 89,163. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday. “On the 2nd of January 2021, 576 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “Till date, […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Saturday said that God spared his life amid the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic so that he would serve him and humanity more. He equally asked Nigerians who survived COVID-19 and witnessed the New Year celebration to be appreciative and thank God for his mercies. He spoke at the second annual thanksgiving service […]
Many churches in Nigeria have abandoned physical worship services to online services since the outbreak of covid-19 in the country. This is to stem the spread of the virus. However, Winner’s chapel, Daystar, House on the Rock Church and few other churches have announced their preparedness for tomorrows service. Tomorrow’s service will be both physical […]
The Federal Government has released the passport numbers of 100 travellers who failed to undergo the compulsory COVID -19 test after returning into the country . “ The PTF has placed travel restrictions on the first 100 passengers for non -compliance to the mandatory Day 7 post-arrival COVID – 19 test, ” the Presidential Task […]
Yahaya Bello, Kogi governor, says his administration will not respond to the second wave of COVID-19 with “mass hysteria”. In a New Year broadcast on Friday, Bello said it would be irresponsible of his government to see COVID-19 as a definer of 2020. The governor said despite the nationwide lockdown imposed by the federal government, […]
Nigeria opened 2021 on a high COVID-19 count, as for the third consecutive day, more than 1,000 new positive samples were recorded on Friday. The new cases, which were confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), were recorded in 14 states and the federal capital territory in the country’s COVID-19 update for January […]
The Nigeria Union of Teachers on Thursday cautioned the Federal Government against the January 18 resumption date for schools across the country . The NUT Secretary – General , Dr Mike Ike -Ene , who stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents, said there was no need to hurriedly resume, if the […]
