The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,016 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 86,576. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. “1,016 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-434 FCT-155 Plateau-94 Kaduna-56 Rivers-56 Oyo-30 Nasarawa-27 Zamfara-25 Abia-22 Enugu-18 Kano-18 Bayelsa-15 Edo-14 Ogun-11 […]
The Lagos State Government , on Wednesday , warned residents of the state to comply with all restriction measures imposed by the authorities to curb the spread of coronavirus amid the second wave of the pandemic. It said Lagosians who violate the 12am to 4am curfew imposed by the Federal Government and other protocols would […]
The Ogun State Government has banned crossover services to usher in the New Year in all worship centres across the state. Nigerian Tribune monitored the announcement made on the state-owned radio station, Ogun State Broadcasting (OGBC), by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Waheed Odusile. This was sequel to a meeting government held with […]
Nigeria is yet to test up to a million people for COVID-19, several months after announcing plans to do so, and nearly a year since the deadly virus arrived the country. On April 28, the federal government announced its target of testing at least two million people within the next three months. It planned to […]
Femi Odekunle, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), is dead. PCAC is headed by Itse Sagay, a professor of law. TheCable gathered that Odekunle, Nigeria’s first professor of criminology, died at the COVID-19 isolation center in Gwagalada, Abuja, on Tuesday evening. At the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19, […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has predicted that January 2021 would be a tough month as the Nigerian government renews its efforts in fighting the scourge of COVID-19 in the country. NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, stated this on Tuesday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the […]
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has cancelled crossover service in its churches nationwide and has ordered members to connect with the virtual service of the church. This latest instruction supersedes previous instructions mandating church members to carry out crossover service in line with individual state guidelines on COVID-19. In addition to this, the […]
Authorities in all 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been asked to reopen all laboratories and scale up the testing for COVID-19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, made the appeal on Tuesday at a briefing in Abuja. “We wish to urge […]
Two more doctors have died of the coronavirus disease in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday. According to the statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the FCT Minister, Mr Anthony Ogunleye, the FCTA said a female doctor with the Gwarimpa […]
The Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has directed all churches in the state to close their crossover services on December 31st by 11 pm. The Lagos State CAN chairman, Bishop Stephen Adegbite announced this while briefing journalists on Monday. He said, “As part of our responsibility as a law-abiding organisation […]
