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Nigeria records 416 new cases of coronavirus
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria have risen by 416, according to figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night.
Lagos records four new coronavirus deaths
Four patients have died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State, The PUNCH reports.
House of Reps canvasses reopening of one airport in each zone
The House of Representatives has charged the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 to consider reopening of at least one airport in each geopolitical zone of the country.
Ekiti commissions mobile laboratory to run coronavirus tests
As part of steps to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in Ekiti State, the state government on Monday, commissioned a mobile laboratory to facilitate COVID-19 testing in the state.
Kogi places communities on absolute lockdown
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has placed all the communities in Kabba/Bunu council areas on ‘absolute’ lockdown following the positive testing of two persons in the council area to COVID-19
President Buhari to intervene in Kogi, NCDC face off
The Kogi State Government may be under renewed pressure from high places, including the presidency to change it’s attitude towards management of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Nigeria records 307 new COVID-19 cases, total now 10,162
They are: Lagos (188), FCT (44), Ogun (19), Kaduna (14), Oyo (12), Bayelsa (9), Gombe (5), Kano (3), Delta (3), Imo (2), Rivers (2), Niger (2), Bauchi (2), Plateau (1), Kwara (1)
Imo monarch seeks lockdown extension
The Chairman of the Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers told the Federal Government on Sunday to extend the current lockdown as the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria nears the 10,000 mark.
Kaduna takes delivery of coronavirus mobile testing truck
The government said on Saturday it was still awaiting the delivery of equipment that would enable the truck and 12 GeneXpert machines in the several general hospitals to increase the number of testing labs.
Two coronavirus patients recover in Akwa Ibom
Dr Dominic Ukpong, the state Commissioner for Health while announcing the development on Saturday, May 30, 2020, said the discharged patients have been certified negative by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC).
Bayelsa confirms first coronavirus death
The Director of Public Health in the state’s ministry of health and member of the state COVID-19 task force committee, Dr Jones Stowe, confirmed this to our correspondent through a text message.
NCDC announces 378 new coronavirus cases in Lagos
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday announced 378 new coronavirus cases in Lagos State.
NCDC activates another coronavirus lab in Bauchi
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated an additional lab to its Molecular Laboratory Network making the Bauchi State Reference Molecular Laboratory the 29th of its kind in the country.
Nigeria records 553 new coronavirus cases, total now 9,855
Nigeria has recorded 553 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total cases close to 10,000.
Akwa Ibom discharges two coronavirus patients
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, who announced this on Saturday said those discharged have been certified negative by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, bringing to 16, the total of those treated and discharged of the viral infection since the first set of cases were recorded on April 1, 2020.
Governor Fayemi: Lockdown violators swell Ekiti internal revenue by N2 million
Governor Kayode Fayemi on Friday disclosed that not less than N2million has accrued to the coffers of the State being the various fines paid by the lockdown violators since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NCDC: Coronavirus test kits are now being sold in black markets
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has revealed that Nigerians have started selling COVID-19 diagnostic test kits in “black markets”.
Kogi rejects two coronavirus cases in state announced by NCDC
The Kogi state government has rejected the two COVID-19 positive cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
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Ex-President Obasanjo: AfDB’s governance at risk of being hijacked
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Kaduna takes delivery of coronavirus mobile testing truck
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