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Nigeria has recorded 248 new cases of COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced. NCDC, on its verified twitter handle on Sunday night, said, “81 in Lagos, 35 in Jigawa, 26 in Borno, 26 in Kano 20 in Bauchi, 13 in FCT, 12 in Edo, 10 in Sokoto, seven in Zamfara, four in Kwara, four in Kebbi, ...

The Rivers state government has pulled down  Prodest Hotel, Eleme, and and Etemeteh Hotel, Onne, for allegedly violating the lockdown directives. Nyesom Wike, the governor, had imposed a lockdown and directed all hotels in the state to suspend services immediately as parts of measures  to check the spread of COVID-19. The governor had warned residents that failure to comply with the ...

The Supreme Court, on Friday, quashed the judgement that convicted and sentenced the former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor-Kalu, to 12 years imprisonment. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-man panel of Justices led by Justice Amina Augie, held that the Federal High Court in Lagos acted without jurisdiction when it convicted Kalu, his firm, Slok ...

No fewer than 10 persons at the Lagos State Government House Marina have tested positive for COVID-19. Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed on Thursday afternoon on his verified twitter handle. He said the development forced Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Joke to undergo another test. The tests, he however revealed, returned negative. “I am glad to announce ...

Two hundred and sixty-five Nigerians evacuated from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have arrived Lagos, The Nation is reporting The Emirates Airlines aircraft they boarded landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. Regional Manager, South West, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Mrs Victoria Shin – Abah said the aircraft arrived 7.30 pm. The 265 evacuees are on their way to ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has extended the ban on local and international flights by four weeks. This was revealed by Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, during the daily briefing on Wednesday. “Tomorrow marks the last day for the enforcement of the closure of Nigeria’s airspace to flights. We have assessed the situation in the ...

Leading Nigerian financial institution, First City Monument bank (FCMB) has issued an official statement to address the video making rounds about a customer who collapsed at its Onipan branch in Lagos State.  See the full statement of the bank below: “Our attention has been drawn to a video making the rounds which shows a customer collapsing at our branch located at 178, Ikorodu ...

There was pandemonium at a First City Monument Bank (FCMB) branch in Lagos on Monday after a man showing COVID-19 symptoms collapsed causing customers to flee the scene. According to reports, the incident occurred at the Onipanu branch of the bank where many customers were reported to have gathered for various transactions. The man was reported to have suddenly developed difficulty in breathing while trying to ...

Nigeria, on Sunday night recorded 170 new cases of Coronavirus. According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, (NCDC), Lagos State recorded  39 cases, Kano State had 29 cases, Ogun State had 24 cases, Bauchi State had 18 cases and Kaduna state recorded 15 cases. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Sokoto State recorded 12 cases each, ...

The Lagos State government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that some offices and businesses would remain closed despite the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown in the state which begins from Monday, May 4, 2020. According to the governor: “It is a gradual and controlled easing of the lockdown. We will continue to monitor the public health situation; the economic impact of ...