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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has now announced that Nigeria’s confirmed cases for COVID-19 have reached 1532. The newly-reported cases, as revealed via the Centre’s Twitter on Tuesday evening, show that Lagos, the epicenter of the virus, still has the highest number with 80 patients followed by Kano with 38 cases. Other states include Ogun with 15 cases, Bauchi, ...

The Presidency on Tuesday made clarifications on school resumption following the gradual relaxation of the lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Recall that Buhari had ordered a gradual relaxation of the lockdown starting from Monday next week, but was, however, silent on the reopening of schools. However, Buhari’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina while featuring on TVC, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to approve his request to secure a fresh loan of N850 billion to fund some projects in the 2020 budget. He made the request in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday on the floor of the upper chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. According to the letter, ...

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari,has partially relaxed the lockdown in thefederal capital territory, Lagos and Ogun States, four weeks after it was declared, as part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The president who disclosed this in his broadcast to the nation on Monday, however banned social gatherings. “Based on the above and in line with the recommendations of the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari will at 8 pm today (Monday) broadcast to the nation as the stay-at-home directive caused by the coronavirus outbreak expires. This is coming amidst concerns of the general economic downturn as citizens continue to lament the lockdown on the advice of the Presidential task force to monitor the development of COVID- 19 pandemic disease across the country. ...

A filling station belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), situated along College road, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos currrently burning. witnesses told our reporter that the fire started at about 1:10pm. The fire is said to have razed down vehicles and houses around the fuel station. Efforts are currently on by officials of fire service to put out the fire, ...

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire,says President Muhammadu Buhari will determine when to lift the lockdown order in Lagos, Abuja and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Ehanire disclosed this on Sunday while speaking on the efforts made by the Federal Government to tackle COVID-19 pandemic in the country. “The President will make that announcement in his own time. We will give him the ...

Kaduna State Government has extended the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic in the state by 30 days. This was contained in a statement on Sunday signed by Muyiwa Adekeye, media aide to Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The government had imposed its quarantine orders on the state for one month beginning March 26. According to the statement, the governor’s extension decision ...

The Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, has relaxed the lockdown on the state and has asked churches to commence full activities. The governor stated this in a broadcast to the people of the state on Saturday evening. Before the Saturday broadcast, church activities had been restricted for 14 days as one of the measures to prevent the spread of the ...

Nigeria has recorded 114 new cases of COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced. NCDC, on its verified twitter handle on Friday evening, said 80 of the new cases are in Lagos, 21 in Gombe, five in FCT, two in Zamfara, two in Edo, one in Ogun, one in Oyo, one in Kaduna, one in Sokoto With ...