Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Muhammad Musa Bello, has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The minister disclosed this on his official Facebook…
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Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has recovered from COVID19. Shehu went into isolation last week after testing positive…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has denied media reports claiming he has contracted the COVID-19 virus and is now in isolation where he is…
The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has tested positive for COVID19. Shehu, who confirmed this to Channels Television on…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says Nigeria has entered the fourth wave of coronavirus disease following a 500 percent increase in the number of cases in the…
The Federal Government has appealed to Nigerians to take their health seriously as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen astronomically by 630%. The Minister…
Lagos COVID19 positivity rate increased from 0.1% to 14.1% in 24 days – Commissioner of Health, Professor Abayomi, says
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says there has been a significant increase in the COVID19 case positivity rate in the state. While giving…
BBNaija's Maria Chike has revealed that she has contracted COVID19. In a post directed to her fans, Maria who is currently in Ghana said she tested negative for the…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has raised the alarm that the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic may likely happen in the state in…
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, says criminals are now abusing face masks meant to curtail the spread of COVID-19 to conceal their identities and rob people…
The federal government has mandated civil servants to get vaccinated against COVID19. The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha who…
The Osun State Government has threatened to bar civil servants in the state who are yet to get the COVID19 vaccines from coming to the state secretariat. The Special…
The Edo state government has confirmed the death of a 33-year-old pregnant woman at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin and 15 other persons across other COVID-19…
Two persons, including an unvaccinated health worker, have died from complications of COVID19 in Edo state. The 56-year-old health worker died at the Auchi General…
The Edo state government has threatened to enforce another lockdown in the state as 13 persons have been killed from the Delta variant of COVID19 in the state. Incident…
Court restrains Governor Obaseki and Edo state government from enforcing compulsory COVID19 vaccine directive
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has granted an order restraining Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Edo state government from enforcing a…
Seventy persons are said to have been killed after being infected with the deadly COVID19 Delta variant. The Nation reports that the Vice-Chancellor of University Of…
Veteran musician, Mike Okri, has contracted COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. Okri disclosed this in facebook live he had on Saturday, AUgust 21. Okri who…
The family of late human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, has said that his first son, Mohammed, who passed away on Wednesday, August 11, died from COVID-19 related…
The Nigeria High Commission in London, United Kingdom (UK), will be shut for the next 10 days. A statement released by the commission on Thursday, August 12, says the…
The Federal Government has ruled out the possibility of another nationwide lockdown despite the rising cases of COVID19 infections in the country. Speaking at the…
Lai Mohammed, Minister of information and culture, says the number of COVID-19 cases recorded at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps across the…
The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has revealed that the Federal government has so far spent N502.3 billion to stabilize the economy…
The management of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC has denied media reports claiming 109 corps members and officials of the scheme in different states have tested…