As Nigeria continues to battle the second wave of the COVID19 pandemic, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, said the Federal government cannot force Nigerians to take the COVID19 vaccine. The Sultan who is the President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, state this during the sensitisation programme on COVID-19 vaccine for Muslim…
1,861 new cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, January 27. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, Lagos recorded 773 while the FCT recorded 285. Other states with fresh cases include Oyo-138, Rivers-111, Plateau-92, Nasarawa-83, Kaduna-59, Enugu-57, Imo-57, Edo-43, Kano-27, Kwara-20, Ebonyi-19, Abia-17, Ogun-12, Osun-12, Katsina-8, Bayelsa-6, Bauchi-5, Delta-5,…
The Nigerian government has said it will shut down NYSC orientation camps that fail to comply with protocols put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, while speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday, Jan 25, said the government was…
A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abdullahi Ibrahim, has died from Covid-19 complications. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who served as Minister of Transport and Aviation in the military regime of Muhammadu Buhari, was said to have died in an isolation centre in Abuja on Sunday, Jan 24. Premium…
1,633 new cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Saturday, January 23. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos recorded 498. Other places with fresh cases include Plateau-214, FCT-176, Rivers-99, Kaduna-98, Edo-87, Anambra-86, Akwa Ibom-50, Osun-47, Kano-40, Oyo-40, Kwara-39, Ebonyi-28, Niger-28, Taraba-28, Ogun-27, Ondo-21, Ekiti-12, Katsina-7, Borno-6 and Delta-2. …
1,964 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday January 21, as announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The health agency gave a breakdown of the new cases across states as follows; Lagos-824, FCT-246, Plateau-166, Kaduna-128, Ogun-76, Nasarawa-74, Anambra-69, Edo-50, Rivers-45, Ondo-44, Niger-40, Oyo-38, Adamawa-35, Kano-31, Akwa Ibom-27, Gombe-19,…
1386 new cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, January 20. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos recorded 476. Other states with fresh cases include Rivers-163, FCT-116, Kaduna-114, Oyo-68, Plateau-62, Ogun-56, Imo-55, Osun-55, Edo-51, Anambra-50, Kwara-44, Kano-17, Ebonyi-14, Cross River-10, Delta-10, Jigawa-8, Bayelsa-6, Ekiti-6, Borno-2, Taraba-2 and…
The House of Representatives has kicked against resumption of schools amid the the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country. The lower chamber of the national assembly which proposed a postponement of resumption for three months, said government officials did not consult the relevant committees of the National Assembly, contrary to their claim that…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC says 1398 new cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, January 13. According to the health agency, Lagos recorded 542 cases while the FCT recorded 131, Other states with fresh cases include Oyo-120, Rivers-113, Plateau-111, Kaduna-71, Kwara-71, Akwa Ibom-34, Sokoto-31, Benue-28, Ogun-27, Kano-26, Kebbi-17, Osun-12,…
20 doctors have contracted COVID-19 within the past three weeks in Kwara State. President of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Dr Badmus Habeeb, disclosed this to Channels Television during a phone interview on Wednesday January 13. Habeeb who said the association are battling with the pandemic “based on…
