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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control on Sunday confirmed 248 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 4,399. According to the agency, Nigeria also recorded 17 more deaths from the pandemic, taking the country’s death toll to 143 with total recoveries rising to 778. Eighty-one of the new cases were in Lagos State, 35 in Jigawa, […]
One hundred and sixty Nigerians who were stranded in the United States following the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown have returned to the country. A plane carrying the returnees arrived on Sunday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Boeing 787 Ethiopian Airlines plane touched down at the airport in the Federal […]
Popular singer Iledare Olajuwonlo aka Jaywon has been arrested by the police for violating the curfew order imposed over the coronavirus pandemic. It was gathered that Jaywon was driving to an undlsclosed destination when policemen attached to the Dolphin Estate Division intercepted him around 11pm on Monday and took him into custody. The singer was […]
Berlin plans to allow Germany’s Bundesliga to restart behind closed doors in May after weeks of shutdown imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus, according to a draft government agreement seen by AFP Wednesday. Politicians believe restarting play in the first and second divisions to “limit the economic damage” for the 36 clubs is […]
A member of the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation and Chairman of the Nigeria National League, Chidi Ofo Okenwa, is dead. Okenwa, who is also the Chairman of the Enugu State Football Association, died on Tuesday at the age of 50. He had been diagnosed with leukemia and was said to have been […]
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 148 new COVID-19 cases in the country, taking Nigeria’s total cases to 2,950. Of the new cases, 43 are in Lagos, 32 are in Kano, while 14 are in Zamfara. Ten are in the FCT, nine in Katsina, seven in Taraba, six in Borno and Ogun, […]
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has said 265 Nigerians will arrive in Lagos from Dubai on Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on Tuesday, ministry spokesperson, Ferdinand Nwonye, said the Emirates Airlines tasked with the transport is scheduled to arrive at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Over 4,000 Nigerians are waiting to be […]
The Lagos state government says it has discharged another 60 COVID-19 patients. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement in a tweet on Tuesday. Today, we discharged 60 #COVID19 Lagos patients; 40 males and 20 females, from our Yaba, Eti-Osa and Ibeju-Lekki isolation facilities to reunite with their families and society The patients, 31 from the Mainland Infectious […]
The controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020 being debated on the floor of the House of Representatives will be put to public hearing, the Speaker has said. Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, who seemed to have bowed to public pressure, stated this during Tuesday’s plenary at the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. He […]
Four out of the 11 travellers from Sokoto State en route Akure who were intercepted by the Oyo State Police at the weekend have tested positive to COVID-19. The state’s incident manager, Dr Taiwo Ladipo disclosed this on Tuesday. According to him, the four confirmed cases are currently being isolated at the Infectious Diseases Centre, […]
