COVID-19 News

The management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has confirmed that Ibanga Bassey Etang, its late executive director of finance and administration, died of complications from COVID-19. ...

Nigeria has recorded 241 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Tuesday. According to the health agency, Lagos reported the ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 416 new COVID-19 cases in 19 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). This is the second highest daily ...

One day after Nigeria recorded its highest daily toll ever, the total COVID-19 cases in the country exceeded 10,000. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 307 ...

Nigeria recorded a significant spike in COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with 553 new cases confirmed in 14 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). The Nigeria Centre for ...

Three months after Nigeria confirmed its index COVID-19 case, more than 9,000 cases have now been recorded. Between May 26 and May 29, the country recorded a total ...

The federal government is to engage 800,000 volunteers nationwide to sensitise Nigerians on the dangers and spread of COVID-19, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) ...

After days of recording a significant rise in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the country, Nigeria recorded its lowest toll in one week on Thursday. The ...

Exactly three months after Nigeria recorded its first COVID-19 case, the country had its highest daily toll ever. An Italian who flew into the country from Milan tested ...

Even people with minor illness from the coronavirus can develop antibodies that could leave them immunised for several weeks or more, according to an early French study that ...

Algeria will continue to use the drug hydroxychloroquine against the novel coronavirus, a member of its scientific committee said, despite the World Health Organization suspending clinical trials of ...

A total of 16 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed on Tuesday. This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night, when the agency published ...

Nigeria’s COVID-19 toll exceeded 8,000 on Monday, with more than 3,000 cases recorded within two weeks. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 229 new COVID-19 cases ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 313 fresh COVID-19 cases. The agency made the announcement on Sunday night via its Twitter handle. Lagos state recorded ...

In continuation of its effort to support Government at both the national and state levels in the fight against the deadly COVID-19, Africa’s leading integrated digital payment and ...

For the first time in the month of May 2020, Nigeria recorded no fatality arising from COVID-19 complications. This is just as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ...

The Lagos State government has asked residents to continue to comply with the measures put in place to flatten the curve of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. Despite ...

Nigeria on Friday recorded 245 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing total infections in the country to 7,261. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed the new ...

Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health in Lagos, says the state has spent N640 million on COVID-19 tests. He disclosed this  on Thursday, while giving an update on the ...

With 339 new cases confirmed on Thursday, Nigeria has now recorded more than 7,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the new cases ...