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Health Minister’s Absence Sparks Self-Isolation Rumour

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire
Some sources were insinuating that the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, had gone into self-isolation on Wednesday, after possibly having contact with the Chief of Staff to the President,Read More

Coronavirus: Senator Wants Returnee Lawmakers Quarantined

Nigerian Senate
The Vice-Chairman of Senate Committee on Trade and Investment, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, has said that lawmakers, who returned from overseas, should be immediately traced and quarantined, in order to eradicateRead More

Coronavirus: Lagos Not On Lockdown – Information Commissioner

Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso
The Lagos State Government asserted that it did not order a lockdown of the state to curtail the spread of coronavirus disease. The state government, in a statement made availableRead More

Coronavirus: NCDC Sets Up WhatsApp Line For 2-Way Communication

NCDC WhatsApp phone number
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has set up a WhatsApp line that enables people in Nigeria to communicate in real-time with the agency. What you can do withRead More

Coronavirus: Nigeria Confirms Five New Cases

51 confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus disease in Nigeria
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded five new cases of Coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19, in Nigeria. Two of those new cases were confirmed in Abuja, twoRead More

FG Alerts Nigerians to Dangerous Computer Coronavirus Ransomware

COVID-19 tracker
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 alerted Nigerians over the threat of an Android-based malicious and fraudulent coronavirus ransomware application, which claims to deliver updates onRead More

Coronavirus: NDDC To Provide Ventilators, Oxygen

Niger Delta Development Commission
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Acting Managing Director, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, has promised that the agency would contribute ventilators and oxygen to help combat coronavirus. He said NDDC wouldRead More

Lagos State Government Orders Partial Closure Of Banks

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, and Deputy, Femi Hamzat and other officials of the state
Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, March 24th, 2020, placed a partial closure of banks in the state, as part of measures to curtail community transmission of coronavirus. Governor Babajide Sanwo-OluRead More

Coronavirus: Nigeria Confirms Two New Cases In Lagos, Osun

46 confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, March 25th, 2020, confirmed two new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria: One in Lagos State and one in OsunRead More

Sanwo-Olu Orders Closure Of Lagos Markets

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered the closure of all markets that are not selling essential commodities like medical supplies, foodstuffs, water, amongst other things. Our reporters gatheredRead More