The Kogi state government has rejected the COVID-19 result published by the National Centre For Disease Control (NDCD), saying the state has recorded no case. In a statement, Saka Haruna Audu, Kogi health commissioner, stated that the state has developed “full testing capacity” and “conducted hundreds of tests” which have come back negative. “Kogi State till this very moment is Covid-19 free. We have developed the full testing capacity and have conducted hundreds of tests...

The Presidential Task Force On COVID-19 said it is validating three out of numerous claims of COVID-19 local cure. Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 disclosed this on Wednesday during the daily briefing of the Task Force. “As a measure of the importance attached to research and development of local capacity for finding a cure to the COVID-19, the Federal Ministry...

Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike said he was not a dictator, insisting the State Security Council took all decisions in the prosecution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the State. Wike also explained that his government was not up in arms against hoteliers in the state. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim on Tuesday, said Wike spoke when the Executive of the Nigeria Hotel Association, Rivers State Chapter paid him a courtesy...

45 coronavirus patients have been discharged in Lagos. Babajode Sanwo-Olu, Lagos state governor disclosed this in a facebook post. The patients were released from the isolated centre after testing negative to the virus twice. The discharged cases consist of 22 females and 23 males. According to the governor, 19 patients are from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba; 3 from Onikan; 8 from Agidingbi; seven from Lekki; 1 from Eti-Osa (LandMark) and seven from Lagos...

The Benue State Government has rescinded its decision to lift restrictions on movement and reopen public and social spaces. The state governor, Samuel Ortom disclosed this to the pressmen in Makurdi. According to him, the state government has decided to hearken to the advice of the Federal Government and the Christian Association of Nigeria as well as other religious bodies against reopening of worship centres. “We are a component part of the Federal Republic of...