Nigeria, on Sunday, recorded its highest daily figure since the outbreak of the novel disease in Nigeria. 86 cases new cases of the virus have recorded across seven states in Nigeria, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports. With the new cases, the total tally of infected people in the country rose to 627 from 541 reported on Saturday evening. The national health agency in a tweet late Sunday night said that new cases...

Mallam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to the Nigerian President died on April 17, 2020. The Chief of Staff died in Lagos due to complications from COVID-19 25 days after testing positive. Few days before his death, Abba Kyari had assured Nigerians that he would soon resume his duty through a statement he signed himself. “I have not experienced high fever or other symptoms associated with this new virus and have been working from...

A door-to-door collection of samples from citizens with acute respiratory symptoms will be done in Lagos and Abuja, the National Centre For Disease Control has disclosed. This is to help to overcome the bottlenecks in the testing capacity for coronavirus (COVID-19). The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, revealed this at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday. “We are really trying to change our strategy now and test more...

President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians in a televised broadcast at his office today, at 7.pm The presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. “President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation Monday, April 13, 2020, at 7 pm,” he said. “Television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) respectively...