The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 169 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The agency said that the latest infections brought the total number of cases in the country to 66,974. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria had tested 756,237 persons since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was announced on Feb. 27. The public...

The United States Mission to Nigeria has praised Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu, for his role in the development of a vaccine meant to cure COVID-19. Ogbuagu, who was a 2003 graduate of the University of Calabar, migrated to the US and rose to become Associate Professor of Medicine and Infectious Disease Specialist at Yale University. The Associate Professor was part of the team that helped the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, to develop the vaccine. On Monday, the...

On Thursday, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, said one of the Nigeria’s priorities now was to get the COVID-19 vaccine. He said this was a matter of utmost concern to the present administration. According to a statement by the VP Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo spoke at the opening of the virtual edition of the Paris Peace Forum where Heads of State and government featured presentations alongside international organizations, on a collective...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 111 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total now infections now 62,964. The NCDC made this known via its verified Website on Sunday. The centre also reported two deaths, bringing the total to 1,146 recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The agency said Lagos reported 49 new infections, 30 in the FCT, 11 in Rivers and 10 in Plateau. Others are Ogun-four, Kaduna and Oyo-three...

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 162 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the 162 reported national figure is, however, lower than the 170 cases recorded on Friday. The public health Agency said the latest figure takes the total confirmed COVID-19  cases in the country to 62,853. The agency said...

An Abuja-based NGO, Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), has cautioned Nigerians who threw the COVID-19 protocols to the wind to continue to abide by the rules “as COVID-19 is not just real, but very much around without an enduring cure.” The President of the group, Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. Nnam, who said he had observed that many...