LAGOS — The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended the re-opening of places of worship which he initially announced would be opened. The state government had announced, last week, that mosques could re-open from June 19 and churches could begin services from June 21. However, in a press briefing on Tuesday, Mr Sanwo-Olu announced the indefinite suspension of the directive, adding that increasing cases of COVID-19 prompted the decision. “Dear Lagosians, in the...

The Kaduna State Government has directed the removal of roadblocks at all the state boundaries. The government ordered relevant agencies to dismantle and relocate the barricades that enforced the ban on interstate travels. The directive is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, to Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i, on Monday in Kaduna. The government also said that boundary patrols undertaken by state government officials as part of...

Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that asymptomatic patients are only infectious within 10 and 14 days of becoming infected. Ihekweazu said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF), media briefing on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that a recent study led by group of researchers in Auchi Polytechnique discovered that asymptomatic coronavirus patients tend to recover within nine days of having infections confirmed...

Nigeria recorded 573 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of Infections to 16,658. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC)  announced this official Twitter handle. It said that as at June 15, Nigeria recorded four deaths while no new state reported any case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 216 new cases and Rivers was second with 103 new infections. “The 573...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has celebrated forty-two survivors of COVID-19 in Adamawa State. The event, which took place at the ‘infectious Disease Centre, Yola Specialist Hospital today Tuesday described the 42 survivors as ‘’ Heroes and Heroines,’’ including health workers who have put their lives in a high risk to safe others from the dreaded COVID-19. The commissioner of health in the state, Professor Abdullahi Isa, thanked the development partners like the World Health...