The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday recorded 176 new cases of COVID-19 which brought the total number of infections in Nigeria to 5621. NCDC also said that five new patients have been confirmed dead in the country, bringing the total number of deaths to 176. The 176 new cases were reported from 14 states:  Lagos (95), Oyo (31), FCT (11), Niger (8),Borno (8), Jigawa (6), Kaduna (4), Anambra (3), Edo (2), Rivers...

Kaduna State Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed that a four-month-old child was among the 20 new COVID-19  cases recorded in the state on Friday. A statement issued by the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, said that the father of the infected child had a travel history to Kano. “The infant, who had been brought to hospital for respiratory issues, was tested in accordance with the updated guidelines which advise that persons presenting with...

ENUGU – Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Enugu State council members on Saturday rejected palliatives donated by the State Government to help cushion the effect of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. The bone of contention was the announcement by the Commissioner for Information Chidi Aroh that the palliative is shared amongst the alleged factions in the union. Aroh insisted the palliative be shared among NUJ members including the faction led by the suspended National Vice...

President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Madagascan native formulation against the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he will listen to science before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the president made this known at an audience with the visiting President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau. The presidential aide revealed that Guinea-Bissau’s...