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Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have risen to 131 in Nigeria as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 20 new cases on Monday. Of the 20 new cases, 13 were recorded in Lagos State, four in Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), two in Kaduna and one in Oyo. Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, earlier …

Hadiza Isma, the wife of the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has appealed to Nigerians to offer prayers for the quick recovery of her husband who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). She made the appeal a few minutes after her husband disclosed that he tested positive for the virus on Twitter. reports …

Mohammed Babandede, comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has tested positive for coronavirus. According to the Punch, Babandede disclosed his COVID-19 status on Sunday. The immigration chief reportedly said he has been in self-isolation since he returned from the United Kingdom on March 22. “Today, I tested positive for …

The Chief Medical doctor, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof Jesse A Otegbayo, has tested positive for coronavirus. This was disclosed in a statement personally signed by the CMD. UCH CMD@UchCmd On Monday 23rd March, we commenced a 12man quarterly board meeting which was meant to last 5 days in the …

Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has tested positive for coronavirus. “Earlier this week, I submitted a sample for the Covid-19 test,” El-Rufai said in a video posted on Twitter on Saturday. “The result came in this evening, and I regret to say that it is positive.”

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced new cases of confirmed COVID-19. Nigeria now has 89 confirmed cases of the virus. NCDC, in a tweet, said seven of the new cases are in Lagos with one in Benue. Only one death has been recorded so far while three …

The Lagos State Government on Saturday suspended its earlier decision to close Marine Bridge for five months for repair, following the swelling cases of COVID-19 in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Public Affairs Unit of the State Ministry of Transportation (MOT) had on Friday …

Ministers Donate 50% Of March Salary To Support COVID-19 Efforts Nigeria’s 43 Cabinet Ministers have donated 50% of their March 2020 salaries to support the Federal Government’s efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, the Minister of Information and Culture, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has been briefed on the COVID-19 situation in the country by Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, and Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). He was briefed on Saturday afternoon at his residence in the state house, Abuja. It was previously reported that Buhari …

FILE PHOTO: Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (M), flanked by the state commissioner for health (L) and commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso (R) at a recent press briefing in Lagos. The Lagos State government has clarified reports that it has imposed dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state starting from Sunday …