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The Lagos Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has confirmed four new cases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos, With this, there are now a total of 12 cases in the country. The Health Commissioner confirmed the new cases at a news briefing on Thursday. Professor Abayomi explained that 19 …

The Lagos State Government has banned all religious gathering of over 50 people within the state. The decision was arrived at on Wednesday after a meeting of the Lagos State Government with religious bodies in the state, because of the increasing number of coronavirus cases in the country. The religious …

FILE PHOTO: MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS BATCH ‘A’ STREAM 2 CORPS MEMBERS SERVING IN LAGOS STATE DURING THE CLOSE OF THEIR ORIENTATION PROGRAMME, IN LAGOS ON WEDNESDAY (29/6/16). 4703/29/6/2016/YO/MA/BJO/NAN The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has abruptly ended activities at orientation camps across the country. The Batch A orientation …

The Katsina State Government, on Wednesday, says a first suspected case of Coronavirus has been recorded in the state. The Permanent Secretary, in the state Ministry of Health, Dr Kabir Mustapha, made this known to newsmen in Katsina. Mustapha said that the patient, who returned from Malaysia, developed some symptoms that warranted …

The Indian contractor who developed symptoms of Coronavirus at the Dangote Refinery, Lagos has tested negative for the Coronavirus pandemic. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known in a tweet on Tuesday night. This newspaper had reported that the Indian, who is a staff of one …

The Federal Ministry of Health has announced five new cases of Coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to eight. It was reported that all the five new cases had a travel history to the United Kingdom and the United States. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire confirmed the cases …

The Federal Government has issued a travel ban on 13 countries over the spread of the Coronavirus. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha made the announcement at a media briefing on Wednesday. The affected countries are the United State of America, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, …

The Federal Government says it has no plans to impose travel restrictions on visitors from countries where coronavirus continues to spread rapidly. However,  Nigeria has decided to screen visitors entering the country from  China (where the disease originated last year), Japan, Iran, Italy, Germany, France,  South  Korea and Spain. The …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced six new policy measures to mitigate the spread of the dreaded coronavirus across the country.Addressing journalists Monday in Abuja, the governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the apex bank’s intervention facilities had been granted a further moratorium of one year in all principal repayments, with effect …

The 2020 edition of the National Sports Festival has been postponed. The decision was reached after a meeting with the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, his health counterpart, Dr Osagie Ehanire and a few other experts at the Health Ministry. They  reviewed the COVID-19 situation vis-a-vis Edo 2020 Sports festival …