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“As at 09:00 pm March 30, there are 131 confirmed cases of COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 2 deaths. This was reported by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control via their Twitter handle. “Of the 131 cases, Lagos currently has 81, FCT 25, Oyo eight, Kaduna and Ogun three each, Enugu, Edo, Bauchi and Osun two each, while Ekiti, Rivers, and Benue have one each,” the tweet reads.

President Muhammadu Buhari signed the COVID-19 Regulations, 2020, which declared COVID-19 a dangerous infectious disease on Monday. This according to Femi Adesina the special adviser to the President, is in line with the exercising of the powers conferred on Buhari by Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Quarantine Act (CAP Q2 LFN 2004), and all other powers enabling him in that behalf. In his statement on Monday, the presidential spokesman noted that the regulations, effective March 30, 2020, also gave legal backing to the various measures outlined in the President’s National Broadcast on  March 29, 2020, such as Restriction/Cessation of Movement in Lagos, FCT and Ogun State and others toward containing the spread of the pandemic in the country. He added that to ensure that Nigerians can still perform on-line transactions and use ATMs whilst observing these restrictions, exemption is granted financial system and money markets to allow very skeletal operations in order to keep the sy

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control ( NCDC ) has announced the confirmation of two fresh cases of  coronavirus  in Lagos and Osun States respectively. The agency announced the update on its official Twitter account. With this development, the total number of cases now stands at 46. Both cases are returning travelers to Nigeria in the last 7 days. As at 07:00 am 25th March, there are 46 confirmed cases of  #COVID19  in Nigeria. 2 have been discharged with 1 death. 

As of 11:00 am on Sunday, 22nd of March there are now 27 confirmed cases of the Covid19 Coronavirus in Nigeria. The new case was reported in the federal capital territory, Abuja and was also confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via their twitter account.

One of the victims of the fast-spreading coronavirus has reportedly died in Ghana, authorities have confirmed. According to the Ghana Health Ministry, the 61-year-old male Lebanese trader and resident in Kumasi was unwell and reported to a health facility with fever, and cough. The sample tested positive for COVID-19. His case, which was the 11th confirmed infection in the country was reported on Thursday, March 19. Deputy Health Minister Alex Abban who confirmed the death to Accra based Citi News noted that: “The information I got from the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service is that that person [the Lebanese man] has died.” Earlier today the country recorded three(3) new confirmed cases of the fast-spreading Coronavirus pandemic, making a total of 19 cases in all, GhanaWeb reported. All 3 cases were confirmed on the 21st March 2020 from the Greater Accra Region and Ashanti Region with two being recorded in the country’s capital according to information on gov

The Federal Government on Sunday confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 in the country which brings the total number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria to 26. The new cases were confirmed early Sunday morning by the centre for disease control (NCDC). The agency on its Twitter handle said of the 26 confirmed cases, two have fully recovered and have been discharged. No death has been recorded in Nigeria from the disease which has killed thousands of people globally. "Three cases were reported in Lagos State and One in Oyo State, and have travel history to high-risk countries in the last seven days” “We’re working closely with Lagos State Ministry Of Health to identify and follow up with contacts,” the NCDC said of the new cases.

Due to the increase in the number of Coronavirus cases in Nigeria from 12 on Thursday to 22 on Saturday, the FG, through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, said on Saturday it would close Abuja and Lagos airports on Monday. The Director-General, NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, in a circular to airline operators on Saturday, said only emergency and essential flights would be exempted from the restrictions. He however, said domestic airlines would continue normal flight operations. The NCAA’s directive came barely 48 hours after it announced the closure of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano,  Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa. The NCAA’s circular read in part, “Further to our earlier letter on restrictions of international flights to Nigeria, we wish to inform you that effective March 23 to April 23,  the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja will be closed to al

The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Moh'd bin Zayed Al Nahyan is reassuring the people of the Emirates of the governments commitment to ensure endless supply of food & meds while extolling the dedication of the critical health workers in this uncertain and difficult time.

Nigeria has recorded 5 new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus, this new development makes a total of 8 confirmed cases in the country. All 5 cases had a travel history to the UK and US. Nobody has died from the disease in Nigeria and one of the earlier three cases had completely recovered.

As a precautionary measure to control the spread of the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus, the Federal Government of Nigeria has placed a travel ban on thirteen (13) countries with very serious cases of the Coronavirus. The countries are China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Switzerland.

In light of the recent reported cases of the COVID-19 virus, the National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC ) has put a stop to its orientation programme across all states in the country. The body, however, pointed out that corp members will still be posted for their places of primary assignment and would be invited back for orientation when the situation improves. Here is the press release:

The Italian man who also is the patient with the index case of Covid-19 Coronavirus in Nigeria has just been discharged.

A third case of the Novel Coronavirus has just been confirmed in Lagos, Nigeria. This is a new case totally independent of the index case. The patient is Nigerian female, 30 years of age, who just very recently returned from the UK, precisely on the 13th of March. She observed self-isolation, developed symptoms and tested positive to Covid-19. She is currently at Mainland General Hospital receiving medical care.

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu updated President Muhammadu Buhari on developments arising from Sunday’s explosion at Abule Ado. The governor briefed State House correspondents after the closed-door meeting with the president in Abuja on Monday. Sanwo-Olu and President Buhari  “I briefed Mr. President about the very unfortunate gas/pipeline explosion in Lagos State yesterday. “Mr President was very gracious to receive me and to ask me about where we are and what had happened. “I was able to show him pictorially the extent and the level of destruction of what happened yesterday”, he said. “It is a very unfortunate incident, is not something that anyone could have imagined, you needed to be there to see the level of destruction. “I also briefed Mr President how the combined efforts of the Nigerian Navy, the Nigerian Army and of course the Nigerian Police Force and other first respondents of Lagos State were able to manage the situation,’’ he said. The governor

The National Emergency Management Agency has urged Nigerians to desist from purchasing and patronizing fairly used clothing with the current challenge the world faces that is the Coronavirus. The appeal was made on Sunday, at a workshop by Evans Ugoh the Head of Abia/Imo operations. Speaking at the workshop, Mr Ugoh emphasized that the continued patronage of fairly used clothes puts the country at risk of spreading the virus. He therefore beseeched the Federal Government to discourage the importation of fairly used clothes by placing sanctions on them.

President Muhammadu  Buhari  and Vice-President Yemi  Osinbajo  have joined in the new trend of the "elbow-shake" as a form of greeting as the duo were spotted during the recent  Central Bank of Nigeria Roundtable Session Dinner which held on Wednesday night. With the extremely alarming rate at which the deadly coronavirus is currently spreading, the duo opted for the elbow shake as a form of precaution against contracting the killer disease as others including FCT Minister Boss Mustapha, Editor in Chief of the THISDAY media group Nduka Obaigbena, Nigerias favorite billionaire Aliko Dangote among others joined in on the trend.

"In pursuance of the primary objective of saving our great nation from total collapse, I, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari of the Nigerian army have, after due consultation amongst the services of the armed forces, been formally invested with the authority of the Head of the Federal Military Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is with humility and a deep sense of responsibility that I accept this challenge and call to national duty. Major-General Muhammadu Buhari As you must have heard in the previous announcement, the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1979) has been suspended, except those sections of it which are exempted in the constitution. The change became necessary in order to put an end to the serious economic predicament and the crisis of confidence now afflicting our nation. Consequently, the Nigerian armed forces have constituted themselves into a Federal Military Government comprising of a S

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