The Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade, has expressed sadness over the spread of Coronavirus Disease across the globe.
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The state Governor, Bala Mohammed, had on March 24 tested positive to COVID-19, making him the index case in the state
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the last presidential election, Peter Obi, has dismissed reports making the rounds in social media circles that he donated N1 billion to the Coronavirus Disease relief fund.
The male patient, who had been receiving treatment at the Ekiti State Infectious Disease Control Centre, Ado-Ekiti since March 18, 2020, when he tested positive, was discharged from the centre at 2pm.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Monday visited the border linking Kano and Kaduna States to monitor compliance to the total ban on movement of vehicles into the state.
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has announced that the total lockdown of the state, which was scheduled to commence on Monday (yesterday) by 11pm has been shifted to Friday.
The Central Bank of Nigeria says it has commenced work to provide and equip medical facilities in the six geopolitical zones to help contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, says people with immune compromised conditions, tuberculosis, HIV and Cancers are more vulnerable, if infected with Coronavirus Disease.
Governor Babagana Zulum has urged people of the Borno State to consider the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic as more deadlier than the Boko Haram insurgency.
The Nigerian Army has intensified preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in barracks in line with the directives of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai.
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has been described as an exemplary leader of people, who would rather face the battle and win it instead of delegating in the face of crisis.
The Jigawa State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abba Zakari, on Monday suspended all weekly markets in the state as part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus Disease.
This was contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Wole Oyebamiji
The body of Permanent Secretaries has donated some toiletries as part of effort to assist the Federal Government in the fight against the dreaded Coronavirus Disease in the country.
Giving.ng, a crowdfunding platform, has said it is partnering Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, to raise N1 billion from donors to support healthcare professionals taking care of persons infected with the Coronavirus Disease across the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made the confirmation on its Twitter handle on Tuesday
Osowobi was the patient who quarantined herself in her parents home in Ogba area of Lagos State after returning from a Commonwealth Day 2020 Summit in the United Kingdom, also attended by Sophie, the wife of the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau; and Hollywood actor, Idris Elba
The Federal Government had equally directed its workers on similar grade levels to work from home before ordering a lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja for 14 days with effect from Monday night
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of NAFDAC, said in a statement on Monday that a local manufacturing pharmaceutical company, May and Baker, had been approached to produce the drug
The Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, said this following an emergency security meeting convened on Monday to discuss the modalities of enforcing the lockdown of the FCT for 14 days