The Kaduna State Government has said two clergymen were arrested by security agents for holding church service last Sunday in violation of the lockdown order by the government.
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New York on Tuesday announced the death of 731 more people from the novel coronavirus disease, representing the largest single-day increase in deaths since the crisis began.
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali (retd), has approved the release of 46,000 metric tons of rice, 36,495 kegs of vegetables oil and other items valued at N3.2 billion for distribution.
Veteran actor Zack Orji has described the stay-at-home directive by the government as an opportunity for families to spend quality time together while not neglecting the preventive measures to slow the COVID-19 spread.
This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its Twitter handle on Tuesday
France has now recorded 10,328 deaths of people suffering from COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus disease, General Health Director Jerome Salomon said.
Towards strengthening the capacity of the Presidential Task Force and other relevant agencies in the fight against Coronavirus Disease, the Nigerian Postal Services has said it will make available its facilities across the country.
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Tuesday commissioned a 60-bed isolation centre for Coronavirus Disease patients.
Some Ibadan, Oyo State-based entertainers have evolved means of beating the effects of Coronavirus Disease pandemic on the industry by developing strategies for sustaining their audience.
The Ogun State Government says it has rolled out a mobile application for members of the public to self-assess themselves for the Coronavirus pandemic.
Some Aba residents on Tuesday flouted the stay-at-home executive order of the Abia State Government, which is meant to check the possible spread of Coronavirus into the state.
As the COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos State continues, Senator Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos West) has donated N50 million cash for distribution among his constituents as part of relief measures.
The Forum of Imo based Newspaper Editors has lauded Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State for his government’s efforts so far to check the coronavirus pandemic in the state.
A corps member serving in Cross River State, Hodo Bassey, has donated his monthly stipend of N33,000 to the Cross River State Government to help in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
Some National Youth Service Corps members in Nasarawa State have produced and donated 1,000 face masks to the Nasarawa State Government as part of their contribution to the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday said the state’s Rapid Response Team has identified at least 75 persons who have had contact with persons who tested positive for COVID-19 in the state.
Dalhatu, who just clocked 20, told PRNigeria that he decided to fabricate the manual ventilator as part of effort to assist the Federal Government contain the pandemic, which cases had been on the rise in the country
The wife of the late patient and a relative of his have also contracted the disease
Following the conclusion of the distribution of the Lagos State Emergency Food Response packages to the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas of the State in the first half of phase one of the programme, the State Government says it is moving into the second half of phase one of the food stimulus intervention.
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of solidarity to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, who is down with Coronavirus Disease.