Tag: NIGERIA
Coronavirus cases hit 40 in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed four new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria, bringing the number to 40.
The centre...
Former PPMC MD, Suleiman Achimugu, becomes first to die of coronavirus...
A former managing director of the Petroleum Products
Marketing Company (PPMC) has become the first person to die of the COVID-19 in
Nigeria.
The Nigeria Centre...
First COVID-19 death recorded in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the first case of COVID-19 death in the country.
In a tweet on Monday, the centre...
FG stops international flights at Lagos, Abuja airports
The Federal Government has shut the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos; and Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja effective Monday.
Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation...
Coronavirus spreads to Abuja as cases rise to 22 in Nigeria
The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed 10 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), three in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and seven...
Italian who first tested positive for coronavirus in Nigeria released
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the Italian who first tested positive for coronavirus in Nigeria has been released.
Mr Sanwo-Olu revealed...
Eniola Badmus returns to Nigeria after coronavirus scare in UK
Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus, has returned to Nigeria after fears she might be stuck in the United Kingdom in the wake of the coronavirus...
Coronavirus: I’m not coming back to Nigeria – Tacha
Ex-Big Brother Naija star, Natacha Akide, popularly known as Tacha, has joked that she is never coming back to Nigeria from the United Kingdom.
The...
Italian who first tested positive for coronavirus in Nigeria now negative
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi,
says the Italian who imported coronavirus to Nigeria has tested negative for
the virus.
Speaking on Thursday at a...
US embassy cancels visa appointments in Nigeria over coronavirus
The United States' Embassy in Abuja and Consulate in Lagos have cancelled routine nonimmigrant visa appointments indefinitely.
According to a statement on Wednesday on its...