Coronavirus

Mr Buhari also urged ECOWAS countries to develop their own COVID-19 rapid test kits.

Nigeria on Saturday recorded 1,633 new coronavirus infections to take the total number of cases in the country to 120,602.

The agreement is coming under the UN-led COVAX equitable vaccine supply programme.

Mr Uzodinma said that four mobile courts have been put in place in different parts of the state to prosecute...

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The latest figure, recorded in 24 states across the country, has raised the total number of COVID-19 infections to 116,655.

Over 1,400 Nigerians have died from COVID-19 with some of them dying due to inadequate oxygen at isolation centres.

Nigerian funds for most of 2020 used fixed-income securities to try to work around the negative impact of the coronavirus...

The 14 deaths recorded on Wednesday means Nigeria has now recorded 58 deaths from COVID-19 in four days.

A total of 113,305 COVID-19 infections have now been reported across Nigeria.

The Kano government directs civil servants to stay at home as COVID-19 related deaths rise to 70.

In the past four weeks, there have been over 200 fatalities as a result of coronavirus complications in Nigeria.

Mr Ehanire says preparations are ongoing to receive the COVID-19 vaccines.

Lagos again led with 901 new cases on Sunday, more than half of the daily total COVID-19 cases.

Nigeria also recorded more new COVID-19 cases last week than all, but one, previous weeks.

With 1,598 new cases, the total tally of coronavirus infections increased to 108,943.

The official says inadequate funding is hindering its research into a possible COVID-19 treatment regimen.

"COVID-19 vaccines are new, and the side effects or adverse events must be well monitored, therefore, if NAFDAC does not...

Of the over 107,000 COVID-19 cases so far, 84,535 patients have been discharged from hospitals after treatment.

In the past 27 days, there have been nearly 200 fatalities as a result of COVID-19 complications in Nigeria.

This is the second time Mr Makinde will be publicly defying COVID-19 safety protocols.

Wednesday’s figure pushed the total number of infections in the country to 103,999.

"If you deny the existence of the disease, keep your denial to yourself because if you are caught propagating it...

The 1,270 new cases on Tuesday pushed the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 102,601.

The 72-year-old politician from the Conservative Social Democratic Party (PSD) is running for re-election.