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Confirmed cases of coronavirus have been on the rise in Africa since it was first reported in Egypt.

Chloroquine has "been around for a long time, so we know if things don't go as planned, it's not going...

"What we have is a combination of imported cases and local transmission," an official said.

Nigerians have been calling on the president to address the nation on the government's efforts to address the pandemic.

The gallery of the chamber will also remain closed to visitors until further notice.

Mr Badaru said the governors are currently in touch with the Sultan of Sokoto to see how they can achieve...

The UN health agency said so far, there has been 633 confirmed COVID-19 cases in 33 African countries.

With the plunge in crude oil prices, the government had no option than to respond to dynamics of the international...

“For instance if an aircraft has taken off now you cannot ask it to go back mid air,” Mr Mohammed...

The Federal Executive Council approves measures to address the effects of the virus on the nation’s economy.

The decision was taken as part of the preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus.

The Nigerian government had last year placed its oil benchmark at $57 per barrel in the 2020 budget.

Ekiti government confirms incidence after death of American male.

The LMC said the decision was to conform with the guidelines for containment of the spread of the global pandemic.

The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the stimulus package will boost local manufacturing and import substitution

“Accordingly, all NNPC Retail stations nationwide have been directed to change the retail pump price to N125/litre.”

The current official price of petrol is N145 per litre.

It said the recent development on COVID-19 in Nigeria calls for social distancing and proper hand-washing.

While nobody has died from the Covid-19 outbreak in the country, the Lassa fever outbreak has been a different story...

Senate also urged the federal government to shut down all international airports except Lagos and Abuja airports.

The announcement was made just as the country announced travel restrictions from 13 countries with high coronavirus cases.

The union said its earlier support for the payment system was based on the government’s promises to take into consideration...

The countries have the highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases across the world.

At least 20 people were killed in the explosion that occurred at about 9 a.m. at the Abule Ado area...

Nigeria wanted the April court date postponed until January 2021, when a connected criminal case in Milan will have concluded.