Tag: coronavirus

Trials to assess the usefulness of the BCG vaccine in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic are already underway.

A coalition warns governors that it's not yet time to lift the ban on public gathering.

The lawmakers say they are ready to give their support in other areas such as necessary legislation to fight the ...

Lagos State has discharged 14 patients within 24 hours.

The announcement on Friday came just days before the country's largest-ever outbreak was expected to be declared over.

"You should be aware. You dropped the ball there," Mr Gbajabiamila told the health minister.

Mr Masari, said the lockdown would kickoff starting from 7 a.m on Saturday.

Lagos State has 158 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 107 active cases, 46 recoveries, two evacuated cases and three deaths.

The federal government imposed a lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun, while various state governments also issued stay-at-home directives to ...

Boss Mustapha said Nigeria lacks the requirement to handle the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic if it escalates in the ...

The workers, under the aegis of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives (NANM) staged a protest on Thursday.

He enjoined Christians and people of the state to use the occasion to seek God's intervention over the COVID-19 pandemic ...

The presidential gesture means that they were never convicted and therefore would no longer carry the ignoble toga of an ...

The donation came as a palliative measure to cushion the effect of the lockdown directive.

The government has announced pardons aimed at decongesting correctional centres across the country amidst a coronavirus pandemic.

The professor says the risk factors for the severity of COVID-19 - diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma - are common ...

The NCDC chief hints at how Nigeria will handle the arrival of expected evacuees from abroad.

A large part of Nigeria is already on lockdown as the federal and state governments strive to prevent the spread ...

Gbajabiamila emphasised the need for legislation on the disbursement of government and private funds against the pandemic.

“This is the time we would know the true church of Christ and those that are just commercial outfits,” it ...

UBTH denies report of panic at the hospital over the COVID-19 patients receiving care at the isolation centre.

The African regional director, Matshidiso Moeti, said since the epidemic spreads to provinces and districts, the response needs to be ...

The suspects were arrested in different parts of the state while playing football on major streets and having group exercise ...

The government granted waivers to vehicles carrying foods and drugs.

From April 6-8, three U.S. Consulate-organised chartered flights operated by Delta Air Lines and Ethiopian Airlines repatriated 850 American citizens ...