Lagos conducts over 42, 000 COVID-19 tests as 177 die (Guardian) The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Sunday said that the state tested a total of 42,348 samples for COVID-19 as at July 3. Abayomi, who…
603 new COVID-19 cases recorded in 19 states, FCT
Nigeria’s confirmed cases of coronavirus reached 28,167 Saturday night following 603 fresh infections, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in an update. Lagos recorded 135 of the 603 cases, followed by Edo with 87, FCT with 73 and…
Nigeria confirms 454 fresh COVID-19 cases, total now 27,564
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 454 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of cases to 27,564. The NCDC made this known Friday night via its verified Twitter handle. It listed 11,069…
626 more COVID-19 cases recorded in Nigeria
Nigeria recorded 626 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 27, 110. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via tweet Thursday night. The NCDC update listed 10,801…
NCDC confirms 566 fresh COVID-19 cases as Nigeria’s tally exceeds 25,000
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 566 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 25,133. The agency announced this disclosed this on Monday night via its verified Twitter handle. So…
*Suspected robbers torture 52-year-old to death in Lagos (Punch) *Lagos seeks stakeholders’ cooperation to address traffic challenges (Guardian)
Suspected robbers torture 52-year-old to death in Lagos (Punch) Suspected armed robbers have attacked a 52-year-old man, Olumuyiwa Akinfenwa, in the Egbeda area of Lagos State, torturing him to death. Our correspondent learnt that Akinfenwa, who lived on Peace Estate,…
779 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Nigeria
Nigeria’s confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus reached 24,077 on Saturday following 779 fresh infections. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known in its daily Twitter update. The total confirmed cases so far in Nigeria now stands…
594 more people infected with COVID-19 in Nigeria
At least 594 more people have been infected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 22,614. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known Thursday night via…
COVID-19 infections in Nigeria race past 22, 000
The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Nigeria has now exceeded 22,000 with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announcing 649 new cases Wednesday night. NCDC said via tweet that so far, 22,020 cases have been confirmed, 7,613 cases…