COVID-19 Update

COVID-19: Nigeria records 459 new cases, 30 deaths

”The rise in COVID-19-related deaths is attributed to the 23 deaths captured as backlog from…

Nigeria’s Ihekweazu to head new WHO pandemic data-driven hub in Germany

The hub aims at helping countries better assess and respond to global disease threats in…

Obaseki: Edo govt’s decision on COVID-19 vaccination stands

Obaseki restated the government’s stance on proof of vaccination to access large gatherings from the…

COVID-19 kills 14 more Nigerians as infections surge again

Fresh infections were reported from nine  states and the FCT, with Lagos State recording 334…

Court stops Obaseki from making COVID-19 vaccination compulsory in Edo

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed of the Federal High Court, in Port Harcourt,…

CSOs protest Obaseki’s ‘compulsory COVID-19 vaccination’ in Benin

“We are here to express our displeasure over government move to force Edo people to…

Strike: Why National Assembly backs out of negotiation with doctors

“Our members being owed salaries are yet to see an alert since the strike commenced…

COVID-19: Nigeria records 835 new cases, 10 deaths

 Rivers led the pack on Thursday with 267 coronavirus cases as the country recorded 835…

COVID-19: Nigeria records 565 new cases, 8 deaths on Monday

By Abujah Racheal Nigeria on Monday recorded 565 new COVD-19 cases and eight deaths, the…

COVID-19: Obaseki makes vaccination compulsory for church attendance, others

"From the second week of September people may not be allowed to worship in churches…