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WHO Confirms 2.5m Cases, 160,000 Deaths Globally

The World Health Organisation says about 2.5 million cases and over 160,000 deaths related to the co…

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Lagos Records Over 500 Coronavirus Cases, 16 Deaths

Lagos State on Wednesday recorded 74 new coronavirus cases, highest to be reported in any Nigerian s…

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Oyo Confirms First COVID-19 Death As Cases Rise To 17

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said the state has recorded its first COVID-19 death. Makinde made…

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Kaduna Records Three New Cases, Releases Fifth Patient

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr  Amina Mohammed-Baloni, said one more patient out of th…

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Taraba Announces Total Lockdown

The Taraba State government on Wednesday announced a total lockdown of the state with effect from 1…

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Fintiri Warns Of Lockdown As Adamawa Records Index Case

ADAMAWA State has recorded its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus disease. The index case…

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NMA Warns Against Possible Upsurge In Enugu COVID-19 Cases

Enugu State chapter of Nigerian Medical Association has raised the alarm over possible upsurge of th…

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Borno Records Another COVID-19 Death, Begins Total Lockdown

Borno State has recorded another death as the state began a total lockdown on Wednesday night. The i…

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Rivers Identifies New Case Of COVID-19

The Rivers State Government on Wednesday identified the third case of coronavirus as a 61-year-old r…

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Lagos Health Worker Dies Of COVID-19 In Ekiti

Ekiti State on Wednesday recorded the first COVID-19 death with the demise of the third case, a 29-y…

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Edo Zonal Deputy CP Dies Of Coronavirus

The Deputy Commissioner of Police attached to the Zone 5 Police Command headquarters in Benin, Edo S…

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Lagos Receives Medical Supplies From Group

The Lagos State government has received basic essential medical supplies donated by Nosak Group to s…

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NCDC, WHO Applaud Dapo Abiodun’s Effort On COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have commended…

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Kano Seeks Financial Aid As Doctors Lament Poor Working Condition

Overwhelmed by the exigencies of managing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Kano State Governor Ab…

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Edo COVID-19 Suspect Dies, 53 Samples Collected In Akwa Ibom

Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, yesterday expressed sadness over the death o…

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Why COVID-19 Cases Are Rising, By Panel

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 yesterday attributed the rising cases of the disease t…

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Ekiti State COVID-19 Third Case Patient Dies

The Ekiti State Government yesterday said that the 29-year-old woman, who was the third case of COVI…

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Nigeria Gets First Journalist Testing Positive For Coronavirus

A member of the Correspondents Chapel of the Adamawa Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NU…

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Sokoto Vows To Trace, Quarantine Index Case Contacts

To contain further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sokoto State, Governor Aminu Tamb…

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Nigeria Records 91 New Cases Of Coronavirus, Total Now 873

Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria is now 873 as 91 new cases were recorded on Wednesday, the…

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