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Popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, also known as Jenifa, has apologised for hosting a celebrity-studded birthday party despite the government’s COVID-19 lockdown directives. The actress said Naira Marley had been at her residence before the lockdown was announced. She also pledged to support the Nigerian government in creating more awareness in eradicating the coronavirus pandemic. Akindele, also known as Jenifa, stated this ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday urged Nigerians to disregard reports that cut-off marks for this year’s admission have been fixed. A statement signed by JAMB’s Head of Media and Information Dr Fabian Benjamin said the “fake” news was circulated by “fraudsters.” The statement noted that cut-off marks for admission in 2020 would be decided at a stakeholders’ policy ...

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved free medical services to certain residents that visit any of the State-owned secondary healthcare facilities during the lockdown. Sanwo-Olu explained that these residents were those on Emergency and Casualty cases, including registration, laboratory tests, surgeries, and drugs. Others that will benefit from the gesture are women battling maternity cases including normal ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday confirmed 10 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Six cases were confirmed in Lagos, two cases confirmed in the FCT, two in Edo. Two new deaths have been recorded in Lagos and Edo State with 27 patients discharged. As at 11:15 am 5th April, 2020, there are 224 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported ...

The federal government has said that no licence has been issued for the deployment and operation of Fifth Generation Mobile Networks (5G network) in Nigeria. Numerous conspiracy theories shared on and off social media claim that 5G mobile networks are the cause of coronavirus pandemic and also that efforts are in top gear to launch the network in Nigeria But in ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday night confirmed twenty new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Eleven cases were confirmed in Lagos, three cases confirmed in the FCT, 3 in Edo, two in Osun and one in Ondo Two new deaths have been recorded in Lagos and Edo State, with twenty-five cases discharged. This brings the total number of ...

Nigeria’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday confirmed six new cases of coronavirus in the country. “As at 11:00 am 3rd April there are 190 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria,” NCDC said. “Twenty have been discharged with two deaths.”

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Thursday in a tweet on their verified Twitter page. “Ten new cases of COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 7 in Lagos and 3 in the FCT.” “As at 08:00 pm 2nd April there are 184 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Twenty have been discharged with two deaths,” ...

The Federal Government has announced that all markets in states where alockdown was imposed (Lagos, FCT and Ogun) will be allowed to open between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm daily. The National Co-ordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Aliyu Sani, said this on Wednesday during a briefing by members of the task force. “For markets, only shops and stalls selling food ...

The Federal Government has announced that all markets in states where alockdown was imposed (Lagos, FCT and Ogun) will be allowed to open between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm daily. The National Co-ordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Aliyu Sani, said this on Wednesday during a briefing by members of the task force. “For markets, only shops and stalls selling food ...