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  The COVID-19 Enforcement Team in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has shut down some markets in the nation’s capital. Among the places visited and closed down by the enforcement team on Tuesday included the UTC Area 10 Market and the Wuse Market in Abuja. The spokesperson for the task force, Mr Attah Ikharo, stated that the markets were shut for violating the measures put in place by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. He explained that the team would later meet with the union leaders at the markets, adding that the exercise was carried out in line with the d...

On a positive note, however, 100,853 persons are said to have fully recovered from the virus. As the virus surges on and calls for more testing intensify, the country is also looking to secure vaccines as soon as possible. As of Thursday, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said Nigeria had secured an additional 41 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. However, the delivery date for the vaccines remains unknown as manufacturers struggle to meet global demand in time. The 41 million doses were secured as part of efforts by an African Union task team to help countries on the continent gain eq...

    COVID-19 cases in Nigeria crossed the 120,000 mark on Saturday as the country and the world race to contain a second wave of the pandemic. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 1,633 cases and five deaths for the day with the nation now maintaining a run of recording more than a thousand cases per day. On Friday, the country had recorded more than 2,000 daily cases for the first time. NCDC’s latest data takes the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 120,602. Out of that number, 95,901 people have recovered and have been discharged, while 1,502 people hav...

Sodiq OyelekeThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that a total of 105,478 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the country...

Sodiq Oyeleke The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to 100,087 in the country. This is coming 45 weeks after the country recorded its first COVID-19 case on February 27, 2020, according to data available on NCDC’s website on Monday, January 11. The agency also said that out of the total 100,087 COVID-19 cases, 80,030 patients have been discharged while 1,358 are dead. The data also showed that there are 18,699 active cases in Nigeria, with Lagos and FCT having 6,858 and 5,563 respectively. Data from the NCDC’s website also revealed ...