The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has approved the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) laboratory for testing of COVID-19 samples in Akwa Ibom. The approval followed the validation v... Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa is now over 187,800 while the global cases hit over seven million. The WHO Regional Office for Afric... Read more
awoodward@businessinsider.com (Aylin Woodward) Droplets containing the coronavirus can survive for a time on surfaces before drying out. A new study found that higher tem... Read more
The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 389 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 12,233. NCDC, in its official Twitter hand... Read more
If there are confirmed cases of the coronavirus in your community, you should wear a fabric face mask when you are out in public spaces where social distancing is impossible, per an upd... Read more
By Okeoghene Akubuike Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), a coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs), has called on Nigerians to collectively recognise the interde... Read more
By Suleiman Shehu Shomuyiwa Azeezat, a female postgraduate student of the University of Ibadan, was on Friday murdered in her rented apartment at Aba Ijefun, Akinyele area, by yet... Read more
Nigeria’s total novel coronavirus exceeded 12000 on Saturday after 389 new cases were reported. Report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control s on Saturday shows that the country’s... Read more
WHO says expertise in polio eradication has put Africa on the verge of being certified free of virus has been brought to the frontlines of COVID-19 fight. By Cecilia Ologunagba The Wor... Read more
Nigeria reported 328 new cases of the COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 11, 844, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said in its daily r... Read more