The Kogi State Government on Wednesday accused the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC of bringing testing machines that had been programmed to record positive Covid-19 cases only to the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja.This unverified claim was made in a statement by the Kogi state Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, said sample collection materials had been infected with Covid-19.The statement reads in part: “Our peo...

The confirmed cases of covid-19 in Nigeria today rises to 442 as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control declared 35 new cases of #COVID19.The table shows state by state analysis:19 in Lagos9 in FCT5 in Kano2 in OyoAs at 10:20 pm 16th April there are 442 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths.Lagos- 251FCT- 67Kano- 21Osun- 20Edo- 15Oyo- 13Ogun- 9Katsina- 7Bauchi- 6Kaduna- 6Akwa Ibom- 6K...

For the second time today, the total number of coronavirus cases have increased by 23, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) can confirm. The new cases include nine from Lagos, which still remains the epicentre of coronavirus in Nigeria, seven in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, five in Akwa Ibom, one in Kaduna and Bauchi states respectively. As at 8:00 pm, the NCDC tweeted “Twenty-three new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Lagos, 7...