Tag: Nigeria
Nigeria to become gold exporter in June
The Nigerian-Canadian company, mining gold in Nigeria’s Osun State is to start exporting the precious metal in June this year.
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases fall extremely low
Only 341 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded by Nigeria on Saturday, the lowest in February and since the second…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 latest: 600 new cases, 11 fresh deaths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced Friday night 600 new cases of COVID-19, with total infections in the…
NCDC announces 634 new cases of COVID-19
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 634 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total infections in the country…
NCDC announces 12 new COVID-19 deaths, 571 new cases [Graphics]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 12 deaths, 571 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking the national total…
15 die of COVID-19 in Lagos, national death toll hits 1862
More COVID-19 deaths were recorded on Monday, with Lagos recording 15 of the 23 reported throughout Nigeria.
COVID-19 cases, deaths fall further in Nigeria
Nigeria recorded 521 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, much lower than the 660 on Saturday. The daily death toll…
Delta leads as COVID-19 kills 18 Nigerians in 24 hours
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 645 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as Delta posted 12 deaths…
Nigeria may get COVID-19 vaccines in 10 days – Minister
Nigeria's Minister of Health, Dr Osagie says COVID-19 vaccines may start arriving in the country in the next 10 days.
Benin Republic not aspiring to be Nigeria’s 37th state: Minister Onyeama
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has debunked the trending report that the Republic of Benin was aspiring to…
Lai Mohammed: How Nigeria exited economic recession
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria exit the latest recession with through deliberate planning by government.
COVID-19 infection rate slows in Nigeria, major slump in cases
COVID-19 infection rate in Nigeria appears slowing down as another major slump in confirmed cases was reported on Friday.
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria top 150K, deaths over 1800 [Graphics]
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria reached two double milestones on Thursday, with the death toll crossing 1,800 and confirmed cases now…
Nigeria bolts from second recession, GDP grows in 4th Quarter
Nigeria’s GDP grew by 0.11 per cent in Q4 2020, from the 6.11 per cent contraction in Q3, signalling a…
The biggest losers if Nigeria breaks up
Splintering Nigeria has often been exalted as the remedy to Nigeria’s problems. But this is a defective reasoning as all…
Nigeria not on UK red list of 33 countries for COVID-19 quarantine
Nigeria escaped being red-listed today among the 33 countries that the UK said will face tough COVID-19 new measures on…
Ebola outbreak: Nigeria on alert, says NCDC
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) said it is evaluating the risk to Nigeria of the new Ebola outbreak in Guinea.
Breaking: 5 die of COVID-19 in Lagos as Nigeria’s daily cases fall
Nigeria announced fresh eight COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, with Lagos accounting for five, taking the death toll in Nigeria's most…
UAE suspends flights from Nigeria, says Air Peace
The Management of Air Peace on Thursday announced that the UAE Government had stopped the airlifting of passengers from Nigeria…
Breaking: Nigeria places fresh travel restrictions on 100 passengers
The Federal Government of Nigeria has placed a six months travel restriction on 100 passengers for flouting COVID-19 directives.
Big relief for Lagos as COVID-19 cases fall for 2nd day in Nigeria
NCDC announced 643 new cases of COVID-19, the second successive day that daily cases fell below 1,000. Cases in Lagos…
Research: Nigeria records 28, 876 tobacco smoking related deaths annually
Abuja-based Centre group says it research revealed that 28,876 deaths related to tobacco smoking are recorded annually in Nigeria.
Another era of oil boom looms for Nigeria, other producers
Oil producers such as Nigeria and oil companies are at the threshold of another era of oil boom as prices…
1588 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, 918 discharged
Nigeria announced 1,588 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, a few dozens fewer than the 1624 reported on Friday.
22 LGAs Nigeria’s COVID-19 hot spots (full list)
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 identifies 22 LGs where 95 per cent of virus cases in Nigeria were reported…
COVID-19 cases nosedive in Nigeria, eight deaths reported
COVID-19 cases nosedived in Nigeria on Sunday as Lagos, the epicentre, reported a sharp fall in fresh cases.
Buhari may be the last president of united Nigeria
President Buhari should jettison his conscious or unconscious bias and demonstrate leadership now, before he goes into history as the…
You will soon lose credibility – Nigeria replies Amnesty International
The Federal Government said Amnesty International (AI) is becoming an irritant with disinformation and double standard and will soon lose…
Nigeria reports second highest daily COVID-19 deaths as cases soar
Nigeria reports second highest COVID-19 deaths in a single day on Wednesday as new cases soar in the country.
Breaking: Osun, Taraba lead in COVID-19 deaths
Five persons died from COVID-19 related complications in the western Nigerian state of Osun on Tuesday, according to data published…