Nigeria records 90 new cases of coronavirus, total now 56,478

Nigeria on Tuesday night recorded 90 new cases of Coronavirus across the country, this brings the total confirmed cases to 56,478.

Read the Full Transcript of Gov Fayemi's text of the State Address on COVID 19 Response 9

His Excellency

Dr. Kayode Fayemi, CON

Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria

on Updates on the COVID 19 Ekiti State Response

Ado-Ekiti – Sunday, September 13, 2020.

Ekiti Kete,

1. It is my pleasure to address you on the state of things in regards to our collective fight against COVID-19 pandemic. I want to thank you for your relentless cooperation in our joint effort to get rid of the pandemic. You have been resilient, patriotic and cooperative. I am very proud of our collective successes so far.

Former NDDC MD Forfeits N250Million To Government

A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has forfeited a sum of N250,000,000 (Two Hundred And Fifty Million Naira only) to the Federal Government. 

Teacher arrested for defiling 15-yr-old schoolgirl in Ogun

Operatives of Ogun Police Command have arrested teacher in a private secondary school, Mathew Adebayo, have been arrested for allegedly defiling a 15 year-old- student of the school (name withheld).

Buhari inaugurates Agenda 2050 steering committee

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja inaugurated the National Steering Committee to oversee the development of the Nigeria Agenda 2050 and Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) to succeed Vision 20:2020 and the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) 2017 – 2020.

Nigeria records 100 new COVID-19 cases, total now 55,005

Nigeria has recorded a lower daily toll of coronavirus  with 100 new cases, bringing the total number of persons who have tested positive in the country to 55,005.