The federal government of Nigeria on Tuesday June 2, made a clarification on lifting of the ban on religious gathering. Sani Aliyu, the national coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19 who spoke at the daily briefing today said it is safer for people to worship at home in spite of relaxation of the […]
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, has described as unfortunate insinuations by some Nigerians that the coronavirus disease does not exist and government is only using it to make money. He said such views could make a mockery of the efforts and sacrifices of people giving their best to treat infected persons and […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has issued guidelines for private laboratories to conduct coronavirus tests across the country. The Director-General of the Centre, Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday. The DG said the guidelines would be released via the Centre’s website. […]
There was traffic gridlock on Monday on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway at Zuba, as security men enforce the interstate travel ban in the Federal Capital Territory. see photos- The FCT Administration had on Saturday, May 6, vowed to enforce strictly the ban on interstate travel and other guidelines regulating the easing of the lockdown as part […]
The authorities of the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta have confirmed the death of an officer of the Nigerian Police Force as a result of coronavirus-related complications. The Head of Public Relations at FMC, Segun Orisajo, on Sunday morning, confirmed the death of the police officer without giving a name. According to Orisajo, the deceased […]
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has bowed to the pressure of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in the state over hazard allowance and life insurance packages. The ARD at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, had last week commenced a three-day warning strike to press home the demand for hazard allowance and life […]
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Control has been barred from having access to the multi-billion funds mobilised for the Federal Government by members of the Organised Private Sector (OPS). A new framework released by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) on Tuesday May 5, revealed that disbursements of all COVID-19 Fund, including […]
The Director, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, has said the collapse of global cooperation and failure of international solidarity have shoved Africa out of the global coronavirus diagnostics market. He decried the ‘low testing rate’ for COVID-19 in Africa, warning that no country could securely eliminate COVID-19 – or its devastating […]
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, appealed to Nigerians to donate their buildings as isolation centres. Ehanire made the appeal at the press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control aimed to test two million people in the next three […]
Many escaped death in a multiple crash involving four vehicles in Benin City on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. According to reports, the accident was said to have occurred on the ever-busy Upper Mission Road in the state capital. The vehicles involved includes an 18 seater passenger bus, a red car, an ash car and a […]