The Federal Government has reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This new directive is to take effect by midnight of Tuesday, a member of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Dr Mukhtar Mohammed, declared. Mohammed, who is the Head of Read more…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has stated that it gave each of the governors of the nine oil-producing states N100million each as COVID-19 palliatives. This claim was reportedly made by NDDC officials while appearing before the Senate Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions. Chairman of the Read more…
Nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, the third and largest delivery so far to an African country by the global COVAX initiative, which was created to ensure that low- and middle-income countries have fair access to vaccines. The COVAX program shipped 3.94 Read more…
The Federal Government, on Monday, warned Nigerians against patronising uncertified COVID-19 vaccine from private individuals. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, while speaking during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force, PTF on COVID-19, said the Federal Government was aware of official reports of large scale fraud and Read more…
The Executive Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday stated that the country is expecting 80 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. This was stated by the Ekiti state governor who doubles as the chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum while delivering a paper titled: “The Role Read more…
Popular Nigerian musician, Paul Okoye, better known as Rudeboy, has recovered from Coronavirus (COVID-19). It was earlier reported that the singer; a former member of the defunct P-Square, had revealed that he tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 and had been battling with the virus for ten days. He also Read more…
Newly-invited Nigerian goalkeeper, Sebastian Osigwe, has tested positive for COVID-19. His Swiss Super League club, Lugano, confirmed this on Friday. Osigwe was only handed his maiden Super Eagles call-up on Thursday, ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier double-header against Sierra Leone in November. He and another of his Read more…
South African rapper, Cassper Nyovest has tested positive for Coronavirus. He made the confirmation himself. Speaking in an interview with American radio host Ebro, the rapper said he contracted the virus while training and preparing for a boxing fight. He revealed that he contracted the virus even though they were Read more…
The Federal government through the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM has commenced a 4day empowerment training program aimed at empowering Nigerian returnees from Libya, Lebanon, and South Africa. According to NIDCOM, the empowerment programme which began Tuesday in partnership with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, was Read more…
The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) has announced that all cinemas across the country are to reopen from Friday, 11th September 2020. The decision came against the backdrop of the approval of the Presidential Task Force on COVID19, in an announcement made on 3rd September 2020. Nigerian cinemas have Read more…