Covid-19

In its desire to minimise further spread of Coronavirus in Abuja, the nation’s capital, the Federal Capital Territory Administration has issued fresh COVID-19 guidelines regulating congregations, workplace and market places.…

Nigeria may be able to take delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in January 2021 if current arrangements being put in place work out. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, revealed this while fielding questions from correspondents…

‎ ‎‎The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. ‎ The development was disclosed in Abuja on Tuesday by a Supreme Court justice, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, at the unveiling of the…

The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and his wife have gone into isolation. Mustapha in a statement he personally signed also disclosed…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State is responding well to home-based care and treatment for COVID-19, Commissioner for Health Commissioner, Akin Abayomi has said. “Governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is responding…

The Federal Government says religious leaders are sabotaging its efforts on the National response in containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country by holding large gatherings. The Secretary to the Government of…

‎‎France’s Sanofi and Britain’s GSK said Friday their Covid-19 vaccines will not be ready until the end of 2021, after interim results showed a low immune response in older adults. The announcement is a huge setback in efforts…

‎The Federal Government has justified the over 100 per cent hike in domestic airfares, saying the development was one of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Musa…

The Nigerian Army has cancelled the remaining activities in the ongoing Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference in Abuja following the testing positive for COVID-19 by a senior officer attending the conference. This was contained…

No fewer than 30 million jobs will be lost in Africa by the end of this year, the President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said. Speaking at the ‘Virtual 2020 International Forum on African…