Nigeria
COVID-19: NNPC, Partners Donate Ambulances, Medical Kits to South-West States
The ongoing efforts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)-led Oil and Gas Sector coalition against COVID-19 was bolstered on Thursday in...
40 healthcare workers in Nigeria test positive for coronavirus
The first set of healthcare workers in Nigeria to test positive for the coronavirus were diagnosed this week. As of Thursday,...
COVID-19: No sign of protest from Labour on possible lockdown extension – FG
The Federal Government has said the letter from by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), contained no threat should there be a...
FG warns private hospitals against treating Covid-19 cases without approval
The Federal Government on Thursday warned medical facilities in the country to obtain approval before treating any confirmed coronavirus case. “We therefore...
The Judiciary Must Embrace Technology Now, That’s What Malami Has Proposed
By Samson Angulu As countries around the world find ways to contain the Covid-19 pandemic and reopen their economies, many sectors hard hit...
Post-COVID-19: NIRSAL creates 16, 000 Agro Geo-Cooperatives, plans four million hectares of farmland
… enrols about 8m farmers to produce 12m metric tonnes of grains annually … facilitates access to structured finance, quality inputs,...
After 14-day quarantine: Chinese experts to undergo COVID-19 testing before deployment– FG
…patients to be treated in states of diagnoses henceforth The 15 Chinese medical professionals, who arrived in Abuja on April 8 with medical...
Nigeria rakes in $434m crude, gas sales in January, says NNPC
… 1.20 bn litres of PMS at 38.68mn litres per day supplied … as pipeline vandalism rises The...
COVID-19 CBN’s N50bn stimulus loan: Disbursement begins Thursday
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will commence the disbursement of the first tranche of the N50 billion COVID-19 stimulus package credit facility...
After 25-day COVID-19 lockdown, treatment, Kaduna Gov. El-Rufai tests negative
After about 25 days of self-isolation and treatment for testing positive, Kaduna State Gov. Nasir El-Rufai, says he has fully recovered...
Nigeria sees jump in coronavirus deaths with 117 new cases
Nigeria is seeing an unsettling rise in coronavirus deaths, as comparatively lax restrictions across the country are coming under scrutiny. The number...
Buhari orders immediate payment of ASUU members’ Feb., March withheld salaries
To cushion the effects of COVID-19, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate payment of the withheld February and March salaries...
Probe Chevron’s violation of COVID-19 protocol, HEDA tells FG
…circumventing the rules, an insult to govt, Nigerians The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) wants the Federal Government to...
Pres. Buhari’s bodyguard dies
Barely four days after the Chief of Staff to the Nigerian President died, one of his bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato, on Tuesday succumbed...
Post-COVID-19 : Nigeria’s Justice Minister rolls out plans for justice system
….advocates virtual courts, appointment of more judges at federal, state levels  In a major post-COVID-19 initiatives, the Attorney-General of the Federation...
COVID-19: We are responsible officials, we ‘ll not endanger lives of others, says SGF Mustapha
Worried by allegations of insensitivity, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the...
