COVID-19

Hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives: lnvestigate 36 state governments, SERAP petitions ICPC

For hoarding COVID-19 palliatives in warehouses in their states,  the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Remdesivir for Treatment of Coronavirus

  The US FDA granted full approval to the antiviral drug Remdesivir as a treatment for patients hospitalized with Covid-19.   As an antiviral drug,...

Embrace dialogue, PTF urges #ENDSARS protesters

  The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic has joined well-meaning Nigerians and leaders in appealing to #ENDSARS protesters to sheath their swords...

SERAP, 302 Nigerians drag Buhari, Lawan, Gbajabiamila to court over electricity tarrif, petrol price hike

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and some 302 concerned Nigerians have slammed a law suit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the...

CEO wants import waiver, tax relief for indigenous fabrication companies

  The Federal Government has been urged to grant import waiver and tax relief to indigenous fabrication companies to enable them support the...

Fight Cybercrime Act, it is another Gag Law, CPJ alerts online publishers

  The Cybercrime Act, otherwise called Gag Law) has again been brought to the fore by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), calling...

Breaking: FG lifts ban on sports, asks all civil servants to resume work on Oct. 19

  The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday announced the lifting of ban on sports in the country just as it directed...

COVID-19: PTF says Nigeria not ready for full reopening of economy

…sport activities to also resume In spite of the likely flattening of the curve, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic says Nigeria is...

Health Minister, others laud Abia professionals for donating COVID-19 lsolation Centre to government

  The Minister of State for Health, Dr Adeleke Mamora, has inaugurated a fully equipped COVID-19 lsolation Centre in Umuahia built by Concerned Abia Professionals,...

COVID-19: Passengers without QR Code will not board henceforth, says PTF 

  The Federal Government says  passengers without QR (Quick Response) Code will no longer be allowed to board planes as COVID-19 measures. The...

COVID-19: NCDC says low risk in children does not mean no risk  

                Following the resumption of schools nationwide, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says in spite...

Covid-19: Some Super Eagles Players hit by virus

    Four Super Eagles players have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the handler, Gernot Rohr. Rohr, who did not name the...

NCDC says 69 labs now fully activated for COVID-19 testing 

  The Director-General,  Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chike Ihekweazu, says with the inauguration of two public health laboratories in Niger State, the...

COVID-19: Nigeria no longer among top five countries in Africa with high fatalities, says PTF 

    The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic has declared that Nigeria is no longer among the top five countries in Africa...

Trump’s COVID-19 Infection By Reuben Abati 

        On Friday, October 2, the news channels were inundated with the Breaking News of US President Donald Trump and...

Concerned Abia Professionals to open isolation centre

  The Concerned Abia Professionals has announced the opening of Abia Care Centre, a 50-bed ultra-modern isolation centre with a functional molecular laboratory....