The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has urged Nigerians to disregard a fake fresh lockdown alert in circulation on social media. This was contained in a statement issued by the COVID-19 PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, on Thursday, January 15. There have been concerns regarding a fresh lockdown as theContinue Reading
The Federal Government is targeting over 160,000 poor and vulnerable rural women to benefit from the N20,000 cash grant to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was disclosed by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouk. She made the disclosure at theContinue Reading
The governor disclosed this at an engagement with Plateau State Stakeholders on Second Wave of Covid-19 and security issues which was held at the Victoria Gowon Hall, New Government House, Little Rayfield in Jos, Plateau State. However, Lalong has disclosed that he is really worried as many citizens no longerContinue Reading
Nigerian Government has said there may be a fresh lockdown imposed in the country. The federal government on Thursday said it will have no option other than to impose a fresh lockdown on the country if the rising cases of Covid infections recorded lately continue. The National Coordinator of theContinue Reading
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) officials across the country on Thursday, January 7, began a strike action over the fear of COVID-19 spread in the agency. This was contained in a statement issued by the President of the Association of the Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, NIMC unit, Asekokhai Lucky, in an interviewContinue Reading
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has stated that the Federal Government is yet to impose a travel ban; particularly to and from the UK, over the mutated strain of COVID-19. The government said it will require the concurrence of neighbouring countries for the ban to be effective. Lai Mohammed,Continue Reading
COVID-19: Plateau State Govt Urge Citizens to Adhere to Health Protocols With the resurgence of COVID-19 and increase in the number of people being affected by the virus, the Plateau State Government has called on Citizens to adhere strictly to laid down health protocols in order not to be infectedContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to an announcement by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech that an experimental COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90 percent effective based on initial trial results. Consequently, Buhari called for equitable distribution of the vaccine globally upon approval for delivery. The President made this knownContinue Reading
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Monday, September 7, explained how the Federal Government spent N10.413 trillion on fuel subsidy in the last 13 years (2006-2019). Lai Mohammed made this disclosure at a media briefing in Abuja, in efforts to justify why the government announced an end to the paymentContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that African countries can defeat COVID-19 in the same manner it eradicated the Wild Polio Virus on the continent. Buhari made the declaration on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at the State House, Abuja. Equally important, the President was speaking at the formal certification of the WildContinue Reading