President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday, June 17, via teleconference participate in the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19. 1st News garnered that the event slated for 12:50 pm will be presided over by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, and will also deliver a keynote address. The summit is jointly proposed byContinue Reading
Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients are only infectious within 10 and 14 days of becoming infected. This was disclosed by Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Ihekweazu revealed this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF), media briefing on Monday in Abuja. Equally important, asymptomatic refers to carriers of the virus who areContinue Reading
The Presidential Task Force, PTF, on Covid-19, has on Monday, June 1, lifted the ban on religious gatherings nationwide, and also reduced the nationwide curfew from 10pm to 4am. The National Coordinator of the PTF, Dr Sani Aliyu, announced this on Monday, at the daily briefing of the Task Force,Continue Reading
Apple and Google have released a software tool that will make it possible for nations to release coronavirus contact-tracing apps that adopt the firms’ privacy-centric model. It offers developers access to added Bluetooth functionality to solve a problem existing apps have of iPhones sometimes failing to detect each other. AndroidContinue Reading
The Northern State Governors Forum held its 4th teleconference meeting on Wednesday 20th May 2020 to review the region’s COVID-19 response, and deliberate on other matters relating to its progress and development. During the meeting presided over by its Chairman and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong, the ForumContinue Reading
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REQUEST THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE CHINESE DOCTORS. At the planery session of the House of Representatives for Tuesday, 19th May, 2020, Rep. Dachung Bagos, Member Representing Jos South/ Jos East Federal Constituency moved a motion on the need to know the whereabouts of the Chinese doctors whoContinue Reading
The official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic is inching ever closer to the 200 mark. On Monday, May 18, 2020, nine new deaths were reported across Nigeria, thereby taking the death toll to 191; just nine shy of 200. Furthermore, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria has risen to 6175.Continue Reading
The Federal Government, on Monday, said the recent order of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on gradual ease of lockdown will remain in force for another two weeks. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the daily briefing of the taskContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 18, revealed that not even technology, power, and resources can solve the problem of the COVID-19 pandemic. Buhari cited the examples of countries around the world blessed with these attributes who continue to record high casualty figures. The president spoke during a virtual meeting with the Nigeria Governors ForumContinue Reading
The level of awareness on the coronavirus, COVID 19 compliance in Plateau State is attributed to the relentless effort of journalists, health workers, and the strategic mobilization of the Governor Simon Lalong led Rescue administration. State Commissioner of Information and Communication Dan Manjang also appreciates Media organisations journalists in PlateauContinue Reading