BREAKING: 3 Of Abba Kyari’s Staff Test Positive For Coronavirus
There is palpable fears at the State House as three staff of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari has tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19). A presidential source confirmed the development. Meanwhile, all the aides at the Vice President’s wing with the exception of his media aide did not turn up for work. A source said the VP reported late...
NAFDAC Unseals Eziukwu Road Market Aba After Its Closure Over Fake Drugs Manufacturing
National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has finally unsealed the Eziukwu Road Market in Aba, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with its leadership which promised not to allow people use the location as fake products manufacturing centres. NAFDAC officials from the Enugu regional headquarters of the agency, had on Monday, swooped on the market, sealing...
Coronavirus: What You Want To Hear From Buhari Are Things We Are Telling You — Lai Mohammed
The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has reacted to outcry over President Muhammadu Buhari not addressing the nation over the recent coronavirus outbreak in the country. Lai Mohammed stressed that the Nigerian leader may not say anything new as all information about the disease has been made available to Nigerians. He told newsmen that President Buhari will address...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 148 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 2,950
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 148 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,950, ABN TV reports. The centre disclosed this on Tuesday night via its verified Twitter handle. Also Read: Nigeria Records 204 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 1932 It tweeted: “148 new cases of #COVID19; 43-Lagos, 32-Kano, 14-Zamfara,...
FG Receives 4 Million Doses Of Moderna Vaccines From US
The United States government has boosted the efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria by donating over four million and eighty thousand doses of Moderna Vaccines to the federal government. The Director-General National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr. Faisal Shuaib announced on Monday that the 4.80 million doses were donated through the COVAX facilities. While briefing the...
NAFDAC Warns Lagos, Onitsha, Aba Medicine Vendors Over Fake Drugs
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned medicine vendors operating in open drug markets nationwide to prepare for immediate relocation to the Coordinated Wholesale Centre (CWC) in their respective cities once it becomes operational. The agency said the move became important because the open drug market is a major source of substandard and falsified (SF)...
BREAKING: CJN Tanko Muhammad Tests Positive For COVID-19
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has tested positive for COVID-19. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, a member of the Supreme Court, made this known at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, the Nation reports. According to him, Muhammad is currently receiving treatment in Dubai, the United...
COSEYL Calls For Revitalisation Of Nigeria’s Health Sector
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has called on State and federal governments to make efforts to use the opportunity of COVID-19 pandemic to rejig the country's health sector. COSEYL made the call in a statement signed by Hon. Goodluck Egwu Ibem and Comrade Kanice Igwe, the President and Secretary-General respectively on Monday. The Coalition noted that times when...
Health Unions Suspend Planned Protest As FG Sets Up Committee To Address Demands
The Joint Health Sector Unions have suspended their planned picketing of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu, who has set up a high-level committee to address the unions’ demands. The decision was disclosed on Wednesday by the President of JOHESU, Kabiru Minjibir, during a discussion with our correspondent on Wednesday. The National...
BREAKING: Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. Mr. Johnson said he developed mild symptoms over the past 24 hours, including temperature and cough. He is self-isolating in Downing Street but said he will "continue to lead the government's response via video-conference as we fight this virus". Mr. Johnson was last seen on Thursday night, clapping outside No 10 as part...
