Panic as a number of presidential aides have reportedly tested positive to Covid-19 and are now on self-isolation. Premium Times Saturday named those affected as the permanent secretary in the State House, Tijani Umar; the President’s Aide-de-camp (ADC), Yusuf Dodo; his chief security officer (CSO), Aliyu Musa, and his senior special assistant (media and publicity), […]
Apparently due to the rising cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the federal government on Thursday restricted religious gathering to 50 percent with full compliance to public health measures even as it threatened to introduce more restrictions should there be increase in cases of the virus. In a press statement issued and signed by the Chairman, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari received the COVID-19 booster Pfizer Biontech vaccine, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. This comes as Nigeria enters the fourth wave of coronavirus disease following a 500 percent increase in the number of cases in the past two weeks. President Muhammadu Buhari received the COVID-19 booster Pfizer Biontech vaccine, at the […]
Donald Trump, former US president, was booed by an audience on Sunday when he revealed that he had received a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. Trump made the comments during the final stop of his tour with Bill O’Reilly, former Fox News host in Dallas. According to a video tweeted by O’Reilly’s ‘No Spin […]
The United Kingdom (UK) government on Tuesday said that all 11 countries, including Nigeria, will be removed from its travel red list from 4am on Wednesday. Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe are on the list. The red list was reintroduced in late November as a precaution after […]
The presidential steering committee (PSC) on COVID-19 says it has initiated diplomatic steps to make countries that placed travel restrictions on Nigerians reverse their decision. Following the cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant reported in Nigeria, the United Kingdom had announced that non-UK and non-Irish citizens travelling in from Nigeria will not be allowed entry […]
The British High Commission on Sunday said the United Kingdom would not reverse its travel ban on Nigeria because of a threat of retaliation by the Federal Government. The spokesman for the British High Commission, Dean Hurlock, said this in response to an inquiry by The PUNCH on Sunday over a statement by the Minister […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested positive for COVID-19 after exhibiting mild symptoms. Ramaphosa was said to have felt unwell on Sunday after leaving a memorial service for FW de Klerk, the former South African deputy president, in Cape Town. According to a statement issued by the South African presidency, Ramaphosa is “in good […]
Press Statement; .…Wants FG to complete projects and urged staff to wake up to their duties Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), has decried the poor State of infrastructure and services at Alex Ekwueme Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki in Ebonyi State. The group in a statement in Abakiliki, the capital lamented that there was no enough space for […]
The Federal Government says it has started rejecting COVID-19 vaccines with short shelf life or those that cannot be delivered on time. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this while reacting to the report that one million COVID vaccines in the country have expired. Citing at least two sources, Reuters said the expired doses […]
