THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended two of its staff and banned two candidates from its processes for violating precautionary measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. This was contained in the weekly bulletin of the board obtained on Monday in Abuja. The board said their suspension followed a surprised […]
The World Health Organization and Beijing could have acted faster when Covid-19 first surfaced in China, a group investigating the global response has concluded. In its second report, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response said that an evaluation of the “chronology of the early phase of the outbreak suggests that there was potential […]
The Nigerian Governors Forum on Monday said it will meet on Wednesday to chart a way out of the second wave of the pandemic as schools reopen across the country. In a statement signed by its spokesman Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, the Governors forum said it was alarmed by the intensity of the second wave of the […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,444 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 110,387. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Sunday. 1444 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-901 Plateau-136 Kaduna-57 FCT-54 Ebonyi-53 Akwa Ibom-52 Nasarawa-32 Osun-29 Ogun-28 Imo-16 Oyo-16 Edo-15 Kano-14 […]
Last week, Nigeria recorded 70 new COVID-19 deaths which is the highest in six months, Tribune Online analysis reveals. According to data sourced from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the last time Nigeria recorded more deaths than last week was the 78 deaths reported in the 30th week of the pandemic (July 19 […]
A human rights activist and author, Comrade Paul Ikechukwu Njoku, has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu and the Ministry of Health to humbly consult the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Lagos-Nigeria, Prophet TB Joshua, for prayers and miraculous […]
The house of representatives panel on basic education and services has faulted federal government’s decision to reopen schools on January 18. Last week, the presidential task force on COVID-19 insisted that the date for school resumption remains January 18. The clarification was made after Adamu Adamu, minister of education, said the federal government was considering […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,598 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 108,943. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday. “1598 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-461 FCT-206 Plateau-197 Rivers-168 Kaduna-116 Anambra-53 Ogun-49 Ebonyi-47 Edo-42 Sokoto-32 Imo-31 Katsina-31 Oyo-30 Akwa […]
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Basic Education and Services has called for postponement of reopening of schools across the country by three months, as part of efforts aimed at ensuring adequate compliance with the COVID-19 protocols. The Committee in a statement titled: ‘School resumption: Are we truly prepared?’ signed by its chairman, Hon. Julius […]
The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) has insisted that Nigeria would not be able to purchase the Pfizer or Moderna COVID- 19 vaccines, especially in very large quantities, due to their high cost. Prof. Olufemi Babalola, who told our correspondent that the Pfizer vaccine costs about $40 per single dose, also noted that its storage […]
