There is more trouble for Nigeria as COVID-19 hits harder with 1,133 fresh cases reported on Wednesday. This is the second time Nigeria is recording over 1,000 cases and the second highest since February when the pandemic broke out. The highest figures of 1,148 so far was posted on 18 December, 2020. The new figures […]
•Abuja, Akwa Ibom emerge cleanest city, state in Nigeria •Only Lagos, Oyo and Abuja operate sanitary landfills in waste management Performance indicators from a study by Clean-up Nigeria (CUN) has shown that the number of Nigerians living in an unclean environment has increased from 68 million in 2019 to 170 million in 2020, Tribuneonline reports. […]
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has advised the Federal government against wasting N540 billion in its planned procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. He spoke while making a guest appearance on Channel Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily on Wednesday which was monitored by Tribune Online in Lokoja. Bello described the current efforts at procuring vaccines as […]
THE Federal Government has disclosed that it will not impose a travel ban to and from the United Kingdom, over the mutated strain of COVID-19. According to the government, it will require the concurrence of neighbouring countries for the ban to be effective. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this when he featured […]
The Anambra government has banned nightclub activities throughout the state for one month. Don Adinuba, the state commissioner for information and public enlightenment, in a statement, said the ban takes effect from December 23, 2020. He noted that the ban is in response to reports of increasing incidences of COVID-19 in various parts of the […]
The Federal Government has ordered civil servants from grade level 12 and below to stay at home for five weeks. Head of the Civil Service of the Federation , Dr Folasade Yemi -Esan, made this known in a circular in Abuja on Tuesday. Esan said the directive followed the reported cases of the second wave […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday clarified that it has not declared a fresh lockdown of the country following confirmation of a second wave of Covid-19. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave this clarification when he featured on a Radio Nigeria programme, “Politics Nationwide’’, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the lifespan of the presidential task force on COVID-19 till March 2021. Speaking while receiving the end-of-the-year report of the task force at the presidential villa in Abuja on Tuesday, the president said the nation cannot afford to lose the gains of the past nine months in the fight against […]
More than 40 countries have suspended travel from Britain in a bid to contain a fast-spreading new strain of the coronavirus. Scotland had already closed its border with the rest of the United Kingdom. Here are some of the travel bans announced so far. – France – France has halted all travel from Britain for […]
Director of Palace Administration, Olu of Warri Palace, Chief Maleghemi, on Tuesday, announced that the reported death of Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli was untrue. In a statement in Warri made available to journalists, Chief Maleghemi said “His Majesty is indisposed and currently receiving medical attention by a team of qualified medical specialist.” Details later…
