COVID-19: INEC deploys 100 Pick-up vans for contact-tracing, as NCC suspends DND policy

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released 100 Pick-up vans to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to be deployed for contact tracing, surveillance, laboratory work, infection prevention and control…

COVID-19: Nigeria tracking 6700 contacts

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it is tracing no fewer than 6,700 contacts in Nigeria over the novel Coronavirus pandemic outbreak in the country. Director-General of NCDC, Dr…

COVID-19: Good news from Fancy Hotel as Govt, Hoteliers send food to quarantined occupants

…Quarantine to be lifted soon Government officials from the Ministry of Health finally delivered food materials Thursday morning to the beleaguered occupants of Fancy Hotel, Umuguma who were put in…

COVID-19 Palliatives: FG’s manual disbursement of cash, a scam, says CUPP

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has condemned the approach adopted by the Federal Government for the disbursement of monetary palliatives to supposed vulnerable Nigerians. The opposition coalition maintains…

COVID-19 Lockdown: Markets to open between 10:00am and 2:00pm daily – FG

The Federal Government has announced that all markets in states where a lockdown was imposed (Lagos, FCT and Ogun) will be allowed to open between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm…

COVID-19: We’ve not been tested, yet they treat us like death-row inmates – Fancy Hotel Manager

Around 1:00am last Saturday morning, security agents locked down Fancy Hotel, Umuguma in Owerri West council area of Imo state and put  24 occupants of the hotel made up of…

Commander who raised alarm on how Boko Haram was out-gunning Nigerian Army, redeployed

The Nigerian Army has removed Major-General Olusegun Adeniyi as Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, which represents the frontline of the Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East region…

COVID-19 :Our Vice Chancellor not infected – UNIZIK

Authorities of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state Tuesday debunked reports that it’s Vice Chancellor , Professor Charles Okechukwu Esimone has tested positive for coronavirus. Tales around Awka, the…

Gas shortage: Blackout looms nationwide as GenCos cut generation

As millions of Nigerians continue with the forced restriction of their movements in the face of the raging COVID-19 pandemic and are expected to stay at home monitoring latest news…

COVID-19: We are starving, quarantined hotel occupants cry out

The Imo state government had confirmed that Fancy Hotel in Umuguma, Owerri West council area of the state and about 41 occupants had been locked down in quarantine by authorities.…

Funds donated for COVID-19 must be accounted for – CISLAC

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has urged the Nigerian government to ensure accountability and transparency for all the funds spent in fighting the Coronavirus pandemic. In a statement…

COVID-19: FG sues H-Medix, three others over hike in prices of sanitizers

The Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) is set to prosecute four supermarkets and their proprietors in Abuja for alleged arbitrary hike in the prices of sanitizers, hand-wash liquids,…

COVID-19: Eleven days after sitting with Bauchi state governor, Obiano goes into self-isolation

 Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state has gone into self isolation. This followed the Council of States meeting 11 days ago in Abuja where Obiano sat side by side with…

VIDEO: El-Rufai tests positive to COVID-19, as CUPP prays for governor’s recovery

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state earlier today tested positive to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the globe. This is also as the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) reached out…

Contact Tracing: Panic, as DSS lock-down hotel, occupants over suspected COVID-19 case

…Journalist assaulted for taking picture of hotel There was palpable tension in Owerri over a suspected case of the COVID-19 which may have been traced to Owerri.  As at Saturday…