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AfricaCoronavirusNewsCovid-19: Kenya Scraps Mandatory Mask-Wearing, Temperature Screening In Public

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 11, 2022

Kenya’s Ministry of Health has announced a relaxation of the COVID-19 containment measures following relatively fewer cases as well as positivity rates over the past couple of months. The Health Minister, Mutahi Kagwe, in a press address on Friday, announced that Kenyans are no longer obligated to wear face masks in public places. The Minister, however, encouraged Kenyans to keep wearing their face masks during indoor meetings, where all attendees must have undertaken the jab...

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CoronavirusHealthNews“There Is No More Covid-19, Let’s Stop Wearing Face Mask,” Reps Member Tells Speaker

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 11, 2022

ABUJA — A member of the House of Representatives, Olufemi Adebanjo has protested against the continuous wearing of face masks in the chamber, saying there are no more cases of COVID-19 in the country. Hon. Adebanjo, the lawmaker representing Alimosho federal constituency of Lagos State, gave the charge at plenary when he raised a point of order on Thursday, urging the National Assembly to relax the COVID-19 protocols on wearing face masks. The lawmaker said...

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CoronavirusForeign PolicyFederal Government Condemned Canada for Blocking Truckers Over COVID-19

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 14, 2022

ABUJA — The federal government has condemned Canada for blocking truckers who were protesting over COVID-19 mandates and other restrictions in the country as rioters. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, noted that the action of the Canadian government amounted to double standards. “Protesters who barricaded roads had been branded as threats to public safety and subjected to a number of clampdowns by the Canadian government and private Organisations. “The Ontario government had frozen...

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CoronavirusVaccinationWHO Urges Rich Countries to Pay Their Fair Share of Money Needed to Conquer COVID-19

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 9, 2022

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization called on rich countries to pay their fair share of the money needed for its efforts in conquering COVID-19 by contributing $16 billion as a matter of urgency. The health organization said the rapid cash injection into its Access to COVID Tools Accelerator could finish off Covid as a global health emergency this year. The WHO-led ACT-A is aimed at developing, producing, procuring, and distributing tools to tackle the...

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CoronavirusRural DevelopmentCOVID-19 Impact: Enugu Govt., Traditional Rulers Partners With AUDA-NEPAD To Empower 2,000 Farmers

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2022

ENUGU — Rebuilding the nation from the debilitating effect of the Covid-19 pandemic is paramount as the Enugu State Government in partnership with the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for African Development, AUDA-NEPAD seeks to empower smallholder farmers in the state to boost food production to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The administration of #Governor Ifeanyi #Ugwuanyi of #Enugu State has taken measures in furtherance of its efforts to cushion the devastating impact...

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CoronavirusVaccinationOver 14 million eligible Nigerians Received First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 26, 2022

ABUJA — As of the 25th of this month, over 14 million eligible persons in Nigeria have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the country while over 5 million eligible Nigerians had been fully vaccinated. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, stated this in Abuja during a media briefing on the Progress of COVID-19 vaccination in the country. He also identified the Federal Capital Territory,...

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CoronavirusEducationFG, Society to Publish Book On COVID-19

PilotnewsJanuary 13, 2022

ABUJA — Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding  (MOU) with the Society Committee Against COVID-19 (SOSOCOVID), to document government and stakeholders activities during COVID-19 pandemic. SOSOCOVID is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO). Ehanire, represented by Mr. Okwudili Okechukwu, Director, Health System Strengthening Division in the ministry, said in Abuja that the project would educate Nigerians on issues of COVID-19. Ehanire said stakeholders played vital roles in curbing the spread of...

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CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigerian Govt Destroys Over One Million Expired Astrazeneca Covid-19 Vaccines

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 23, 2021

The federal government has destroyed expired COVID-19 vaccines as AstraZeneca injections totalling 1,066,214 doses were destroyed. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr. Faisal Shuaib briefed Journalists shortly before setting out to destroy the vaccines at the Idu Dump site in the Federal Capital Territory, He said with the destruction of the vaccines, the country was able to save about $40 million by accepting the donated short shelf-live vaccines from...

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Aviation-AirportsCoronavirusUK Removes Nigeria, Others From Travel Red List

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 14, 2021

The United Kingdom (UK) has announced that it will remove 11 African countries from its travel red list from 4 am on Wednesday, December 15. The countries on the list are Nigeria, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe. The list was introduced in November following the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The UK government had added Nigeria to the list due to the discovery of COVID Omicron cases...

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Aviation-AirportsCoronavirusThe UK Stands Firm on Its Decision to Suspend Flight from Nigeria – High Commission

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 13, 2021

ABUJA — On Sunday, the British High Commission in Nigeria said the United Kingdom would not reverse its travel ban on Nigeria because of threat of retaliation by the Federal Government. This was disclosed by the spokesperson of the British High Commission, Dean Hurlock while reacting to a statement by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, that the UK and Saudi Arabia would be put on travel ban on Nigeria on Tuesday. Hurlock stated that...

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