The Senate on Monday expressed lack of confidence in the ability of the Federal Ministry of Health to effectively store and distribute the COVID-19 vaccines when they arrive in the country. The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, and his colleagues expressed their reservation when its leadership met with the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed. The ministers were in the upper chamber to...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday issued fresh directives on how to curtail the spread of the virus, imposing a five weeks restriction on large gatherings. Mr Boss Mustapha, the PTF Chairman, and also Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made this known at the national media briefing in Abuja. According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised the PTF to engage with the states and FCT to deploy legal structures...

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 806 new infections of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the agency has since February 2020, tested over 869,362 samples out of which 77,013 returned positive. The agency said that the country sadly recorded 11 additional deaths in the last 24 hours. “Total reported deaths for...