ABUJA  — House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has queried the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for paying part of the N9 billion it received as special intervention fund by the federal government for COVID-19 response into the personal accounts of some of its officials. The chairman of the committee, Hon Busayo Oluwole Oke stated this when the director-general of the agency, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, appeared before the committee, observed that from the...

ABUJA — The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has criticized the red listing of Nigeria by the government of the United Kingdom over the two cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19. Speaking at a news conference in Abuja, Mr. Mohammed described the decision as unjust and discriminatory. The minister has, however, called on the UK government to rescind their decision immediately. Also discussed at the summit is the way forward as regards...

ABUJA — The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant in the country. The World Health Organisation (WHO) had labelled the new variant a Variant of Concern (VOC) after it was seen to be more transmissible with increased risk of re-infection. A statement signed by the Director-General said the two cases were discovered through genomic sequencing. Adetifa said the cases were detected in two...