Available information show that pregnant women seem to be at equal risk as other adults, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in a guideline for pregnant women and nursing mothers. “It is known that the bodily changes that occur during pregnancy, may put expectant women at increased risk for some infections,” a part of the NCDC guideline read. “Pregnant women have had a higher risk of severe illness when infected with viruses from...

Equity International Initiative (EII) a non-governmental organisation,  has said that the effect of prolonged lockdown of the nation’s economy might be worse than the Coronavirus disease. EII Country Director, Mr. Chris Iyama, stated this at a news conference on Saturday in Jos. Iyama said that many Nigerians would die of starvation if the options to mitigate the spread of the virus were not reassessed for better alternatives. The country director stated that many Nigerians, particularly...

President Mohammed Buhari said he has directed the National Social Register for Poor and Vulnerable Households to increase the number of estimated households to 3.6 million. In a televised broadcast on Monday night, the president announced that all palliative measures will be sustained following the extension to the lockdown directives in FCT, Lagos and Ogun state Increasing the beneficiaries of the federal government palliative from an initial 2.6 million, the president stated that support measures...

The Board of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has approved the immediate release of N1 billion Naira to the COVID-19 Relief Fund being put together to fight the Corona Virus pandemic in Nigeria. Mr. Sunday Oluyemi, Director of Communication and Public Affairs, posted on NDIC official twitter handle on Thursday. Oluyemi said the board acknowledged that the corporation was not only consistent with its Corporate Social Responsibility, (CSR) but that the proceeds would be...