The Federal Capital Territory Administration says it will decentralise emergency outbreak response through advocacy in the six area councils of Abuja. A communiqué issued on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the resolution was reached at the end of the FCT COVID-19 Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) Intra-Action Review (IAR) meeting. It said that it would also set up emergency operation centres, establishment of sample collection systems and training of human resources for response in the area...

A coalition of Women civil right groups, Women Intervention Group (WIG), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and all political actors in the country to urgently respond to all the requests of youths during the #EndSARS Protests. WIG’s Chairperson, Mary Manzo, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja called on the leaders to urgently expand resources in building a structure that would create an enabling environment for employment and to harness their potential for nation’s...