The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 454 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The information is on the centre’s official Twitter page on Friday night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with the latest cases, Nigeria’s total infections now stand at 27,564. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. According to it, till date, 27,564 cases have been confirmed, 11,069 cases have been...
The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Regional Office and ECOWAS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on response to COVID-19 in West African countries. The signing of the MoU took place on Friday, by Mr Yao Ydo, UNESCO Regional Director and Mr Leopoldo Amado, ECOWAS Commissioner for Education, Science and Culture in Abuja. Ydo said the response was in line with UNESCO’s mission of contributing to the building of a culture of...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 6,618 senior officers, one Assistant Inspector General (AIG), four Commissioners and three Deputy Commissioners. The Head, Press and Public Relations of the Commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said that the approval was one of the high-points of the 8th Plenary meeting of the commission that ended on Wednesday, after three weeks of deliberations. Ani noted that the officer...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reaffirmed its commitment toward curtailment of COVID-19 pandemic as domestic flights resume on July 8. Mr Sani Mahmud, FAAN Regional General Manager, North-Central, made this known while receiving face shields from the Universal Disaster Recovery Foundation (U-DIREF) in Abuja. U-DIREF is a Nigeria-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) registered in 2019 to provide humanitarian services to victims of disasters through life-saving support initiatives. It seeks to rebuild hope in...
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General (DG), Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that young people, aged between 20 and 40, are driving the transmission of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. Ihekweazu said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF), media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. The DG said that investigation had established that persons from 50 years and above were most prone to the virus, with three out of five deaths from...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate and indefinite suspension from Office of the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mr Adebayo Somefun. Sen Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, in a statement by Charles Akpan of the Press and Public Relations in the ministry, named other officers suspended to include Jasper Ikedi-Azuatalam, Executive Director (ED), Finance and Investment, and Mrs Olukemi Nelson, ED, Operations. Also suspended are Alhaji...
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the centre has not relaxed its guidelines on mass gathering in the coronavirus (COVID-19) protocol. Ihekweazu said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. “We are on the verge of opening our flights, airports and we have relaxed intercity travel. “We know that we have family, loving people and that over the next few weeks, we will all...
After decades of urgings from Igbo everywhere, southeast governors in partnership with Ohanaeze Ndigbo finally announced the Alaigbo Stabilization Fund themed global initiative. In a widely circulated press release by the Chief Emeka Attamah, S. A. Media and Publicity to President General. He stated that the South-East Governors, in conjunction with Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has agreed to set up a driving force for the development of Igbo land known as Alaigbo Stabilization Fund. The Fund is...
The violence has left more than 30,000 people dead and displaced over two million. The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, known in Hausa as Ekklesiyya Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN), says it has lost over 8,370 members to Boko Haram violence in Northeastern Nigeria. EYN President, Reverend Joel Billi, made the disclosure at a world news conference organised in Yola, Adamawa State. He said 25,000 members of the church were currently taking refuge in neighbouring...
The Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Mai Mala Buni, on Thursday, met separately with the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the former interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande. The committee was led by its Chairman, Buni, Senator Akpan Udeodehe, Secretary, and Abubakar Bello, the Niger State Governor. Also, the group included the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum and Kebbi State Governor,...
