Tag: Covid-19

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, says the priority of the Federal Government at the moment should be economic recovery and not the procurement of Covid vaccines. Our correspondent had earlier…

By Olamilekan Amusa Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says the federal government needs about N400 billion for COVID-19 vaccines. He disclosed this during a briefing with the senate leadership in…

By Lukman Amusa The Academic Staff Union of University, on Wednesday, suspended its strike, ending the industrial action that started since March 2020. ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, made the…

Scientists at the Redeemer’s University, Nigeria, say they have found the United Kingdom’s ‘lineage B.1.1.7,’ a mutant variant of the COVID-19 global pandemic, in Nigeria. They reported that the ‘lineage…

Oil prices dropped nearly 2 percent on Tuesday as a new strain of the novel coronavirus in the United Kingdom (UK) triggered concerns over fuel demand recovery. Brent crude was…

The federal government has extended the deadline for the registration of National Identification Number (NIN) by telecommunication service subscribers. The ministry of communications and digital economy broke the news in…

By Lukman Amusa Ogiame Ikenwoli, the Olu of Warri, is dead. The Olu is suspected to have died of COVID-19 complications on Monday. He was 65. The monarch was said…

The Central African Republic said Monday that Russia and Rwanda had sent hundreds of troops after an alleged coup bid ahead of this week’s presidential and parliamentary polls. “Russia has…

The Saudi Arabian authorities have suspended international flights for a week over a new strain of COVID-19. Many countries have recorded a surge in COVID-19 cases, a development which has…

Large crowds gathered at the offices of the National Identity Management Commission in Lagos on Monday in a bid to register and obtain the National Identity Number. The development comes…