Tag: Covid-19

The director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, says some states are not conducting enough COVID-19 tests. Speaking during the presidential task force briefing on COVID-19,…

The World Bank projects that the number of poor people in Nigeria will increase by 20 million by 2022.  According to the bank’s Nigeria Development Update (NDU), an average Nigerian…

The Federal Government on Thursday accused religious leaders of sabotaging the national response in containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country by holding large gatherings. The Secretary…

By Oyindamola Wusu Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says no one is in charge of Nigeria. Soyinka made the comment on Wednesday in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, during the launch of…

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of…

Only one passenger turned up and made the historic trip from Ibadan to Lagos yesterday as the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge train started operation. The newly introduced service, according to the…

Stephen Godonu-  US pharma company Pfizer has informed President Donald Trump’s administration that it will not be able to provide a significant number of additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine…

Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old woman, is the first to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in the UK. The UK began a mass vaccination programme against the infection on Tuesday. The vaccine…

Barcelona manager, Ronald Koeman, has refused to be dragged into the Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo debate. Koeman, speaking ahead of their home tie against Juventus in the Champions League,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned criminals against hiding behind lawful and peaceful protests to disrupt peace and order in the country. Buhari issued the warning on Monday while virtually declaring…