As epidemiologists trace 286 contacts The Edo State Government has expressed worry over the increasing number of fake details in the manifest of passengers, noting that the falsification of identity was limiting the government’s contact-tracing efforts. Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, who spoke to journalists in Benin City, urged transporters to ensure that passengers […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Cititrust has urged Nigerians to lend individual and collective support to ongoing efforts of the federal and state governments to completely eradicate the Coronavirus,  COVID-19, pandemic from the country. This advice was given by the Group Chief Executive of Cititrust Holdings Plc, Mr. Yemi Adefisan, during the presentation of foodstuff, comprising rice, […]

As part of it’s support to the Oyo-State government in mitigating the challenges of Coronavirus pandemic and alleviating the economic hardship of the less privileged in the state, the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), on Wednesday, said that it would not disconnect non-paying customers at this period except it is based on safety advice and also to provide their regular customer’s power supply as much as it was within their limit and control

The much awaited 67 Nigerians resident in Ivory Coast on Wednesday arrived at Seme Border Post in a luxurious bus with registration number Osun XA 240 EJG. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that most of the passengers in the bus were women, children and few men. NAN reports that officials from Lagos […]

THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator. Chris Ngige has commended the gallantry and dedication of the Nigerian Health Workers in the fight against Covid-19.

Four Nigerian returnees have been detained by soldiers in Cotonou, the Benin Republic after being quarantined for 14 days in a hotel in the West African country for refusing to pay N900, 000 each for the accommodation facility. The Nigerians who arrived in Cotonou from different parts of Europe and America, Vanguard gathered were forcefully […]

By Mike Ebonugwo, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Levinus Nwabughiogu & James Ogunnaike Even with the dreaded coronavirus, COVID-19 lockdown, it is obvious that not even the fear of death by the disease can keep Nigerians locked up or restricted from moving out to pursue their daily bread or engage in other activities of interest. Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial […]

The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned additional 17 residents who flouted the stay-at-home order of the state government. The defendants appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court on a charge of gathering and loitering. The government had restricted movement of the residents, ordering them to stay at home except if on essential duty. This […]

By Omeiza Ajayi President Muhammadu Buhari has granted pardon to some inmates of the Custodial Centres of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, Vanguard has learned. The move is to decongest some of the overburdened custodial centres in the wake of the Novel Coronavirus pandemic. While it was not clear the category of inmates that would be […]

  By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Civil Society Organisations, WaterAid Nigeria, ActionAid Nigeria, and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Wednesday, drew Federal Government’s attention to water supply, availability, and accessibility to contain the spread of Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. This was stated by the organizations in different telephone interviews with Vanguard over strategies that could […]