Chinese Doctors: Hold Buhari, APC responsible for possible COVID-19 upsurge, PDP tells Nigerians
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday tasked Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari responsible should there be an upsurge in the rate of COVID-19 infection and death in the land following the Wednesday's arrival of a medical team from China.
Stay-at-home order: Court sentences additional 17 Lagos residents
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 […]
COVID-19: Buhari grants presidential pardon to inmates
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 […]
WaterAid, ActionAid and CISLAC draw FG’s attention on water supply to fight COVID-19
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 […]
Lockdown: IRDC disowns alleged palliatives given to Chevron host communities
The Itsekiri Regional Development Committee, IRDC, has distanced itself from a publication authored by a certain OWUN PDP Ode – Itsekiri, wherein it was reported that the Chairman of IRDC, Amb. Austin Oniyesan, in conjunction with Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, donated some amount of money to some persons as palliatives.
COVID-19: Dettol donates hygiene products to Ogun State
By Chioma Obinna Leading health brand, Dettol, has donated hygiene products to Ogun State in support of the state government’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation forms part of the brand’s contribution to the state’s stimulus package to cater for the vulnerable citizens impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak. Ogun State is one of the […]
