COVID-19: Presidential committee proposes gradual easing of lockdown
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The sub-committee of the Economic Sustainability Committee led by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has proposed the easing of the current COVID-19 lockdown in some states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. The committee, Vanguard gathered is recommending that the government implements a gradual unlocking of […]
COVID-19 patients go into hiding in Borno
The Borno State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Salisu Kwaya-Bura, on Sunday urged residents of Maiduguri to be on the alert after two positive patients went into hiding in the state. Kwaya-Bura, who is also a member of the state High Powered Committee on COVID-19, stated this while giving an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in […]
COVID-19: Suspected killer of Pa Fasoranti’s daughter tests positive in Ondo
Dayo Johnson – Akure Three other positive cases of COVID-19 were today confirmed in Akure, the Ondo State capital by the state governor Rotimi Akeredolu. By this, the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the state has risen to seven. This is coming barely 24 hours after the fourth patient, a police officer who […]
Perpetual lockdown, not solution to Covid-19, Group tells FG
Worried by the hardship families not only in Plateau State but the entire country is passing through due to the ongoing lockdown, a Civil Society Organization, Equity International Initiative has urged the federal and Plateau State governments to explore other options to contain the COVID-19 disease as locking down the entire economy is not a sustainable option.
COVID-19: Bighomes Real Estate distributes palliatives to Nigerians
As Nigeria continues to combat COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown situation in the country, a leading real estate firm in the country, Bighomes, has distributed palliatives and relief funds to Nigerians to alleviate the suffering and hunger in many homes.
The distribution exercise which kicked off yesterday in Jahi, Abuja is expected to cover other places like Kado kuchi, Kubwa, Deidei, Gwarimpa village and Mpape all within the federal capital territory where about 500 homes will benefit from the palliatives distribution.
Covid-19 case not staff of FMC Owerri – Resident Doctors
By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The President of the Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, Jude Ogu has said that the first case of Covid-19 in Imo, was not a staff of the Federal Medical Center, FMC, in Owerri. In a statement to newsmen in Owerri, Ogu also said that the person was only transferred to […]
