As LUTH assembles 120 staff to combat COVID-19 Says 12 staff under surveillance, 3 on isolation over death of patient By Chioma Obinna The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 yesterday inspected the Lagos University Teaching Hospital’s (LUTH) isolation centre in readiness to the admission of positive persons at the facility even as the hospital has […]

IN its readiness to contain the Coronavirus pandemic, the Oyo State Containment and Decontamination Project on Tuesday expressed its readiness to embark on immediate decontamination of all areas suspected to have come under the attack of the novel virus.

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has approved the release of 46,000 metric tons of rice, 36,495 kegs of vegetables oil and other items valued at N3.2 billion for distribution. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Attah said […]

Qatar and Russia hit back at allegations of bribery on Tuesday after US prosecutors accused them of paying millions in bribes for the rights to host the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. According to US Justice Department documents released Monday, FIFA officials received bribes to vote in favour of awarding the 2018 World Cup to Russia […]

Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) strongly denies the allegations contained within the court papers made public in the US on 6 April 2020. They are part of a long-standing case, the subject of which is not the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup bidding process.

*Says accommodation, food services, manufacturing, retail, others at risk By Victor Young International Labour Organisation, ILO, has warned that the coronavirus, COVID-19, crisis may wipe out 6.7 percent of working hours, equivalent to 195 million full-time workers, globally in the second quarter of 2020. The ILO Monitor, 2nd edition, “COVID-19 and the world of work […]

The Lagos State government, on Tuesday, announced the discharge of another female patient, who had tested negative twice for Coronavirus.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the fuel subsidy regime under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, administration as a monumental fraud and an unpardonable scam against the Nigerian state.

Before the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the globe, Nigeria spent 42% of her earnings on debt servicing. We have arrived at a new reality today: even if we devote 100% of our income to rebuilding our economy, it still will not be enough.

The Lagos State government on Tuesday confirmed the discharge of another female patient, who had tested negative twice for coronavirus. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this in a statement, said the total number of patients discharged by the state health authorities was now 32. He said: ”It is with joy and gratitude to the Almighty […]