Increase testing for COVID-19 now, Health Writers urge NCDC
By Chioma Obinna With just over 5,000 Nigerians tested for COVID-19, the Health Writers Association of Nigeria, HEWAN, has called on the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, to urgently scale up laboratory testing across the country even as it urged the Federal government to institute proper incentives for frontline health workers in the fight […]
Nigerian Military has no tribal interest in Taraba and Benue states ―Defence Headquarters
Authorities of the Nigerian Military said on Monday that troops operating at the boundary between Taraba and Benue States are not taking sides by preventing the Tivs from returning to their homes. Major General John Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations said, “This unpatriotic comment from some individuals are coming after troops of Operation Whirl Stroke […]
COVID-19: Buhari’s speech disappointing, failed to address palliatives – PDP
By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described Monday’s COVID-19 pandemic broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari as very disappointing. This is as the party said the speech, just like “pre-recorded broadcast of March 29, 2020, failed to address salient issues of urgent concerns to Nigerians in their daily struggle against the spread […]
COVID-19: Full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s address
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal […]
UPDATED: Buhari extends lockdown in Lagos, Ogun, Abuja by 14 days
By David Royal President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the presidential lockdown order in Ogun, Lagos, and Abuja to two more weeks to be able to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Buhari said this in a nationwide broadcast on Monday. According to the president, the approach to the virus remains in […]
COVID-19: Fayemi extends Ekiti lockdown by two weeks
….promises to make facemasks made of local fabrics available Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has extended the movement restriction and curfew imposed in the state by two weeks, following the expiration of the initial order on Monday night. The restriction will now end on April 27th. The new directive which was contained in a […]
