Trump speaks with Buhari, promises to send ventilators to support Nigeria – Lai Mohammed
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday had a phone conversation with the United States President, Donald Trump. The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at the Presidential…
NCDC targets testing 2m Nigerians in 3 months
Director-General NCDC, Chikwe Iheweazu The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has set a target to test two million people in three months. This was announced by the DG of…
LASG discloses plans to deliver 100,000 homes in 3 years
Lagos State government has revealed plans to provide 100,000 livable and affordable homes in the next three years, through increased partnership with private investors and utilisation of innovative building technology….
NCDC begins process to enable it test approximately 960 samples in 8 hours
The Nigeria Centre for Disease control, NCDC, says it has begun the use of the COBAS system at the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, for #COVID19 testing. The NCDC disclosed…
Penitent Umahi says ban on two journalists unintentional, seeks partnership with media
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that the unfortunate incident with some members of the press in the state was unintentional. Umahi made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abakaliki,…
Delta farmer harvests world’s largest cassava tuber; sends message to Okowa
Mr Chuwudumebi Innocent Nwaogwonuwe, a peasant farmer in Ubulu Uku town, Delta State, South-south Nigeria has shattered existing world record of largest cassava tuber when he harvested an over 10-foot-long…
Covid 19: Commercial activities return to Delta from Thursday – Okowa
The Delta Government has extended by two days, the current total lockdown in the state, saying it will now end on Thursday. Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa in a statewide broadcast on…
COVID-19: Aviation College Sends Staff on Unpaid Leave, Slashes April Salaries
The International Aviation College, Ilorin (IACI), Kwara State, has sent its workers on Leave without pay and slashed their salaries for April 2020. The members of the Non-academic Staff Union…
Konga partners Unilever, offers household products with free delivery nationwide
Foremost composite e-commerce giant, Konga has inked a partnership with top Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) manufacturer, Unilever which will see the wide range of products on the brand’s stable…
COVID-19: We desperately need extraction kits to prevent shutting down of our testing labs
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has explained why it tweeted: ’Nigeria desperately looking for extraction kits’. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, said on Monday that he made…