Fayemi directs salary cut of all political appointees by 50%
Governor Kayode Fayemi Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has directed that salaries of all political appointees in the state be slashed by 50 per cent with immediate effect. The…
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…
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…
NIMASA probes cause of dead fishes along Niger Delta coastline, cautions on consumption, sale of the dead fishes
DG NIMASA, Bashir Yusuf Jamoh The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has begun a scientific inquiry to identify the cause of the recent shoals of dead fishes washed…
COVID-19: Nigeria currently has 1042 active cases as it records 64 new infections
As at April 27, 2020 there are 1042 active COVID-19 cases in the country of the 1337 confirmed cases. This was disclosed by the NCDC in a series of…
FG bans non-essential inter-state travels, says wearing of face mask mandatory
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday announced a ban on non-essential inter-state travels until further notice as Nigeria. The president, who made the announcement in a nationwide broadcast on Monday also…
President Buhari signs proclamation order on management of COVID-19 in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, FCT, other States
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the Proclamation Order on the General Management of Covid-19 in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, the Federal Capital Territory and other States in Nigeria as…