Tag: health
Chart: 318 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says active cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria is 238, while total infections number...
COVID-19: Niger State imposes 24-hour curfew
Niger Government has announced a 24-hour curfew for the period of two weeks as part of measures to further prevent the spread of coronavirus...
COVID-19: MeCAM urges parents to stop exposing children
The Media Centre Against Child Malnutrition (MeCAM Nigeria) has urged parents and guardians to desist from any action capable of endangering their family members...
COVID-19: SHELL Equips Hospitals, provides Vehicles
The Shell companies in Nigeria have presented eight vehicles to the governments of Lagos and Rivers State to support the efforts at contact tracing...
BAT working on potential COVID-19 Vaccine
British American Tobacco (BAT) is developing a potential vaccine for COVID-19 through its US bio-tech subsidiary, Kentucky Bio Processing (KBP). The vaccine is now...
COVID-19: CAN supports suspension of Sunday service
The Niger chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has lauded the state government’s order suspending Sunday service as part of efforts to curtail...
COVID-19: Kaduna State announces total lockdown
Kaduna State Government has announced total lockdown of the state with effect from midnight.
The state Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, made the announcement in...
Coronavirus: Afghanistan to release 10, 000 prisoners
The Afghan authorities plan to release up to 10, 000 inmates within 10 days to prevent the spread of COVID-19, local media reported on...
United Bank For Africa(UBA) provides U$14 million COVID-19 Relief Support
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced a donation of over 5 billion Naira (USD14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a...
COVID-19: New Realities Require New Priorities says Civil 20
The events of this year alone, starting with the bushfires in Australia and moving to the outbreak of COVID-19, underscored the ever-growing complexity of...
Coronavirus: NSE extends filing of 2019 results by 60 days
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has granted a 60-day grace period to companies for the submission of Audited Financial Statements (AFS) due March 30,...
South Africa’s coronavirus cases reach 554, country braces for lockdown
South Africa on Tuesday confirmed number of coronavirus cases rose to 554 from 402 a day earlier, as businesses raced to make plans for...
Nigeria inaugurates 14-man presidential task force on COVID- 19
The Federal Government on Tuesday, inaugurated presidential task force to monitor the development of COVID- 19 pandemic disease across the country and around the...
Coronavirus: Lagos urges residents to remain vigilant
Lagos State Government on Tuesday urged residents to always be vigilant of the ravaging Coronavirus, in spite of World Health Organisation (WHO)’s accolades on...
Coronavirus: World travel shrinks by 25%, sheds 50m jobs
The coronavirus epidemic is putting up to 50 million jobs in the global travel and tourism sector at risk, with travel likely to slump...
EU launches €37bn Coronavirus investment initiative
The EU will launch a 37 billion euro investment initiative as part of a package of measures to cushion the bloc’s economies from the...
Yellow Fever: Nigeria activates points of entry policy
The Federal Government has activated the “Nigeria’s Point of Entry Policy on Prevention and Control of Cross Border Transmission of Yellow Fever’’ to prevent...
