French police are investigating the handling of funds meant for the Covid-19 pandemic. Officers have raided the homes of senior government and health officials as part of the investigation. Those affected include the Health Minister OLIVIER VÉRAN and the director of the national health agency, JÉRÔME SALOMON. Prime Minister JEAN CASTEX is also under investigation, as well…
• Confirms 175 new infections The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has advised young people involved in the EndSARS protests about the risk of catching the new coronavirus. NCDC’s Director General, Doctor CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU, warned that Covid-19 does not recognise the rich or the poor, as well as a police officer or a protester. Doctor IHEKWEAZU, who…
The Federal Government says that Nigeria will be among the first countries to benefit from cheaper and reliable Covid-19 testing kits that are being produced through the help of the World Health Organisation. Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, BOSS MUSTAPHA, made this known during a media…
The sharp drop in the number of new cases of Covid-19 testing due to reduction in testing in Nigeria is causing concerns among Nigerian medical scholars. Members of the Nigerian science community are also worried about the challenges of reporting the new coronavirus in the country. These observations were made by participants at a Zoom media conference…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has developed a policy on the conduct of election under the Covid-19 pandemic. The policy comes with a ten-point Code of Conduct that must be observed by voters during elections. These measures are being adopted by INEC in preparation for the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. INEC Chairman, Professor…
The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has asked state governments that plan to reopen schools to apply caution. National Coordinator of the PTF, ALIYU SANI, said the closure of schools had proven to be one of the major ways of containing the spread of the Covid-19. SANI said this was because young people of school age are…