The Nigerian government through its Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said that there will be no relaxing of the COVID-19 protocols ahead of the Christmas season. The coordinator of the PTF, Sani Aliyu, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the daily briefing of the pandemic. Mr Aliyu said that Nigeria is currently […]
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The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), is working on calling off its ongoing strike after reaching an agreement with the Federal Government on Wednesday. At a meeting which lasted almost the entire day, the association said it will consult its executive council within the next 24 hours, with a view to calling off the […]
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The Federal Government has met with the leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) over the planned strike of the medical practitioners. The conciliation meeting which held on Monday in Abuja, the nation’s capital ended with high expectations that the planned strike would be shelved. At the discussion, the Minister of Labour and […]
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Nigeria on Monday confirmed additional 648 cases of COVID-19. This is as the country earlier in the day said it is considering the resumption of international flights. The country’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had said Nigeria is mulling the resumption of international flights. Sirika spoke during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced 576 new cases of the novel coronavirus as hopes of a vaccine soared. In a tweet via its verified handle, NCDC put the country’s total virus load at 37,801 with 15,677 discharged cases and 805 deaths. Lagos, the country’s virus epicentre, reported the highest number […]
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For the past 10 years, Guaranty Trust Bank plc has been at the forefront of the advocacy for people living with autism. The Bank’s Orange Ribbon Initiative has also become a major rallying point for driving awareness about Autism, campaigning against the social stigma associated with developmental disorders and helping people with autism live a […]
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The Federal Government has developed RNA-Swift, a test kit for the identification of SARS-CoV-2, causal agent for COVID-19. Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, announced this during a press conference on Thursday in Abuja. “The RNA-Swift has amazing precision for the detection of SARS-COV-2 and will be commercially available at a price that […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 452 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of the cases in the country to 21,371. NCDC gave the figure on Tuesday night through its official Twitter handle. The agency said that the new cases were from 14 states, with seven deaths recorded on June […]
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The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday announced 436 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total infection in Nigeria to 20,244. According to the agency in a tweet, of the new cases, 169 were recorded in Lagos, 52 in Oyo and 31 in Plateau. Other affected states are Imo with 29 cases, Kaduna […]
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The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) chapter, on Monday urged the Federal Government to pay their allowances to avoid industrial action. Dr Lanre Olosunde, the branch President of ARD, in statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin warned that the strike would commence on […]
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