Nigeria’s Federal Government has lifted the restrictions on attendance for social gatherings and the curfew on midnight movements it announced two years ago to curb the spread of COVID-19. It could be understood that the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, set up by the government in early 2020, had made known a review of […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that 193 Nigerians evacuated from Ukraine, have tested positive for COVID-19 and are being managed according to the nation’s protocols. The government has also announced that it has revised the International Travel Protocols, which should come into effect on Monday, 4th April, 2022. Secretary to the Government of […]
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Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace announced on Sunday. The Palace had confirmed that Queen Elizabeth is experiencing “mild cold-like symptoms.” The monarch is, however, expected to continue “light duties” at Windsor Castle over the week. “She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines,” the […]
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday, began enforcement of ‘no vaccination, no entry’ into the Secretariat at Area 11 Garki. Kokomansion understands that many civil servants were turned back for not providing vaccination evidence. As early as 7:00 a.m., the implementation team and security men manned the secretariat entrance.. Addressing newsmen on the […]
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President of Poland, Andrzej Duda has tested positive for the COVID-19 and is self-isolating, his chief of staff Pawel Szrot said on Wednesday. “The president is fine, has no severe symptoms and is under constant medical care”, Szrot said. Szrot said the president had received three Covid vaccine doses in April, June and December of […]
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Media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said his principal is “quite fine” amid the outbreak of COVID-19 among his aides. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, had tested positive for COVID-19 last week. There were also reports that other presidential aides had tested positive and are currently in isolation. Speaking on […]
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The House of Representatives unanimously passed into law the Infectious Disease Bill. Introduced at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the bill was aimed at controlling infectious diseases in Nigeria. It was sponsored by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila and two other lawmakers. It is entitled “Bill for an Act to Repeal the Quarantine […]
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The United Kingdom (UK) has said Nigeria and 10 other countries will be removed from its travel red list from 4am on Wednesday. The move follows anger from Nigeria and other African countries, with the United Nations describing the ban on non-UK residents entering England as “travel apartheid.” The British government had on December 4 […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday afternoon announced three additional cases of the Omicron variant in the country, The new cases bring the total of the recently discovered variant of the COVID-19 virus in Nigeria to six. The NCDC in the statement signed by the Director-General, Ifedayo Adetifa further explained that the […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says it has taken South Africa, Brazil and Turkey off the list of countries from which travellers are restricted from entering Nigeria. Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential steering committee (PSC) on COVID-19, disclosed this on Wednesday at a media briefing in Abuja. Recall that the federal government had, in June, […]
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