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The Africa Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) has condemned the statement credited to French scientists that the COVID-19 vaccine should be test-run on Africans. It warned against remarks that could cause more harm to Africans during this trying ...

The United Nations (UN) and Nigeria have launched a basket fund to complement ongoing efforts by the National COVID-19 Multi-Sectoral Pandemic Response Plan, initiated by the Presidential Task Force on the virus. Named One Framework, the UN in Nigeria, through ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has opposed entering of the Chinese. Speaking at a meeting between the leadership of the lower legislative chamber and the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, and the Minister of State, Olorunnimbe ...

The minister of information in the federal republic of Nigeria, Lai Mohammed has responded to Nigerians complaining of hunger in Facebook, tweeter, Instagram, television stations and radio stations due to the Lockdown that, the federal government has disbursed over 100 ...

Stakeholders at the Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) an online summit held on Saturday April 4, 2020 has called on the African leaders to initiate financial assistance to fight the enemy of the world now, called COVID 19 on ...

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), under the aegis of Ben Akak Foundation, has donated medical items, including sanitisers and N1 million, to the Cross River State Government in support of the fight against Coronavirus. The organisation also donated sanitisers, hand-gloves and ...

As SEMA begins distribution of foodstuff to councils Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has signed Executive Order on COVID-19. Acting Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, said the Executive Order entitled ‘Bayelsa State Infectious Disease (Emergency Prevention) Regulation 2020’ was based ...

Allegation that some security agencies were receiving bribes and allowing vehicles in and out of Rivers State through its various boundaries with other states has been criticised by the state government. The state, which recorded a case of the coronavirus ...

The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) has donated medical items, including personal protective equipment (PPE), to the Edo government to check the spread of the ailment in the state. Worth millions of naira, the goods were handed over to the ...

President of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Aliyu Sokomba has confirmed that a medical professional treating COVID-19 patients at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo State had contracted the disease. In a live programme monitored ...