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Concerned residents of Cross River State have called on the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to investigate the reported stay of 26 oilrig workers at Tinapa Hotel, Calabar for an alleged self-quarantine. Top sources close to the hospitality said ...

Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, has canvassed expansion of testing centres for coronavirus across the country. In a statement, he described the 2,000 COVID-19 tests so far carried out in Nigeria as insufficient for the ...

In readiness for the 14-day lockdown, eventual outbreak and the need to sensitise the grassroots on precautionary measures against Coronavirus, the Ihiagwa Community in Owerri West Council Area of Imo State has floated a food bank for indigent persons during ...

To effectively combat incidences of COVID-19, the Enugu State government has unveiled four isolation and treatment centres, disclosing that it was planning to open other such facilities across the state. Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi stated yesterday after an assessment of the ...

INTELS Nigeria Limited has donated two facilities to the Port Health Services (PHS) of the Federal Ministry of Health to serve as isolation centres at the Onne Port in Rivers State. Besides, it has donated two facilities to the Port ...

The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) and Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) yesterday assured that some banks have resume operations in Apapa area of Lagos to facilitate clearance of goods and other essential services. Banks in ...

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other state actors have urged the Rivers State Government to review its preventive measures and response to the coronavirus pandemic, lamenting that the impact of its response are becoming more devastating that the virus. They ...

Akwa Ibom State government has rejected results of the five cases released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Coronavirus as it affects the state, thereby seeking immediate reconfirmation test on suspected cases. It, therefore, insisted on a ...

Labour, groups, task govt on transparency in the management of donations Dissatisfied with Federal Government’s method of sharing stipends to vulnerable Nigerians to cushion the effect of Coronavirus induced lockdown, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), has flayed the ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is to partner two independent fact-checking organisations operating in Nigeria–Dubawa and Africa Check–to provide accurate information while detecting and dispelling misinformation on the epidemic. Since the declaration of the virus as a global ...