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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 ...

To address the coronavirus pandemic, Google is providing $6.5 million in funding to fact-checkers and non-profit organisations fighting misinformation across the global. Through its Google News Initiative (GNI), the search engine would be supporting Africa Check in Nigeria, and Data ...

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has insisted that the rights of persons with autism must be taken into account in the formulation of all COVID-19 responses. In his goodwill message to mark the 2020 World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), he ...

The Federal Government has apologised for openly begging American billionaire businessman, Elon Musk for ventilators. The President Muhammadu Buhari administration came under fire for the undignified manner it went about requesting between 100 and 500 ventilators from the United States ...