archiveMay 22, 2020

  The country has blazed a trail in Africa with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) successfully validating the first phase of the viral Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) extraction which should enable local production of cheap testing kits for coronavirus. The validation took place on Thursday in the laboratory of...

Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday constituted a committee on the reopening of the economy. This was one of the resolves after chairing a virtual National Economic Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday, May 21, the first since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement by Mr. Laolu...

  The Federal Government has overruled governors breaching the protocols designed to guide the country out of Coronavirus spread by allowing religious gathering in their states. Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 control Chairman Boss Mustapha warned on Thursday of the danger in allowing large gatherings, insisting that the ban...

Nigerian oil marketers have asked the Buhari administration to provide a pricing formula that will guide the monthly adjustments in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. They said this would forestall dislocations at the retail end of the value-chain. The Major Oil Marketers Association...

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday confirmed 339 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 7,016. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that nine new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus, bringing the total number of...