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The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has advised the Nigerian government that immunisation is the only measure to curb the spread of COVID-19 and not another lockdown as the country deals with a second wave of the disease. The NANNM President, Abdulrafiu Adeniji, in an interview with...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will investigate the scarcity of funds witnessed by customers in most Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in Lagos State. The CBN‘s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Osita Nwanisobi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday, that ATMs were introduced so...

More than 50 per cent of the adult population in China has become overweight or obese, a top Chinese public health expert said on Wednesday. Zhao Wenhua, the Chief Nutrition Expert at China’s Centre of Disease Control, said this during a news conference. Top Chinese public health officials on Wednesday...

 The Debt Management Office (DMO) says a total of N60 billion bond it offered for the month of December had been oversubscribed by more than N70 billion. This is contained in a statement obtained from DMO’s website on Wednesday. “DMO offered a total of N60bn at the FGN Bond Auction...

A northern elder statesman and founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has asked the All Progressives Congress to name the governor in the North-West region said to be behind the rising banditry and killings, so that Nigerians can deal with such fellow. Yakasai, also a founding...

  President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the 29th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ministries of Aviation, Transportation, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Education, Finance, Works and Housing, Foreign Affairs,...

  Multiple award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named among Sunday Times’ Women of the Year for 2020. Adichie made the UK Times 50 women list alongside Queen Elizabeth, US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, singer and entrepreneur, Rihanna; amongst others. Adichie and the other remarkable women were chosen...

The Kwara State Government has declared a statewide curfew with effect from December 24 from 12 midnight to 4.30 am because of the second wave of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. The state government also ordered all civil servants, except essential services workers, especially in the health sector, to work from...

  The Health Writers’ Association of Nigeria (HEWAN) has urged the Federal Government to ban flights from Britain and other countries currently experiencing the spread of the new COVID-19 variant. The call is contained in a statement jointly signed by Chioma Obinna and Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu, President and Secretary of the...

  The Federal Government through the Federal Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq on Tuesday inaugurated the chairman and members of council of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities. Speaking at the inauguration, Farouq disclosed that the Commission was established based on...