Covid-19

By Derrick Bangura The Biden administration will no longer enforce a US mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, overturning a key White House…

By Derrick Bangura  Over 12.8 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 since onset of the pandemic, according to the report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association. More than…

By Derrick Bangura After dropping nearly all coronavirus restrictions last month, Britain is now ending some of its most widespread COVID-19 testing and monitoring programs, a move some scientists fear will complicate efforts to track…

By Derrick Bangura. The US has expressed its commitment to assisting Nigeria and other countries worldwide in fighting the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. The United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, spoke at the Flag-Off of the…

By Derrick Bangura. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has named Nigeria and five other African countries – Egypt, South Africa, Senegal, Kenya, and Tunisia – as the first to receive…

By Derrick Bangura. Hundreds of truck drivers from Ottawa are set to be dismissed on Friday after staging a three-week protest against pandemic restrictions that have crippled the capital and caused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to…

By Matthew Eloyi Edo State Government has called on residents to embrace vaccination and continue to wear their face masks in order to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mrs Irene Uabor, Health Education Officer of the Edo…

By Matthew Eloyi The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria for its proactive management of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts. The commendation is contained in the organisation’s…

By Matthew Eloyi Nigeria has recorded over 18,000 cases of COVID-19 from inbound travellers as of 16th January 2022. Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Ifedayo Adetifa who disclosed this on Thursday…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday, commenced the enforcement of ‘no vaccination, no entry’ into the Area 11 Garki Secretariat. It was gathered that as early as 7 a.m., the implementation team and security men…