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FG Lifts COVID-19 Restrictions, Midnight curfew
Federal Government has lifted a nationwide midnight curfew and limitations on gatherings along with other restrictions imposed in 2019 to curb the spread...
NCDC says Travel Portal is measure to limit risk of COVID-19 importation, spread in Nigeria
By Joyce Remi-BabayejuFollowing concerns of Nigerians regarding the Nigeria International Travel Portal (NITP), COVID-19 testing pre- and post- arrival in Nigeria, the Nigeria Center...
Fully Vaccinated Travellers Not Subjected to COVID-19 Test – FG
Fully vaccinated travellers coming into Nigeria will no longer be required to take a pre-departure PCR COVID-19 test.This is according to the Chairman of...
Afreximbank agrees to $207m facility with NEXI in combating COVID-19
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the finalisation of a 207 million dollars facility granted by Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), the state-owned...
Barack Obama Tests Positive For COVID-19
Barack Obama has tested positive for a mild case of Covid-19, the former US president said on his Twitter account Sunday.“I’ve had a scratchy...
USAID Donates $10.6m In COVID-19 Assistance To Nigeria
On March 1, 2022, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced an additional $10.6 million in development assistance to continue support for the...
60 Ukraine Returnees Test Positive For COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports that 60 Nigerians evacuated from Ukraine have tested positive for COVID-19.The NCDC’s data revealed that 24...
COVID-19 pandemic kills 3,000 persons amid 250,000 confirmed cases in two years- NCDC
By Joyce Remi- BabayejuIn two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, Nigeria has recorded 3,000 deaths amid 250,000 confirmed cases on the...
Queen Elizabeth Tests Positive for COVID-19
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom has tested positive for Covid-19.Reports say she has “mild cold-like symptoms”.However, BBC quoted Buckingham Palace as saying...
Nigeria Designated as COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing Base
By Joyce BabayejuPresident Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the designation of Nigeria as one of the six countries in Africa designated as manufacturing bases...