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(Opinion) After the lockdown, what next?

By Dike Chukwumerije After the lockdown is eased or lifted, we will be confronting the virus still and, in addition, a troubled economy. The first...

Deaths in Kano: it is not COVID-19, says govt based on preliminary reports

The Kano State government has initiated investigations into the deaths that has spiked fears that the state is being ravaged by the deadly COVID-19...

Group initiates face mask for all in public

A medical group, the Medical Initiative for Africa (MIFA), is initiating a campaign to ensure everyone has and wears a mask in public to stem...

KDSG extends quarantine order by 30 days; slashes two days relaxation window to one

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has extended the quarantine orders being enforced in the state for another 30 days, following the recommendation of...

NCDC investigates death of Kano banker, tests relatives after grandma’s lamentations

Above is viral audio by Grandma Selma that started it all The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has initiated investigations leading to the death...

Governors ask Buhari for inter-state lockdown, use of face masks in public

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) is reaching out to President Muhammadu Buhari to ban inter-state movements, ensure intra-state ones but with a ban on...

Stubborn Abuja COVID-19 patients now to be forced to treatment centres, says FCTA

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) will invoke the relevant laws that enables it to mandatorily evacuate recalcitrant COVID-19 patients to treatment centers. This, according...

COVID-19 Response: Prepare for the inevitable…now!

Professor Chima Onoka is a community physician and health systems economist. In this piece, he shares his thoughts about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in...

My ordeal in Abacha’s gulag and making the most of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Ele Adejoh Nothing in recent history has prepared mankind for the ravages of the Covid 19 virus. It is quite unlike any natural disaster...

Bad news for air travellers, airports to remain shut for another two weeks

Release By James Odaudu, Director, Public Affairs, Federal Ministry of Aviation NIGERIA'S AIRPORT’S TO REMAIN SHUT FOR A FURTHER TWO WEEKS – SIRIKA  Nigerian airports earlier shut...

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