Customs seizes 1,553 smuggled items worth N17.6bn in Q1
In sustenance of its anti-smuggling drive, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 1,553 smuggled items of different products with Duty Paid Valued placed at N17.6 billion in the first…
COVID-19: OPC donates N3m to South West states, Kwara, Kogi
The Oodua Peoples Congress on Wednesday donated N3 million for food and procurement of essential items to patients of the deadly COVID-19 disease across the six states of the South…
Dokpesi, two grandchildren discharged: Says ‘we’re given anti-malaria medication’
High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi and two of his grandchildren have been discharged from Gwagwalada Medical Centre where he and 8 other members of his family were admitted for Covid-19…
NGF demands stepping down of Infectious Diseases Bill, tasks States to increase COVID-19 testing capacity
The governors of the 36 states of the Federation have demanded that the Infectious Diseases Bill be stepped down until all necessary procedures were followed. The call was part of…
Oil demand expected to fall by 8.6 mbpd – IEA
Oil demand is still set for a record fall in 2020, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday, but it trimmed its forecast for the drop citing easing…
COVID-19: Nigeria’s active cases now 3,737 as confirmed infections hits 4,971
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says the country’s active COVID-19 infections now stands at 3,737. This was contained in NCDC’s COVID-19 situation report for 13th May, 2020. The…
COVID-19: Kwara Gov. dismisses driver, queries team over shoddy handling of suspected case
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has sacked a driver and queried COVID-19 team for the mishandling a COVID-19 case and evacuating the victim without following safety protocol. The misconduct of…
COVID-19: Prof. Iwu advises on proper hygiene, says viral infections are health conditions, not medicalÂ
Prof. Maurice Iwu, Chairman, Imo COVID-19 Task Force, says 90 per cent of virus diseases that affect people were not medical but hygiene induced. Iwu made the assertion when members of…
FG approves crude oil price at $25 per barrel, crude oil production 1.94 mbpd
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja approved the reduction of oil…
A’Ibom Police arrests medical doctor, 6 others for allegedly selling 5-month-old baby
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has arrested a medical doctor and six others over alleged sale of a five-month old baby. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Fredrick Nnudam,…