The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed worries over the implications of the lockdown, due to Coronavirus pandemic, on jobs security in the country. The Lagos State Chapter Chairman, Mrs Agnes Sessi, raised the concern in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. According to her, many people have […]

While results of the two suspected cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Taraba State are still being awaited, Governor Darius Ishaku has said that “no positive case of the virus” has been recorded in the state. Samples of the two suspects were earlier taken to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for investigation. […]

wikeRivers State governor Nyesom Wike has accused Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari of politicising the N10b support fund approved to support the Lagos State Government’s fight against coronavirus. “It is quite unfortunate that the containment of coronavirus has been politicized by the Federal Government,” Wike tweeted. “While Lagos State received a grant of N10billion as a […]

The move by the Federal Government to bring Chinese medical experts to help it check the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria has drawn the ire of local stakeholders. Health Minister Osagie Ehanire had announced last Friday that an “18-man team of Chinese medical experts including doctors, nurses and other medical advisers” would assist Nigeria in its […]