The Federal Government (FG) and state governors have spoken about a national lockdown in Nigeria over COVID-19 third wave. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government and state governors have said there is no indication of an imminent lockdown in Nigeria as the country prepares for the COVID-19 third wave. The governor of Lagos … Read more
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has on Monday taken the COVID-19 vaccine. Shortly after Mustapha was vaccinated, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, took his turn. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the chairman … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the presidential task force for COVID-19 set up by president Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the virulent infection has become a cesspit of corruption. In a statement on Wednesday by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the major opposition party bemoaned the incompetence of the Buhari’s administration in curtailing the … Read more
The federal government on Friday announced withdrawal of the approval granted to Emirates to conduct international flight operations in the country. Minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement via a post on his Twitter handle. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had, in a memo earlier in September, included Emirates in the list of … Read more