FG has reintroduced partial lockdown over COVID-19 Third Wave In Nigeria. Truetells Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government has reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) while placing a ban on nightclubs. The Head of Technical Secretariat of the PSC, Dr. Mukthar Mohammed made the announcement while briefing State…
Lagos Shuts COVID-19 Vaccination Centers. Truetells Nigeria reports that the Lagos State Government has announced the closure of all COVID-19 vaccination centres after the state vaccinated 257,756 people in the first phase. The closure of the centres was due to the conclusion of the first phase of vaccination in line with the directive of the…
Two Players have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of Benin Republic’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifier against Nigeria on Saturday evening in Porto Novo, Truetells Nigeria reports. The two players that contracted the deadly coronavirus are Marcellin Koukpo and Jacques Bessan. Koukpo and Bessan will play no part in Benin’s clash against the…
Federal Government under Nirsal Micro Finance has re-launched a new portal for Nigerians to support Nigerians financially in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak. In a statement posted on the Nirsal Microfinance Bank website, Nirsal said a new website had been opened to visit for the Covid-19 support. Nirsal Bank said Covid-19 targeted credit facility…
Five persons have been paraded by the Nigeria Police Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos Command, for issuing fake COVID-19 certificate. The arrested suspects have been identified as Achibong Idonrenyin, Moses Samuel, Popoola Adewala, Wale Aderele and Abdulmalik Ibrahim, and it was also learnt that two others identified as Shehu Imam and Adeola Dalington who work with Sky Blue…
FG Has Issued Fresh Directive To Civil Servants Over COVID-19 Pandemic. Truetells Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja extended the work-from-home directive for civil servants from GL 12 and below until the end of March. This online news platform understands that Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of Civil Service…
National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that 2.3m Nigerians registered for COVID-19 vaccination in less than 24 hours after it announced the launch of a portal for registration for the vaccination. Executive Director of NPHCDA, Faisal Shuaib disclosed that there is enthusiasm in Nigeria over Monday’s arrival of 4m doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 jabs…
Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said that Nigerians under the age of 18 years will not receive the COVID-19 vaccines in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, said that the Federal Government planned to cover 70 per cent of Nigerians within two years. Mamora warned that private organisations…
Massive Infection Has Hit Lagos, Enugu Among Other States And Reports Have It That 1 in 5 People Have Contracted Covid-19. NewsOnline Nigeria learnt from a new report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research published earlier this week showed that at least 1 in 5 residents…
Football legend Ronaldinho’s Mother is dead Truetells Nigeria reports that Dona Miguelina, aged 71, was hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19 in December 2020, in their home city of Porto Alegre. Ronaldinho’s former club Atletico Mineiro confirmed her death on Twitter on Sunday, February 21, with a message of condolence. “It is with…
