The House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), on Wednesday, interrogated officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Auditor-General of the Federation over an alleged N82.5bn spent by the NNDC between January and May 2020. The committee’s chairman, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (APC, Ondo), said the…
https://truetellsnigeria.com/2020/06/23/more-than-1500-workers-at-a-meat-factory-test-positive-for-coronavirus/ More than 1,500 workers at a German meat factory in North Rhine-Westphalia have tested positive for Coronavirus. Health authorities quarantined all 6,500 workers at the Toennies meat plant and carried out mass testing after the outbreak came to light last week. The officials said some 1,553 tests have come back positive, with the…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) made history on Friday with the publication of its first audited financial statementsafter 43 years of its operation. The annual reports and financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, were for 20 of the state-owned national oil company’s subsidiary companies operating within and outside the country The…
Nigeria has recorded new Coronavirus cases the NCDC announcing 663 new cases of COVID-19. TruetellsNigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 663 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Tuesday evening, June 9. This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 663 COVID-19…
The PTF has set a date for the resumption of interstate movement in Nigeria. TruetellsNigeria reports that the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 says interstate movement in Nigeria may resume on Sunday, 21 June 2020. This reliable online news platform understands that the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad dropped the…
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased beyond 10,000 mark on Sunday with 307 new cases reported by the country. The increase has continued despite intensified efforts by authorities to flatten the curve of the pandemic. The new cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCC) takes infections in Africa’s most populous nation to 10,162,…
Volunteers At LUTH Shut Operations Over Non-Payment Of Allowances The lives of around one hundred covid-19 patients admitted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital isolation centres may now be in danger. That’s because the hospital’s team of voluntary responders shutdown operations on Saturday following the non-payment of special allowances for three months. TVC News gathered…
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation in a broadcast on Monday following the end of the first phase of the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown. Aliyu Sani, the national coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19, made this disclosure when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to him, the president…
Nigerian man has died from COVID-19 in Lagos. The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this, said the deceased was amongst those who were recently evacuated from Dubai. According to Abayomi, the 32 year old deceased man suffered severe underlying health. ”Unfortunately, another #COVID19 infection related death involving 32year old, male has…
Nigeria is set to receive Republic of Madagascar’s herbal drug ‘COVID Organics (COV)‘, which the country’s leaders said cures and prevents Coronavirus. The Nation reported that Nigeria’s consignment has been sent to Equatorial Guinea from where it will be airlifted to Abuja. It was gathered that African countries were divided into zones for ease of transportation, leading to freighting…
