PETROL SUBSIDY GONE FOREVER -says NNPC
The era of subsidy on petrol is gone forever, the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, said on Monday. Kyari, who spoke during a live programme on…
GROUP TO MAKINDE: ALLOW YOUR DEPUTY TO HEAD TASK FORCE
A non-governmental organisation, the Conclave for Social, Economic and Industrial Development of Oke-Ogun (COSEIDOO), has urged Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to allow his deputy, Mr. Remi Olaniyan, to…
COVID-19: FED GOVT TO HIRE 774,000 NIGERIANS
No fewer than 774,000 Nigerians are to be engaged by the Federal Government as Special Public Works Programme officials as part of its measure to cushion the effects of…
LAGOS NEEDS FOREIGN MOLECULAR BIOLOGISTS -says Commissioner *Alimosho at Risk
Lagos State Government needs Molecular biologists and logisticians to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Monday. He there was nothing wrong soliciting the…
AMERICAN FIRM ANNOUNCES ‘VACCINE CANDIDATE’ FOR COVID-19 •Phase 1 Human Clinical Study for Slept
A Listed pharmaceutical firm on New York Stock Exchange, Johnson & Johnson, yesterday announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate from constructs it has been working on…
COVID-19: ROW DEEPENS OVER 18 CHINESE DOCTORS
The row over the invitation of a Chinese medical team to help contain the spread of coronavirus has deepened. The government said on Friday that an 18-member Chinese team…
COVID-19: CHLOROQUINE AS A POTENTIAL GAME-CHANGER
Even as signs of risks continue to mount, chloroquine is increasingly receiving an emergency-use designation for the treatment of coronavirus in many countries, reports Associate Editor ADEKUNLE YUSUF Without…
COVID-19: WHEN NIGERIANS WISH THEIR LEADERS DEAD
The cowardly nature of Nigerians against their leaders manifested with the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. When some political leaders or their relatives announced that they had contracted…
KWARA BEGINS CASH TRANSFER TO POOR HOUSEHOLDS
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, on Monday, launched the Federal Government’s conditional cash transfer to 25,000 households in the state. AbdulRasaq, who spoke during the commencement of the…
67 TOGO RETURNEES DETAINED IN SEME, FACE 14-DAY QUARANTINE
The Lagos State Government has sent no fewer than 67 persons, who wanted to enter the country through the Seme border, into quarantine. The PUNCH on Monday gathered that…