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The Presidential Tasks Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says it will continue to ensure that the country’s responses to the pandemic are based on sound science and data. The PTF Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, while speaking at the daily…

*** PTF spent N22b, States, N7b, Police, N500m, Air Force, N877m The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris says the federal government has spent a whooping N30.5 billion on the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic. The money…

Authorities of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been asked to start making preparations to reopen its orientation camps nationwide. Orientation camps across the country had been shut in March as part of measures to curb…

The Federal Government on Thursday approved phased return of students to classrooms, and asked state government and school administrators to start making arrangements for full reopening of schools in the country. Schools in the country…

Ahead of the September 5, restart of international flights to and from Nigeria, the Federal Government on Monday threatened to suspend from travelling for six months passengers who fail to comply with the Covid-19 protocol put in place to…

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Monday said it is risky to fully reopen schools across the states in the country at this time in view of the experiences of countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. The…

‎ The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 ‎has said the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic has now shifted to Plateau State. ‎ Before now Lagos, Kano, Ogun and Oyo states had been the epicentre of the pandemic in the country. Chairman of…

‎ The Presidential Taskforce PTF on COVID-19 has blamed what it described as the 'lackadaisical' attitude of Nigerians for the continued increase in the number of cases of coronavirus disease in the country. ‎Chairman of the PTF and…

‎The Federal Government on Thursday said it was monitoring developments concerning claims by Russia that it had developed a vaccine for the coronavirus disease. Russian President, Vladimir Putin, had recently announced that his country's…

The Federal Government has expressed concern that the COVID-19 pandemic may spread to all the 774 local government areas in the country. Currently, only 85 LGAs, spread across 20 states, in which tests have not been conducted, are…