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Federal Government has placed a travel restriction on 100 passengers for flouting COVID-19 directives. The new development was announced by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 via its Twitter handle on Tuesday, February 9. The…

Chairman of Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha has revealed factors that contributed to the recent spike in infections in Nigeria. Speaking on Monday January 11 during a media briefing in Abuja, Mustapha stated…

Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says it will soon publish the passport numbers of 100 travellers who refused to undergo the mandatory COVID-19 test after returning to the country. Travellers are mandated to run the test seven…

Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19, has advised Nigerians to suspend travel during festive season to limit the risk of contracting and spending coronavirus. Speaking at PTF media briefing on Monday,…

Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has predicted a spike in the coronavirus pandemic outbreak in the country in the next two weeks due to ongoing #EndSARS protests across the country. Boss Mustapha, the secretary to the government of…

National coordinator of the presidential task force (PTF), Sani Aliyu has revealed that there were 80 positive coronavirus cases recorded out of the 2,403 tests carried out on international travellers. The PTF stated this on Tuesday…

Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has disbursed N1billion each to 32 states in the country amid the pandemic. PTF Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu announced the disbursement of the sum on Monday during a briefing in Abuja, the nation’s…

Presidential Task Force (PTF) has revealed that most COVID-19 deaths recorded in the country was as a result of reporting late for treatment. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire who said this during the briefing of the PTF on…

As the nation prepares for the reopening of schools, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has mandated schools to carry out weekly risk assessments while states and local governments are to conduct monthly and quarterly risk…

Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 has raised an alarm that some international travellers who are COVID-19 positive are coming into the country with fake COVID-19 PCR negative results. It would be recalled that the Federal Government…

Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has warned states planning to fully reopen schools to be guided by the experiences of countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. MDB had earlier reported that schools…

296 new cases, 445 recoveries and one death have been recovered in Nigeria on Thursday, August 27. NCDC in a tweet on its official Twitter handle announced; 296 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Plateau-85 Enugu-46 Oyo-31 Lagos-21…

Federal Government has expressed confidence that Nigeria would secure a fair share as soon as any certified COVID-19 vaccine is available. It however, criticised the move by some countries to nationalise and politicise vaccine…

Federal Government has extended the phase two of the eased lockdown in the country by one week. Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, announced this on Monday. He made the announcement at the…

India has donated seven tonnes of hydroxychloroquine to Nigeria as part of efforts to help the West African combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha who also doubles as the…