The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has transformed into a Presidential Steering Committee. President Muhammadu Buhari established the PTF on March 9, 2020, to spearhead Nigeria’s...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Tuesday described the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as safe and efficacious. Nigeria took the delivery of 3.92 million doses...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said Nigeria would soon receive the initial four million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines....
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said schools across the country may be shut if COVID-19 positive cases continue to rise. The PTF stated this...
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday the vaccines for the treatment of the pandemic are important for the safety...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, is contemplating locking down Lagos and Plateau states as well as Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, as the second...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday confirmed the discovery of the United Kingdom COVID-19 strain in Nigeria. The Chairman of PTF, Boss Mustapha, who...
The Federal Government has extended phase three of the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown by one month. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19,...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, on Monday urged Nigerians to do everything within their capacity to avoid the second lockdown...
Governors of the 36 states in the country meet on Wednesday over the rising COVID-19 cases in the country. The governors, according to a statement issued...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday demanded the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 over alleged incompetence. President Muhammadu Buhari set up...
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said on Tuesday, the January 18 date for resumption of schools across the...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, on Monday blamed passengers’ travels, reopening of schools, businesses and worship centres for the recent...
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said on Thursday Federal Government may be forced to impose a fresh lockdown...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of at least one oxygen plant in each of the 36 states which will help provide life support for...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said on Tuesday at least 731 members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) Batch B had tested positive...
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said on Sunday the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines would arrive in the...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Saturday released the passport numbers of 100 travellers who failed to undergo the compulsory COVID-19 test after returning to...
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, said on Tuesday the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 would focus on the procurement of vaccine in the...
The Federal Government has unveiled new travel rules for passengers coming into Nigeria from South Africa and the United Kingdom where a new variant of COVID-19...
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, said on Wednesday the COVID-19 vaccine would be administered to Nigerians free of charge....
The Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 has declared that Nigeria’s health care system is fragile and may not withstand the effect of another major outbreak...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 till March 2021 over the recent spike in COVID-19 cases...
Following the confirmation of a second wave of the coronavirus in Nigeria, the presidency has announced that President, Muhammadu Buhari, will on Tuesday afternoon, meet with...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 has accused religious organisations in the country of sabotaging the national response by the federal government to stem the...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Thursday Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and two other states accounted for...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has stated that two Covid-19 vaccines under trial have more than 90 per cent efficacy of curing the deadly...
The Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 has raised an alarm over the number of travellers into Nigeria who test positive for the deadly Covid-19 disease on...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha on Thursday, expressed worry over the mental state of scores of coronavirus survivors in...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said on Thursday there would be no relaxation of the COVID-19 protocols ahead of the Christmas season. The National...
The Federal Government on Tuesday said a total of N50 billion has been release to the 36 states of the federation to help increase their capacities...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Tuesday threatened to sanction travellers who refused to present themselves for mandatory in-country Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test....
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Thursday only the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Lagos State had achieved the...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday warned on the neglect of the non-pharmaceutical protocols and other measures aimed at tackling the spread of...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday placed a six-month travel ban on Nigerian passengers who avoid the mandatory second COVID-19 test on arrival from...
The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the third phase of the National Response amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday directed state governments and school administrators to begin preparations for the full reopening of schools across the country....
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said on Monday Plateau State had become a new hotspot for the COVID-19...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, on Monday warned states planning to fully reopen schools to be guided by the experiences...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Saturday he would meet with members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 next week to explore the possibility...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 said on Thursday Nigeria could now undertake 15,000 COVID-19 tests daily. The Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha, who stated...
The Coordinator of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said on Monday the August 29 resumption of international flights was not sacrosanct. Aliyu, who...
Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Thursday 684 returnees from abroad tested positive for COVID-19. Mustapha stated this at the...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, on Monday frowned at the large crowds that attended political campaign rallies in Edo State for the September 19...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says five states account for 60 percent of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country. The Chairman of the...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, warned on Monday the COVID-19 pandemic had not reached its peak in the country. Nigeria...
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, on Thursday charged aviation authorities and airline operators to begin the process for...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 said on Monday subjecting students to COVID-19 tests ahead of their resumption was unnecessary. The National Coordinator of the PTF,...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday the task force and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were currently...
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare has disclosed that the 2020 National Sports Festival could still hold amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dare, who was...