The Rivers government and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have differed on the existence of an index case in the state of the COVID-19 currently ravaging the globe. The NCDC had on its official tweet handle disclosed that ...

The Delta State Traditional Rulers Council backed the ban on social activities by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to check the pervasive CONVID-19 outbreak in the country. Its chairman and the Obi of Owa, Dr. Emmanuel Efeizomor II, who communicated the decision ...

AS the country continues to battle Coronavirus pandemic, the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has raised the alarm over depleting water resources and sought continuous monitoring and measuring of water level to tackle the challenge. A statement issued by Director General ...

Following government’s restriction of movements in all entry points to Rivers State, its residents have embarked on panic buying of food items and other essentials. Consequently, traders have increased prices of foodstuff and other items in markets across the state. ...

Elder statesman and Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) has challenged scientists in institution to engage in research and find a lasting solution to COVID-19. Insisting that the pandemic was threatening to ground the country ...

A former Assistant director at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Solomon Omoyeni, has stated that physical cash handling of dirty notes increases vulnerability of people contracting and transmitting Coronavirus. In an open letter to Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, ...

As earlier predicted, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country has increased with seven new cases in less than 24 hours with Oyo and Rivers recording first infections. Latest figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has inaugurated an isolation centre for suspected cases of Coronavirus in Enugu State. Commissioning the 150-bed capacity facility domiciled at the Corps Training School in Achi, Oji River Council Area, NSCDC Commandant ...

Grand Patron of the Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers and Igwe of Nnewi, Dr. Kenneth Orizu III, has urged Nigerians to adhere strictly to safety procedures as ordered by the federal and state governments and Nigeria Centre for Disease ...

Civil servants and residents of Imo State have expressed displeasure over Governor Hope Uzodinma’s order to close major markets and directing workers from 45 years old to stay at home. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, who was accompanied ...