The Bayelsa State Task Force on COVID-19 has said that 140 blood samples sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)-approved laboratory in Edo State between March and April 2020 had all tested negative. The co-Chairman of the state ...

Backing Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s detention of Caverton Helicopters pilots, Senator Anietie Okon has described the Federal Government’s defence as deceitful, dubious and malicious. In a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, the Peoples Democratic ...

President of the Centre for Change, Dr. Joel Okei-Odumakin has expressed concerns over the escalating figuresof COVID-19 cases released on daily basis, warning that it is an indication that the country may be in the pandemic for a longer period. ...

As the Muslim Coalition Against COVID-19 concludes logistics arrangements to begin its relief operations, it has mobilised no fewer than 700 health workers for the task. The coalition comprises 48 Islamic organisations, which gathered to support government in the fight ...

The Jama’atu Nasir Islam (JNI) has advised Islamic scholars and clerics to avoid congregational prayers and sermons during the Ramadan fast, urging Muslims to observe government’s lockdown order to curb spread the COVID-19 in the country. Secretary General of JNI, ...

The Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) has condemned what it described as ‘barbaric’ approach adopted by some security agencies in enforcing Federal Government’s lockdown order in the South East geopolitical zone. In a statement yesterday, the group also “condemned in strong ...

Over 43,000 poor and vulnerable persons are to benefit from Federal Government’s palliatives under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme aimed at cushioning the effect of coronavirus pandemic in Anambra State. Anambra State Coordinator, State Operations Coordinating Unit (SOCU), Bede ...

Following the lockdown to check spread of coronavirus in the country, the South East Regional Group (SERG) has urged governors of the region to take more drastic steps to safeguard the region by closing all state borders. The group said ...

Piqued by the incessant arrests, harassment and intimidation of journalists, the International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned the act and demanded immediate release of a reporter presently being held incommunicado by security operatives. Citing the recent harassment of an Ebonyi ...

The Alliance for Aging Research (Alliance) and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) have urged elderly people and those with underlying medical conditions to avoid non-essential travels and crowded events to guide against the COVID-19 pandemic. The groups hinted ...