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Three Islamic clerics have been arrested by Borno State Ministry of Justice for allegedly flouting the lockdown order by the state government. The suspects reportedly conducted Jummat in mosques at the weekend. Confirming the incident in Maiduguri yesterday, chairman of ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has provided relief items to 287 widows in various military barracks, as part of measures to cushion the effect of the sit-at-home order. Minister of State, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, who made the presentation ...

The number of patients who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Katsina State has risen to 30, with one death. Four have reportedly been discharged, having tested negative to the disease after treatment. This Nigeria Centre for Disease ...

As the world grapples with the unprecedented global health crisis posed by COVID-19 scourge, the United Nations is establishing a digital hub to house information and knowledge resources to assist crucial development system partners in fighting the disease in Africa. ...

Since the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed an unnamed person as an index case for coronavirus in Imo State, residents have been gripped by palpable tension. The problem is compounded by the silence of the state government on ...

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has lifted the ban he placed on two journalists, calling on the media to partner with him in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. He had barred the correspondents of the Sun and Vanguard newspapers, Chijioke Agwu and ...

South East Human Rights Situation Room (HumanRights4SouthEast) has raised concern over the “escalating cases of human rights abuses and violation of extant laws on human rights by security agencies in the country enforcing the coronavirus lockdown order, particularly in the ...

Aviation regulatory agencies and key service providers are in dire straits over a monthly overhead estimated in excess of N6 billion. Without revenue in the last one month due to lockdown, sustaining the huge operational cost and keeping the critical ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded an immediate investigation into the disturbing mass death in Kano, urging a presidential visit to the state, where no fewer than 640 citizens reportedly died under mysterious circumstances in the last one week. ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom has called for the resignation of the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, over his alleged role in the crisis rocking the health sector in the area, especially as it affected ...