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Social media platform, Facebook is expanding its Coronavirus Information Centre to 17 more countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. The others include Benin Republic; Burkina Faso; Cameroun; Cape Verde; Chad; Cote d’ Ivoire; Ethiopia and Gabon. The rest are Guinea; ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has raised COVID-19 Funds Monitoring Team pursuant to Section 6 (b)-(d) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000. The spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, who disclosed this in Abuja, ...

Disturbed by the seeming reluctance of petroleum marketers regarding the adjustment of pump price under the monthly pricing template, the Federal Government is to maintain a narrow price band for seamless transition. Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has pardoned 2,600 inmates of correctional centres nationwide. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbeshola, who made the disclosure in Abuja, said 70 of the inmates were from the Kuje maximum custodial centre. The tally includes 41 federal prisoners ...

To cushion the impact of global recession, Africa Development Bank (AfDB) will defer private sector debt repayment for organisations in need of emergency liquidity facility through its $10 billion COVID-19 response facility. President of the AfDB, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, who ...

The Bayelsa State Government has expressed worry over the impending economy crisis in the country as a result of the increasing shortfall in oil revenue and decline in revenue from the Federation Account arising from the global COVID-19 crisis. The ...

Bayelsa State Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Kate Abiri, has extended till further notice all court proceedings in state. The judge, who had earlier ordered the immediate suspension of court sittings in the state for a first instance of two weeks, ...

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has confirmed an index case of the novel coronavirus in Delta State, adding that the patient had been quarantined in a centre at Warri. This comes on the heels of Tuesday’s announcement by the Nigeria Centre for ...

Financial racketeering at Cross River borders with the South-South and South East states as well as fear of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) entering the state forced Governor Ben Ayade to keep vigil at the Calabar-Itu Bridge. Reliable sources hinted that ...

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has extended by one week the lockdown he imposed on Abia State to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first restriction had expired on Tuesday. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chris Ezem, who made ...