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Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has ordered the closure of all borders and roads leading to the state with immediate effect just as he directed Ibom Air to suspend all flights operations with effect from March 29. The ...

The Cross River government has read a riot act to commercial transport operators on provision of hand sanitisers in their vehicles for use by passengers in the state. Consequent upon the directive of Governor Ben Ayade, employees of the Ministry ...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his Bayelsa counterpart, Douye Diri, have tested negative for Coronavirus but remained in self-isolation. In a statement, his Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, said the result was that of the ...

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 ...