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The Rivers government has sought the support of international oil companies (IOCs) in the establishment of modular refineries in the state. Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Igbiks Tamuno, who made the appeal during a meeting with representatives of health and ...

The Federal Government has received test kits and preventive materials for Coronavirus donated by a Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma, who promised to assist the 54 African countries with preventive materials to contain the spread of the disease in Africa. Permanent ...

Lalong slashes recurrent expenditure by 40% as revenue falls by 51% Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said he has had no close contact with Chief of Staff (COS) to the President, Abba Kyari, before or after he (Kyari) tested ...

The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) has called for a national lockdown of the country for four weeks owing to the increase in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus. President of the academy, Professor Mosto Onuoha, in a statement, said ...

In spite of Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s prediction that Coronavirus will end within 12 weeks, life has been characterised by cancellations, delays, empty shelves and long queues in most high street stores for Britons. In an attempt to end the ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that a woman infected with Coronavirus (COVID-19) had been prevented from boarding a Port Harcourt-bound flight in Abuja. Consequently, he announced that as from 6:00pm today, the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa would ...

The National Assembly leadership has met with some ministers and heads of agencies over the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the Nigerian economy. The meeting concentrated on the planned review of the 2020 budget and the Medium Term Expenditure ...

As part of the measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has ordered the immediate closure of all its enrollment centres in Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Katsina and Anambra states. A statement from ...

Enugu State government has given primary and secondary schools in the state, both public and private, up to March 27, 2020 to round off their activities and shut down. The government said the decision was part of the measures to ...

The North East Emergency Manager for World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Collins Owill, has said that insecurity and hard-to-reach areas denied 820,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) access to healthcare in North East. Owill disclosed this yesterday in WHO’s 2016-2019 Report ...