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The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has donated face masks, sanitisers, hand gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth N10 million naira to the Federal Government to assist the frontline workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Presenting ...

The Kano State Ministry of Environment has directed the immediate closure of Integrated Rice Mill, Tiamin Rice Limited, in the state. The ‘Notice for closing Order’ signed by the director in charge of pollution at the ministry, Mustapha Mohammad, cited ...

Lack of incentive and other challenges facing medical personnel in Kano State may jeopardise stakeholders’ efforts to curtail the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the state. Already medical personnel are abandoning the isolation centres set up by the ...

Akwa Ibom State Government has appealed to everyone to henceforth voluntarily make themselves available for testing by the COVID-19 team in the state. In a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo titled, “Preparing To Open up the Economy,” the ...

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 ...