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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 ...

Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, has canvassed a comprehensive health insurance scheme for the country. He justified NDDC’s decision to give financial support to the nine oil-producing states to fight Coronavirus disease, ...

Conservator General of the National Park Service (NPS), Dr. Ibrahim Goni, has urged Nigerians to have behavioural change towards wildlife to curb some avoidable diseases like COVID-19 in the country. Goni, who stated this while interacting with journalists in Abuja, ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has charged the Federal Government to waive two-month electricity bill for Nigerians as part of measures to cushion the effects of the coronavirus endemic on the citizenry. He also canvassed an all-inclusive ...

The Ebonyi State government has disclosed that it arrested no fewer than seven pastors for disobeying its restriction on ban on religious gatherings and other forms of assembly in the state. Confirming the arrests, Commissioner for Border Peace and Internal ...

The Ini Ememobong Foundation has commissioned health team to fumigate major markets and abattoirs in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The markets to be covered in the first batch of intervention are the Akpan Andem and Itam Markets, as well as ...

There was heavy traffic in markets across Rivers State, as residents trooped out to buy food as government announced on Sunday that all markets in the state would operate between 7am and noon on April 7 and 8, to allow ...