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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 ...

The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has asked the Federal Government to rescue and evacuate over 300 Nigerians who are trapped in China for business activities before the outbreak of the coronavirus In a statement issued by its Executive Director, Ibuchukwu ...

Index contact cases test negative for coronavirus in Enugu The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Imo State has urged the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, to allow them to observe the holy week of Easter. Its Chairman, Iheanyichi Godson-Ibechi, ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has charged Nigeria and other African nations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to seek debt forgiveness from their creditors. In a statement entitled, “What Africa must do to mitigate the damaging effects of coronavirus”, the ...

 The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) yesterday said it had killed 19 Boko Haram terrorists while conducting Operation Yanchin Tapki at Tumbums in Lake Chad region. The raids, which were supported by Air Task Force (ATF), resulted in the bombardment ...

Allegations of monumental fraud perpetrated at Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes (SIPs), has drawn the ire of the leadership of the National Assembly. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made ...

No fewer than 585 American and Canadian citizens were airlifted from Lagos and Abuja. The evacuation was in response to requests by the nationals, who felt insecure staying in Nigeria despite the comparatively low prevalence of the coronavirus spread and ...

The Africa Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) has condemned the statement credited to French scientists that the COVID-19 vaccine should be test-run on Africans. It warned against remarks that could cause more harm to Africans during this trying ...