A member of the Correspondents Chapel of the Adamawa Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has emerged the first journalist to test positive for COVID-19 and the index case in the state. Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, in a statewide ...
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El-Rufai recovers, says ‘I won’t wish my enemy to contract COVID-19’
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has confirmed his recovery from the novel coronavirus after testing negative twice for the virus. In a live broadcast, he said: “I am delighted to report today (yesterday) that after nearly four weeks of observing ...
Read More »Coalition against COVID-19 plans relief packages for 1.7m households
The private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has disclosed that no fewer than 1.7 million households would benefit from its food relief packages to help alleviate the effects of the lockdown adopted by governments across the country. It also disclosed ...
Read More »Ebonyi NUJ seeks better working conditions, palliatives as ex-Imo lawmaker gives to journalists
Chairman of the Ebonyi State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Tony Nwizi, has declared that journalists deserved better working conditions and palliatives like health workers. He argued that giving journalists better working conditions and palliatives would ...
Read More »Publish list of palliatives beneficiaries, groups tell federal, state governments
A coalition of anti-corruption organisations under the aegis of Upright For Nigeria, Stand Against Corruption Campaign have charged the Federal and state governments to publish the full list of all beneficiaries of COVID-19 palliatives. This, the groups said, would ensure ...
Read More »Rep, ASF condemn security agents’ brutality, extra-judicial killings
Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, has expressed concern over the rising incidents of violence and extrajudicial killings by security agencies in parts of the country. Okechukwu, who represents Aninri/Awgu/Oji River Federal Constituency of Enugu State, ...
Read More »NGF okays inter-state lockdown for another two weeks
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has endorsed an inter-state lockdown in the country for another two weeks to contain spread of coronavirus among states of the country. Chairman of NGF and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, who disclosed this after ...
Read More »14-day lockdown begins in Borno, NGOs make case for almajiri children
The lockdown ordered by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State begins today by 10.30p.m. Zulum had on Monday ordered lockdown of the state for 14 days to prevent further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to him, two cases ...
Read More »S’East economy too weak to contain explosion of virus transmission
· Enugu orders probe of report linking case with Jigawa Indications have emerged that the economy of the South East lacked the required capacity and too weak to contain a possible explosion of coronavirus in the region. This is based ...
Read More »Governor Okezie Ikpeazu bemoans two index cases in Abia State
Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has lamented that despite the proactive measures being taken to prevent coronavirus from spreading into the state, two index cases have been confirmed positive. He bemoaned the fact that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ...
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