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Edo State Government has declared that said the rise in the number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the state in the past few days is the result of improved testing capacity aimed at preventing, treating and controlling the virus. ...

Almost four months after taking over as Governor of Imo State, Hope Odidika Uzodimma has disclosed that he met an empty treasury and without handover note from former Governor Emeka Ihedioha when he (Uzodinma) assumed office on January 15, 2020. ...

The police have arrested the suspected killers of Michael Nnadi, of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Chikun Council of Kaduna State. On January 9, 2020, a criminal gang had stormed the Catholic seminary and kidnapped four young men. After ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has provided relief items to 287 widows in various military barracks, as part of measures to cushion the effect of the sit-at-home order. Minister of State, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, who made the presentation ...

South East Human Rights Situation Room (HumanRights4SouthEast) has raised concern over the “escalating cases of human rights abuses and violation of extant laws on human rights by security agencies in the country enforcing the coronavirus lockdown order, particularly in the ...

Niger Delta activists have called on the anti-corruption agencies and the police to investigate the alleged siphoning of funds from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) through contracts. NDDC’s current state of quagmire and indebtedness to the tune of N2 trillion has ...

The Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria (SWAN) at the weekend felicitated with Muslims faithful across the country as they commence the month-long Ramadan fast. In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Ahmed Aigbona and Secretary-General, Comrade Mike Oboh, it ...

Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano at the weekend lifted the ban on free movement and Church service across the state, while criminalising breaches of border closure. Obiano, who spoke in a statewide broadcast, also ordered shop dealing in foodstuff and ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to governors urging them to redirect their security votes and life pensions to funding of public healthcare facilities and quality education. It urged governors of the ...

Amid fear of the rising cases of coronavirus in the country, some groups in Cross River State have canvassed door-to-door scientific data collection to ensure that the virus does not spread to and escalate in the state. So far, Cross ...