The number of patients who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Katsina State has risen to 30, with one death. Four have reportedly been discharged, having tested negative to the disease after treatment. This Nigeria Centre for Disease ...
Read More »UN establishes knowledge hub to fight coronavirus in Africa
As the world grapples with the unprecedented global health crisis posed by COVID-19 scourge, the United Nations is establishing a digital hub to house information and knowledge resources to assist crucial development system partners in fighting the disease in Africa. ...
Read More »Anxiety grips Imo residents over COVID-19 index case
Since the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed an unnamed person as an index case for coronavirus in Imo State, residents have been gripped by palpable tension. The problem is compounded by the silence of the state government on ...
Read More »Ebonyi lifts ban on journalists as media groups canvass governor’s removal
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has lifted the ban he placed on two journalists, calling on the media to partner with him in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. He had barred the correspondents of the Sun and Vanguard newspapers, Chijioke Agwu and ...
Read More »Rights body, Yoruba elders deplore alleged insecurity in S’East, S’West amid lockdown
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 ...
Read More »Aviation agencies in distress over N6 billion monthly overhead
Aviation regulatory agencies and key service providers are in dire straits over a monthly overhead estimated in excess of N6 billion. Without revenue in the last one month due to lockdown, sustaining the huge operational cost and keeping the critical ...
Read More »PDP seeks probe of Kano deaths, accuses Ganduje of negligence, urges immediate presidential visit
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded an immediate investigation into the disturbing mass death in Kano, urging a presidential visit to the state, where no fewer than 640 citizens reportedly died under mysterious circumstances in the last one week. ...
Read More »Confusion in Akwa Ibom over COVID-19 management as govt fumigates public places
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom has called for the resignation of the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, over his alleged role in the crisis rocking the health sector in the area, especially as it affected ...
Read More »Activists urge anti-graft agencies, police to probe NDDC contracts
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 ...
Read More »Appeal Court resolves Cross River APC leadership crisis
The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar has pronounced the Sir Etim John Ochala-led executive committee as the authentic leadership of the Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The political party has, in the last three ...
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