The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) have deplored the existence of only one coronavirus test centre in the entire South-South geopolitical zone that had no fewer than 50 confirmed cases of the dreaded disease. PÀNDEF, ...
Read More »Abia State NUJ gets palliatives from Unubiko Foundation
Journalists in Abia State have received some food items as palliatives to cushion the effect of Coronavirus pandemic from an older colleague, Mr. James Umeh, an indigene of the state under the platform of his Unubiko Foundation. The items, which ...
Read More »Ebonyi group berates Governor Dave Umahi over harassment of journalists
A group, Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in The Diaspora (AESID) has berated Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi for clamping down on journalists in the state. In a statement by its Chairman, Ambassador Pascal Oluchukwu, the group charged leadership of ...
Read More »Rising coronavirus cases evidence of improved testing capacity, Edo govt declares’
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. ...
Read More »CSOs decry absence of coronavirus test centre in Delta, unveil platform to monitor, report responses
Civil Society Organisations and other critical stakeholders have deplored the absence of a coronavirus test centre in Delta State amid the pervasiveness of the deadly disease nationwide. In a statement after the launch of their situation room to monitor and ...
Read More »Ohanaeze youths mull setting up of Operation Ogbunigwe in South East states
The youth wing of Ohanaeze-Ndigbo led by Arthur Obiora has mulled the possibility of setting up a security network code-named Operation Ogbunigwe to safeguard the Igbo from Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen attacks. Obiora, who spoke in Awka, Anambra State, pointed out ...
Read More »I met an empty treasury without handover note, says Uzodimma, moves to check ‘fraud’ in state civil service, others
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. ...
Read More »NMA, NIPRD caution against fake news in COVID-19 fight, NAFDAC okays emergency use authorisation for PPEs
Medical experts have cautioned against peddling of fake news in the fight to contain COVID-19, insisting that fake news could derail efforts to terminate the pandemic. There were speculations over death of a United Kingdom (UK) COVID-19 vaccine volunteer, Dr. ...
Read More »NPA MD Commissions N33.6bn APMT Cranes. By Anne Ejuka
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman last Thursday in Apapa Ports complex commissioned two multi million dollars mobile harbor cranes recently acquired by APM Terminals, operators of the largest terminal in Nigeria. The mobile ...
Read More »Police capture three killers of Catholic seminarian in Kaduna as IGP orders manhunt for others
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 ...
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