The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over palliative materials worth #40.892,00 to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management. Handing over the items to the representative of the ministry, Mrs Oluwakemi Adedeji, the ...
Read More »Federal Government approves special hazard, inducement allowances for health workers, others
Following a review of the implication of COVlD-19 on healthcare delivery in the country, the federal government has approved a Special Hazard and Inducement Allowance of 50 per cent of consolidated basic salary for all health workers in all Federal ...
Read More »FG blames rising COVID-19 cases on non-compliance to measures, unaccredited facilities
The Federal Government has blamed the rising cases of community transmission of coronavirus disease in the country on non-compliance with lockdown directives, medical advice, unauthorised treatment of patients in private homes and unaccredited facilities. Speaking at the Presidential Task Force ...
Read More »CSOs unveil platform to monitor, report responses in Delta State
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 »PANDEF, Ijaw youths, others seek COVID-19 test centres in Niger Delta
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 ...
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