The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF) has urged Nigerians to cooperate with the Federal and state governments in the fight against the pandemic, which he said, portended disaster to humanity. He gave he advice yesterday in Oraifite, Ekwusigo Council Area ...
Read More »Uzodinma relaxes lockdown to buy food, Ikpeazu extends Abia’s by seven days
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has relaxed the lockdown on Friday, April 10, 2020 (today) to enable the people and residents of the state to buy food items for the Easter celebrations. A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information ...
Read More »Academies of Science seeks greater international cooperation
Nigeria, others can screen more people as WHO lists diagnostics for emergency use The G-Science Academies of Science and Medicine from across the globe, including academies of the G-7 countries have advocated greater international cooperation to contain coronavirus. The 15 ...
Read More »NAFDAC okays conditional emergency use for COVID-19 test kits
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted conditional emergency use approval of medical devices for COVID-19 antibody, as well as antigen test kits to manufacturing companies and importers of such devices. It explained that the ...
Read More »Coronavirus may push 500 million people into poverty, Oxfam warns
UNODC unveils GrugHelpNet for needy drug users Oxfam, an international non-governmental organisation, has warned that the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis could push 500 million people into poverty globally, unless urgent action was taken to rescue developing countries. In ...
Read More »Group cautions against handouts for councils, urges self-reliance
The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has called for on the 774 local governments in Nigeria to be self-reliant, centres of industrial production, and not receivers of unsustainable Federal Government handouts. It would be recalled that ...
Read More »Pandemic can’t deprive Christians of joy, victory over evil at Easter, CAN declares
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared that the disruptions of activities occasioned by the outbreak of coronavirus cannot deprive Christians of the joy and victory over all evil, which the resurrection of Jesus Christ has brought to the ...
Read More »Bayelsa State govt relaxes lockdown for Easter celebration
Following appeals by various Christian bodies, the Bayelsa State government has relaxed partial lockdown of the state to enable Christian faithful fully participate in the Easter celebrations. Governor Douye Diri announced the decision during an enlarged meeting with members of ...
Read More »Facebook unveils information centres in Nigeria, Cameroun, 15 others
Social media platform, Facebook is expanding its Coronavirus Information Centre to 17 more countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. The others include Benin Republic; Burkina Faso; Cameroun; Cape Verde; Chad; Cote d’ Ivoire; Ethiopia and Gabon. The rest are Guinea; ...
Read More »ICPC inaugurates panel to monitor coronavirus funds
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has raised COVID-19 Funds Monitoring Team pursuant to Section 6 (b)-(d) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000. The spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, who disclosed this in Abuja, ...
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