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The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has announced the creation of COVID-19 Response Facility to assist member-states fight the epidemic. Nigeria alone is seeking $1 billion to contain the spread of the pandemic that had infested some 250 people and ...
Read More »Fresh attacks kill 13 in Benue, Plateau as military faults absenteeism claim, deploys 80 over COVID-19
No fewer than nine persons were feared killed in militia attacks on Mbamena and Jootar communities in Ukum Local Council of Benue State. In the assault on Jootar, a settlement bordering Benue and Taraba states, suspected Jukun militias eliminated three persons, ...
Read More »Delta hands over lady, driver for COVID-19 tests, opens food bank, officials sacrifice one-month salary
The Delta Police Command has arrested and handed over a returnee lady from Cote d’Ivoire and her driver at Udu Local Council to the relevant authorities for COVID-19 tests, warning that any officer found extorting motorists and commuters during the ...
Read More »Nine pastors arrested in Ebonyi, Kaduna for holding church services as FRSC seizes 321 offenders for overloading
The Ebonyi State government has disclosed that it arrested no fewer than seven pastors for disobeying its restriction on ban on religious gatherings and other forms of assembly in the state. Confirming the arrests, Commissioner for Border Peace and Internal ...
Read More »Foundation to fumigate markets, abattoir, Ekong Sampson donates food, boreholes to A’Ibom community
The Ini Ememobong Foundation has commissioned health team to fumigate major markets and abattoirs in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The markets to be covered in the first batch of intervention are the Akpan Andem and Itam Markets, as well as ...
Read More »Ayade rolls out 50 vehicles for response to scourge in Cross River State
Cross River State Governor, Benedict Ayade released 50 vehicles for the enforcement of preventive measures to keep the state free from coronavirus as most people in the state comply with the wearing of face mask order. Ayade, who promised to ...
Read More »Heavy traffic in Rivers markets as residents race to meet gov’s deadline, get FG’s N5,000 monthly stipend
There was heavy traffic in markets across Rivers State, as residents trooped out to buy food as government announced on Sunday that all markets in the state would operate between 7am and noon on April 7 and 8, to allow ...
Read More »Wike suspends Rivers LG boss over coronavirus as state place 35 returnees, others under strict surveillance
Governor Nyesom Wike has suspended the chairman of Abua/Odual Council of Rivers State, Opelia Daniel, from office for lack of commitment in the fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The governor announced the one-month suspension at the Government House, Port Harcourt, ...
Read More »CLO want FG to rescue 300 stranded Nigerians in China
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has asked the Federal Government to rescue and evacuate over 300 Nigerians who are trapped in China for business activities before the outbreak of the coronavirus In a statement issued by its Executive Director, Ibuchukwu ...
Read More »CAN seeks relaxation of lockdown for Easter celebration in Imo
Index contact cases test negative for coronavirus in Enugu The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Imo State has urged the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, to allow them to observe the holy week of Easter. Its Chairman, Iheanyichi Godson-Ibechi, ...
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