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A former Assistant director at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Solomon Omoyeni, has stated that physical cash handling of dirty notes increases vulnerability of people contracting and transmitting Coronavirus. In an open letter to Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, ...

As earlier predicted, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country has increased with seven new cases in less than 24 hours with Oyo and Rivers recording first infections. Latest figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has inaugurated an isolation centre for suspected cases of Coronavirus in Enugu State. Commissioning the 150-bed capacity facility domiciled at the Corps Training School in Achi, Oji River Council Area, NSCDC Commandant ...

Grand Patron of the Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers and Igwe of Nnewi, Dr. Kenneth Orizu III, has urged Nigerians to adhere strictly to safety procedures as ordered by the federal and state governments and Nigeria Centre for Disease ...

Civil servants and residents of Imo State have expressed displeasure over Governor Hope Uzodinma’s order to close major markets and directing workers from 45 years old to stay at home. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, who was accompanied ...

The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has admonished people to ignore debates about the number of persons that should be in a religious gathering and obey government’s stay-at-home order. Its Chairman, Reverend John Hayab, who ...

Benue State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has suspended Sunday worship, weddings and other celebrations for two weeks until the spread of COVID-19 abates. Chairman of CAN, Reverend Akpen Leva in an address to the Christian community ...

The Nigerian Army has refuted links to possible nationwide shutdown on Friday, March 27, 2020, as a result off the dreaded COVID-19. Army Director of Media and Public Relations, Colonel Musa Sagir, disclosed this in a statement, saying, “To put ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the alleged forceful application of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) on its members by government as “a deliberate ploy to cripple the Nigerian university system.” Benin Zonal Coordinator ...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has gone into self-isolation following close contact with his Bauchi counterpart, Bala Mohammed, and Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, who have both tested positive for Coronavirus. In a statement yesterday in Benin ...