Excitement As Orji Kalu Foundation Commences 2-Day COVID-19 Outreach
Kenneth Udeh from Abuja Residents of Abuja metropolis were elated on Wednesday as they benefited from the COVID-19 outreach programme of the Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation (OUKF), a non-profit and non Governmental/Business organisation. The foundation, which holds a Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations, distributed COVID-19 prevention items to residents of Abuja communities. According...
Amidst Doctors’ Strike, Chief Medical Officer FMC Umuahia Dr Nnorom Dies
The Chief Medical Officer of Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Umuahia, Abia State, Dr Udo Orji Nnorom has died, ABN TV reports. He died in the early hours of Sunday, an anonymous hospital source told our correspondent. ABN TV gathered that Dr. Nnorom, a native of Nde Owuu, Ibom compound Arochukwu LGA, Abia State died after a brief illness. Details of his...
Crossover Service May Be Threatened As FG Restricts Religious Gatherings To 50 Percent Over COVID-19 Scare
The annual crossover services held by religious organisations across the country is under threat as the Boss Mustapha-led Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 declared that indoor religious gatherings should be limited to 50 per cent with full compliance to public health measures. This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha...
Davido’s Fiancee, Chioma Tests Negative For COVID-19
Chioma Rowland, the fiancee of Nigerian superstar singer, David Adeleke aka Davido, has won her battle with the dreaded COVID-19. Excited Davido broke the good news on Sunday night, saying that she has tested negative twice. Davido had announced on March 27th that Chioma who had recently returned from the United Kingdom had tested positive for the virus. He also disclosed...
All 24 Imo Commissioners Test Negative To COVID-19
All the twenty-four Imo state commissioners have tested negative to COVID-19 virus. ABN TV reports that This development was confirmed in Owerri, by the Commissioner for Special Projects, Simon Ebegbulem, adding that the result of the test came out on Sunday. He explained that governor Hope Uzodinma had insisted that his commissioners should submit themselves for test before the commencement...
Interstate Travel Ban Violation: Security Agents Complicit — Reps
The House of Representatives on Thursday accused security agents of complicity in the violation of the ban on interstate travels aimed at mitigating the spread of COVID -19 in Nigeria. ABNTV reports that The House of Representatives also directed its relevant committees to investigate the alleged complicity of the Nigerian Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in...
Fifth Anniversary: Prof. Ibe Salutes Ikpeazu, Donates 250 COVID-19 Test Kits, 2 Ambulances, Others
The Chancellor/Proprietor, Gregory University, Prof Gregory Ibe has congratulated the Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu on his fifth anniversary in office and the first anniversary of his second tenure as the state governor. Prof. Ibe while describing the governor's five years in office as productive added that he is challenged by Ikpeazu's reformative policies to complement the apparent productive...
Ikpeazu, Deputy, Others Finally Submit Samples For Testing
As fear increases that the late Commissioner for Environment in Abia State, Dr Solomon Ogunji may have died of COVID-19 complications, the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, his deputy, Ude Oko-Chukwu and members of the state executive council have submitted their samples to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control for COVID-19 test. This is in line with the earlier directive issued...
#JusticeForUwa: Police Arrests One Suspect Involved In Rape/ Murder Of UNIBEN Student
One of the suspects linked to the rape and murder of Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa has been arrested by police officers attached to the Edo state police command. ABN TV reported earlier that the 22-year-old 100-level student of the University of Benin, Edo State was raped and killed while reading in a church in Benin city. Spokesman of Edo police command,...
Nigeria’s Coronavirus Cases Exceed 20K As Death Toll Hits 518
Nigeria’s coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, on Sunday, increased to 20,244 as 436 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Sunday night. it also said that 169 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos. “On the 21st of June 2020, 436 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths...
