We Weren’t Given Drugs, They Only Gave Us Food – Discharged COVID-19 Patients Claim
Discharged COVID-19 patients in Niger state have spoken about their time at the state's Isolation centre. The patients stated that despite the fact that they tested positive for COVID-19, they were neither treated nor re-tested before being discharged. ABN TV reports that One of the discharged COVID-19 patients, who was picked up from Zumba in Shiroro local government area, said he...
Fulani Residents Reject Eviction From Bushes
Hundreds of nomadic Fulani residents have rejected an executive order directing them to vacate the bushes of some communities in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. Chairman of the council, Mr Louis Ndukwe had issued the order for those residents in the bushes to leave within seven days following a spate of killings and kidnappings in the council. The...
Student Who Refused To Return Home For Lockdown Dies In Boyfriend’s House
A university student has died at her boyfriend’s home after failing to return home ahead of the Covid-19 lockdown. ABN TV reports that The student identified as Claire Natukunda, died in Maganjo, at her boyfriend’s house identified as Junju. She was reportedly two months pregnant. Junju was not at home when his 20-year-old girlfriend died because he had walked to Kampala to...
Post COVID-19: Ndukwe Iko Urges Govt To Scale Down On Major Capital Projects, Face Health And Food Sustainability
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia state, Chief Ndukwe Iko has called on the federal government to adopt globally recognized standards in overcoming the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. Chief Iko, a former governorship aspirant in Abia state, said that there is a need for the government to scale down on major capital projects at...
BREAKING: New Telegraph Editor Waheed Bakare Is Dead
The New Telegraph Saturday Editor, Waheed Bakare, is dead. ABN TV learnt Bakare died Sunday evening after a brief illness. He was formerly with The Punch before switching to the New Telegraph newspaper. The late Bakare was a regular feature on Television Continental (TVC) Journalists Hangout. According to his brother, Bakare succumbed to an illness he battled in the last two weeks.
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 313 New Coronavirus Cases, Total Now 7,839
Nigeria has recorded 313 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 7,839, ABN TV reports. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Sunday. Data from the NCDC showed that five more patients died of coronavirus-related complications in the country. It said, “On the 24th of May 2020, 313 new confirmed cases...
Late Solomon Ogunji Died Of Illness Related To High Blood Pressure — Abia Govt
The Abia state government has finally revealed the cause of the death of the Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Solomon Ogunji who passed on late Saturday night. This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, made available to ABN TV on Sunday. According to the State Government, the Commissioner died at the Abia State...
UPDATE: Abia Loses Commissioner For Environment
The Commissioner for Environment in Abia State Dr. Solomon Ogunji is Dead. ABN TV confirmed the news of his demise in a phone with a close family member this morning. ABN TV reports that Dr. Ogunji was a 2019 aspirant for Abia South Senatorial seat and was confirmed Dead in Aba at the early hours of Sunday May 24th 2020. He was...
INDIAN DOCTORS SAVE LIFE OF NIGERIAN ODINAKA EMMANUEL AFTER SUCCESSFUL GASTRIC CANCER SURGERY (Photos)
Doctors in Batra Hospital in New Delhi, India have successfully saved the life of a young Nigerian identified as Odinaka Nweke Emmanuel after he underwent gastric cancer surgery A non governmental organisation, Igbos Love Themselves Charity Foundation announced this on Saturday in its official Facebook page. “Halleluya, Odinaka Nweke's surgery went successfully today in Batra Hospital New Delhi. To God...
COVID-19: 20 States Yet To Have Testing Laboratories
Experts urge govs to set up laboratories As the COVID-19 pandemic rages in the country, 20 states are yet to have testing laboratories. Some of the states experiencing community transmission are among the top 10 with the disease. This is happening as Nigeria’s testing capacity still trails behind what obtains in neighbouring African countries. As at Friday, Nigeria had 26...
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