COVID-19: “If You Can’t Show Your Kindness Now, Don’t Show It During Campaign” — Humanitarian Charges Politicians
A human promoter, Dr Prince Francis Origa has called on well-to-do members of the society to manifest the kindness in them at this moment when the impact of lockdown is having a toll on many families with its attendant difficulties in meeting their daily needs. He wondered why much has not been heard of political players and philanthropists even when...
Lockdown: Ubani Condemns The Order To Wear Facemask Or Be Flogged By Gov Umahi
The immediate 2nd Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association Mr. Monday Ubani has condemned in an unequivocal manner the pronouncement in a national television by Governor Dave Umahi, the governor of Ebonyi State in the old Eastern Region of Nigeria that those who fail to cover their faces and noses while in a public place should be flogged,...
Lockdown: Ikpeazu Weeps, Tells Abians ‘I’m Touched By Your Pains’
As the people of Nigeria and indeed Abia, God's Own State continue to face difficulties as a result of the restriction of movements imposed on the state to checkmate the spread of coronavirus, the state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed sympathy for the people, saying he is touched by their plights. The Governor in a release he personally signed...
Former PDP National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff, Loses Dad In Fire Outbreak
The Galadima of Dikwa and father of former Governor of Borno State and National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Modu Sheriff, has died in his Maiduguri home. The eighty-six-year-old father of former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, died on Thursday morning due to suffocation from a fire outbreak at about 4.00 a.m. in his home along...
Ganduje Seeks N15b Aid From FG To Fight COVID-19 In Kano
Kano State Government has revealed on Wednesday that it has applied for N15b from the Federal Government to fight the COVID-19 in Kano State. This was disclosed by the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, during a television programme ‘Politics Today’ aired on Channels Television and monitored by ABN TV. The governor stated that the state had not received a dime...
COVID-19: Don’t Extend Lockdown, NLC Tells FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government not to extend the lockdown order on COVID-19, warning that doing so might cause social unrest in the affected states and the Federal Capital Territory. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and dater April 14, 2020, which was signed by the NLC...
Governor Umahi Reverses Ban On Sun, Vanguard Newspapers Reporters
Ebonyi Governor David Umahi has reversed his ban on two State House Correspondents, those of The Sun and Vanguard newspapers, Chijioke Agwu, Peter Okutu, respectively, from the state’s Government House. A press statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr Francis Nweze, stated that, “The governor never ordered a ban on any journalist from attending...
FG Secures Release Of 60 Nigerians Imprisoned In Tanzania
The Nigerian Government has finalized arrangement for the release of 60 out of the 73 Nigerians imprisoned in Tanzania. These Nigerians were imprisoned on different charges, says Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media and Public Relations Unit, Nigeria in Diaspora Commission. According to the Commission’s spokesman, their repatriation was made possible by the Nigerian ambassador to Tanzania. Mr Balogun who disclosed this through...
Over 150 Travelers Arrested In Enugu For Defying lockdown
No fewer than 150 travellers have been arrested in Enugu State for defying the government’s lockdown order. The Enugu State Government had late March imposed border restrictions as part of measures to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. Our correspondent, who was at Opi, one of the communities near the Enugu-Benue-Kogi borders, reports that over 30 vehicles were impounded by...
Oyo Records First COVID-19 Death
Oyo State Government has recorded its first COVID-19 death. The state governor, Seyi Makinde, made this announcement on Wednesday evening via his official Twitter handle. He revealed that the first COVID-19 death was at the University Teaching Hospital, (UCH) in Ibadan, the state capital. “The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case came back POSITIVE. The patient died at the University College...
