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We Are Struggling For Bed Spaces At The Moment In Lagos – NCDC DG
The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday made an outcry about inadequate bed spaces to accommodate COVID-19 patients in isolation centres. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu said Lagos State is the worst-hit by this challenge of inadequate bed spaces although Kano State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are also affected. He stated this while responding to questions from...
Civil Servants On Grade Level 14 & Above To Resume Work From Monday – FG
The Federal Government has ordered civil servants from grade level 14 and above, to resume their duties effective Monday, May 4. ABN TV Reports. In a communique on Thursday evening, the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan stressed that the resumption order includes those on essential services across the country. According to the statement, all those mandated to...
Scientist Warns Buhari, Governors Over Implications Of Lockdown Ease
A scientist, Dr Livinus Abonyi, has advised President Muhamadu Buhari and Governors to ensure that Nigerians comply with measures against coronavirus as the lockdown ease commences May 4. He warned both the government and individuals to be more careful as “any complacency may lead to complications that Nigeria might not be able to cope with”. Abonyi, a lecturer in the Department of...
COVID-19: Ooni Of Ife Visits Ondo, Donates Fumigation Vehicles
Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi on Thursday donated two motorised modular fumigators to Ondo State government to help Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in the fight against the ravaging Coronavirus in the state. Presenting the fumigators to the governor at the Government House ground in Akure, the state capital, the spiritual leader of Yoruba worldwide stated that it became imperative for his...
Governor Obaseki Extends Curfew In Edo By 14 Days
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Thursday extended the dusk-to-dawn curfew it imposed on the state for 14 days. ABN TV Reports Governor Godwin Obaseki said this during a live broadcast on Thursday, April 30. The governor said that due to the rising cases of COVID-19 in the state, the government had decided to extend the curfew it imposed in...
EU Begins Distribution Of Food Items To 1,200 Households
The European Union has commenced the distribution of food items to vulnerable households in Nigeria. EU’s Head of Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, flagged off the distribution of food items on Thursday in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Karlsen explained that the intervention, targeted at 1,200 vulnerable households, was to support the Nigerian government in its bid to...
Foreign Reserves Shed $5.09bn In Four Months
The country’s foreign reserves have continued its downward trend, dropping by $5.09bn from $38.53bn on January 2, 2020, to $33.44bn as of April 28, 2020, latest statistics from the Central Bank of Nigeria have revealed. According to the figures, the reserves dropped from $39.8bn on November 11, 2019, to $39.24bn on December 13, 2019. This is after the fall by...
Over 50 Youths Partying In Lagos Arrested For Violating Lockdown Order
The Lagos State COVID-19 Taskforce, on Wednesday, arrested more than 50 youths who had attended a party at 84, Parks and Gardens, Idi-Oparun Bus Stop, opposite Abattoir at Abule Egba, Lagos for violating lockdown order of the Federal and State governments. ABV TV Reports The General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Mrs Dolapo Fasawe, maintained that it is...
Lockdown: You Have Taken A Dangerous Gamble – Shehu Sani Warns Buhari
A former lawmaker at the upper legislative chamber, Senator Shehu Sani, has warned against the decision to relax the Coronavirus lockdown in Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun States, ABN TV Reports. Shehu Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial district in the last National Assembly dispensation blamed the government for being unable to feed the people which led to the decision to...
Real Palliatives Shared by Abia Speaker Rt Hon Orji Emerges (Photos)
Contrary to the pictures being circulated on the internet as the palliatives distributed to the People of Umuahia Central State Constituency by their representative, and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, the real picture of the food palliatives distributed by the lawmaker has emerged, says Promise Uzoma Okoro, the Special Assistant (Media)...
