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No COVID-19 Case In Owerri Says Imo Govt
The Imo State Government has debunked rumours making rounds in the state that there is a COVID-19 Case of the Coronavirus disease at the Federal Medical Centre in Owerri. Addressing journalists in Owerri, the state capital, Chairman of the State COVID-19 Committee, Professor Maurice Iwu said the rumour is false and untrue. Professor Iwu warned the people against spreading rumours that can...
COVID-19 Could Double Food Insecurity In 9 African Countries, UN Warns
The spread of COVID-19 risks devastating countries across East Africa, where food insecurity could more than double in just three months, the United Nations warned Tuesday. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that some 20 million people currently do not have secure provisions of food across nine countries in the region: Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and...
Nigerian Air Force Begins Mass Production Of Face Masks, Medical kits
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has commenced mass production of face masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to fight the coronavirus in the country. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said this on Friday while inaugurating a tailoring workshop and the newly reactivated Mi-35P attack helicopter at the 115 Special Operations Group in Port Harcourt. The News Agency...
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...
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...
Nigeria Will Never Become Industrialized By Selling Oil – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for the diversification of Nigeria’s economy, warning that the country will never be industrialized via dependence on crude oil. ABN TV Reports Atiku who was the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, said this in an article he published on his Medium account. In the post captioned “How...
BREAKING: Presidential Aides, Others At Kyari’s Burial Test Negative For Coronavirus
Some presidential aides and others who attended the burial of Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, have tested negative for coronavirus (COVID-19). There had been fears some of them might have contracted the virus during the funeral some weeks ago. Also Read: Hon. Nkole loses dad at 79 However, a statement on Sunday by the Acting Secretary, Health and...
COVID-19: Reduce Interest Rates Now – Tinubu Tells Buhari
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari on how he can reduce the suffering of Nigerians and save the economy currently being threatened by the outbreak of coronavirus. Tinubu, in a lengthy statement he signed and made available to DAILY POST on Sunday afternoon, noted that high-interest rates are a fundamental drag...
Bill Gates Offered House Of Reps $10m Bribe For Speedy Passage Of Compulsory Vaccine Bill – CUPP Alleges
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), on Monday, alleged that it has intercepted a human intelligence report that the Nigeria House of Representatives leadership was poised to forcefully pass the compulsory vaccine bill without subjecting it to the traditions of legislative proceedings. In a statement issued and signed by the spokesperson of the opposition political parties, Barrister Ikenga Imo...
COVID-19: Convert Stolen Assets Into Isolation Centres – SERAP Tells Buhari
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called for President Muhammadu Buhari to convert stolen assets which have been seized into facilities to isolate COVID-19 cases in the country. It made the call in an ‘urgent appeal’ to the President, dated May 2 and signed by SERAP deputy director in Nigeria, Kolawole Oluwadare. The group urged President Muhammadu Buhari to...
