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Ikpeazu To Commission Aba Automated Shoe Factory, Perform Abia Airport Groundbreaking Soon
The Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu will after the lockdown order in the state commission the completed Aba automated shoe factory as well as perform the groundbreaking event of the Abia airport, which he says his administration will complete before it winds up in 2023, ABN TV reports. This is according to the Chief of Staff to the governor,...
COVID-19: Buhari Has No Direction, Protect Yourselves – PDP Urge Nigerians
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged Nigerians to ensure personal safety. It claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari has run out of ideas regarding COVID-19. ABN TV Reports PDP said as the lockdown is relaxed, Nigerians should protect themselves because Buhari and his government have no plans to rescue them from the jaws of COVID-19. A statement by PDP’s National Publicity...
COVID-19: Deceased Nasarawa Lawmaker Treated ‘Malaria’ In 3 Hospitals, Dozens Of Health Workers At Risk
Dozens of health workers who attended to the deceased member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Sulaiman Adamu, stand the risk of Coronavirus infection as the lawmaker’s test result turns positive two days after his burial. ABN TV recalls that on Sunday, Governor Abdullahi Sule had confirmed that Mr Adamu, who died at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Keffi,...
Nine Pastors Arrested For Holding Church Services
Nine pastors have been arrested for holding church services in Bayelsa State despite the lockdown order to curb Coronavirus pandemic. ABN TV reports that the Pastors were arrested on Sunday, May 3, by the Bayelsa State Task Force on COVID-19 They included P. B. Barima of the Methodist Church, Obogoro, Timi Aaron of Believers Love World, Akenfa, Adaba Glory of Saint...
82.9 Million Nigerians Living In Poverty – NBS
The 2019 Poverty & Inequality in Nigeria report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS on Monday says 82.9 million Nigerians are living in poverty. This figure represents 40.09% of the total population. According to the report, 52.10% of rural dwellers are living in poverty while the poverty rate in urban centres is 18.04%. The last poverty data released by the...
55 Missing Cows: Imo Govt Bows To Pressure, Agrees To Pay N8m Compensation
The government of Imo State has agreed to pay a compensation fee of N8 million to some Fulani cattle rearers whose cows numbering up to 55 were declared missing. ABN TV reports that the resolution followed a meeting summoned by the Interim Management Committee chairman of Ezinihitte LGA, Imo State, F. S Onyeberechi last weekend at the council headquarters, Itu. Read...
84m Barrels Of Unsold Nigerian Crude Oil Stranded At Sea
An estimated 84 million barrels of Nigerian crude oil is currently stranded at sea, a report by Wall Street Journal has said. In an April 27 report, the newspaper said cargo ships filled with Nigerian crude had nowhere to go and Nigerian oil companies were competing to fill the “last few empty tankers still left at sea”. The tankers are reported...
Pregnant Woman Dies Of COVID-19 In Jigawa
Jigawa State has recorded its second death from the COVID-19 pandemic as a pregnant woman kicked the bucket in Miga LGA. The patient who is a pregnant woman from Zareka ward in the Miga Local Government Area of the state died as a result of a miscarriage at her isolation centre. The member of the State Task Force who confirmed the...
Bishop Kukah Donates 30-Room Hotel As Isolation Centre In Sokoto
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, has handed over a 30-room hotel to the Sokoto State Government as an isolation centre for suspected coronavirus patients in the state. Announcing via Twitter on Monday afternoon, the Sokoto State Ministry of Health, said Kukah acted on behalf of the Catholic Diocese in the state. The ministry also confirmed that he handed over a...
Lockdown Relaxation: Nigerians Level Of Compliance Is Unsatisfactory – PTF
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has lamented over the failure of many Nigerians to adhere strictly to advisories regarding the lockdown relaxation. ABN TV reports During its briefing on Monday, the PTF through its Chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha, stated that close monitoring of activities since morning reveals that the level of compliance to the lockdown relaxation is unsatisfactory...
