COVID-19 Scare: Minister Wants Speedy Decongestion Correctional Centres Nationwide
..Over 52,000 Imates on Awaiting Trial in Nation’s Correctional Facilities – Controller General of Corrections Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has called for immediate decongestion of all the Correctional Centres in the country as a measure to ensure that…
Enugu Govt Boosts Fight Against #Coronavirus, Approves Assurance Package for Doctors, Other Health Workers
…Mobilizes Volunteers, Town Criers for Coronavirus Enlightenment Campaign in Rural Areas By Chris Ugwuja, Nsukka In furtherance of his resolve to strengthen the state’s response to Corona Virus Disease pandemic, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has approved the immediate…
COVID-19: AEDC Scales Down Operations, Pledges Service Delivery
The Electricity service provider for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kogi, Niger and Nasarawa States, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has been forced to scale down its operations following the global outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, and the several…
Bauchi Governor’s Contact Tests Positive for COVID-19
Bauchi Records Second COVID-19 Victim The Bauchi State government has confirmed a second case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state after a contact with the state governor, Bala Mohammed, who had tested positive for the various also tested positive. The…
Lagos Assembly Passes Emergency Bill to Combat COVID-19 Spread
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed into law an emergency bill to help the state combat the Coronavirus, the pandemic currently spreading across the world. Sponsored by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, the Emergency Coronavirus Pandemic Bill 2020 also…
Covid-19: Governor Inuwa Yahaya’s multi-pronged measures and battle against coronavirus pandemic in Gombe
By Ismaila Uba Misilli True to type, the Gombe state Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya did not waste time in swinging into action immediately the news of the Covid-19 outbreak started to filter into the country as he has vowed…
No COVID-19 Grants, FG Warns of Fake Website’s Claims
The Federal Government of Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has warned Nigerians to disregard a “fake” website which claims the Federal Government is issuing grants to them. In a statement on Tuesday by the NITDA Head, Corporate Affairs…
COVID-19: IMF Worried About Global Economic Contraction in 2020, Lists What Must Be Done
…As IMF Recommends Targeted Fiscal Support to Households, Large and Small Businesses to Keep Afloat and Accelerate Recovery Amid the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging nations of the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that global economic contraction in 2020…
The Positive and Negative Sides of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria – Intersociety
…Many of Nigeria’s 17,500 Public Officers & their Families may be Presently Living with Coronavirus infection. …17,500 Nigerian Public Officers have Been Forced back to Nigeria to Stay at Home since Past 22 Years As dreaded, terrifying, devastating and menacing…
World Meteorological Day: NiMet DG Harps on Need to Address Water Challenge Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Director General/CEO of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Sani Abubakar Mashi has restated the urgent need to tackle water shortage challenges by improving forecasting, monitoring and management of water supplies and tackling the problem of “too much, too little…
COVID-19: Okowa Lauds FG for Halting International Flights
Delta Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has commended the Federal Government for halting international flights into the country as part of measures to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic. He said the stoppage of international flights and closure of land borders would ill…
