Coronavirus Lockdown Another Opportunity for Official Corruption – Intersociety Raises Alarm
…Accused Security Agencies of Extortion under the Guise of Coronavirus Lockdown By James Ezema The Coronavirus lockdown in Nigeria is likely to have provided another opportunity for official criminal enrichment and state sadism, the International Society for Civil Liberties and…
Gombe Procures PCR Machine to Detect COVID-19
Gombe State Government says it has ordered for the supply of Polymerase Chain Reaction Machine (PCR Machine) to enhance testing for suspected cases of Coronavirus. Prof. Idris Mohammed, Chairman Task Force committee on Coronavirus, made the disclosure during an advocacy…
Enugu Govt Clarifies Media Reports that Foreign Affairs Minister, PA Are 2 Positive COVID-19 Cases in State
By Chris Ugwuja, Nsukka The Enugu State Government has debunked reports trending on social media that the two cases in the state that tested positive for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Geoffrey Onyeama and his…
#COVID-19 Updates: Coronavirus Disease Spreads to More States as Confirmed Cases Rises
Nigeria has confirmed eight (8) new cases of the Coronavirus disease in the country as the dreaded pandemic spreads to more states, The Street Reporters Newspaper reports. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its COVID-19 updates on Friday…
#COVID19Nigeria Updates: Intersociety Doubts Govt Figures, Demands for #WHO Supervised Testing for Nigeria’s Ruling Class
…WHO Supervised Tests A Must For Nigeria’s Public Office Holders – Intersociety Says …Notes Infection Figures likely to Be Over 80,000 Persons, Shows Why As cases of COVID-19 infection increases according to Nigerian government figures, the International Society for Civil…
COVID-19: Gombe Bans Public Gatherings, Interstate Travellings
…Orders Gombe Civil Servants on Grade Levels 1‐12 to Work from Home …As Gombe Governor Commits over N500m to Fight Coronavirus By James Ezema Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has suspended all public gatherings in the State just…
In Hours Nigeria Records 11 New Cases of #Coronavirus Increasing Confirmed Cases to 81
Few hours after the Nigerian government confirmed five new COVID-19 cases in the country, the number of confirmed Coronavirus disease cases in Nigeria has risen to 81. As at 8pm on Friday, the figure was 70 but the Nigeria Centre…
BREAKING: Davido in Self-Isolation As Fiancée, Chioma Tests Positive For COVID-19
Nigerian music star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has announced that he has gone into self-isolation after his wife, Chioma tested positive for COVID-19. The music star announced this on Friday via his verified Twitter handle but did not…
Fears of COVID-19 Outbreak in Custodial Centres Grip Stakeholders, Want President Buhari to Act Fast
Worried by the high number of inmates in Nigeria’s Custodial centres across the country amid ravaging Coronavirus pandemic, stakeholders have recommended urgent action that must be taken by President Muhammadu Buhari and State governments to avert a disaster waiting to…
Lagos Governor Unveils Economic Stimulus Package Indigent, Most Vulnerable Lagosians
Few days after LASG issued a stay-at-home directive to residents, in order to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has unveiled economic stimulus package for the indigent and the most vulnerable in the society. The Street…
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…
