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…
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…
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…
Governor Ugwuanyi Speaks to Ndi Enugu on COVID-19 Pandemic, Orders Institutions Closed
By Chris Ugwuja, Nsukka The Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has addressed residents of the state on the COVID-19 pandemic, issuing orders as part of measures aimed at containing the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus disease ravaging the…
