Full Text of Governor Wike’s Statewide Broadcast on Review of Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas Lockdown
A STATE-WIDE BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY, NYESOM EZENWO WIKE, GOVERNOR OF RIVERS STATE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020. My Dear Good People of Rivers State, 2. As we all know, the restoration of the total lockdown order in Obio/Akpor and…
Rivers Govt Converts Demolished Hotel Site to School
The Rivers State Government Wednesday announced the death of a member of its Taskforce on COVID-19 attacked by hoodlums at the demolished Prodest Hotel in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, who…
Indignity of Labour: The Inside Story of Nigeria Flour Mills’ Sugar Estate
By NGIJ team of Oluwasegun Abifarin and Olawale Abideen The smoke of accusation and counter accusation has continued to rise over the indignity of labour and bitter working condition by workers of Sunti Golden Sugar Estates Limited, a subsidiary of…
Nigeria’s Confirmed Cases of COVID19 Nearing 5000 with 146 New Cases
Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of #COVID19Â fast nearing 5000 with number of discharged patient at 959 cases. This followed the confirmation of 146 new cases across the country. The details as released by the Nigera Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)…
COVID19: WHO to Begin Drug Trial in Nigeria, States Listed
Global health body, the World Health Organization (WHO) is currently concluding plans for its “Solidarity Trial Treatment” for COVID19 in over 100 countries of the world. The trial treatment is part of its efforts to develop effective treatment regimen and…
HAPPENING NOW: Enugu Gov Defies Rain To Enforce President Buhari’s LockdownDirective
In his bid to maintain law and order, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has defied the rain to enforce President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on 8pm – 6am nationwide curfew in the states. The Governor, who have continued to tow…
EFCC Arrests Two Chinese Amid N50bn Contract Probe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has nabbed two Chinese for attempting to bribe its top officer. The Sokoto Zonal Office of the EFCCÂ arrested the two Chinese identified as Mr. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Koi for…
COVID-19: NNPC Assures of Extending Medical Facilities, Infrastructure Delivery to States Not Covered
States that have not benefited from medical facilities and infrastructure support from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and her partners in the ongoing intervention initiative have no cause to worry. The corporation’s Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, stated…
NNPC Records ₦211.62billion from Petroleum Products Sales in February
… Reports 111 per cent Increase in Trading Surplus The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Tuesday in Abuja announced that its Downstream subsidiary Company in charge of bulk sales and distribution of petroleum products, Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), recorded…
How CCECC, Others Transformed Thisday Dome into Isolation Center
The first Isolation Center in Abuja, with the capacity of 217 beds, including 4 sets of ICU beds and 213 sets of normal beds has been completed by the China Civil Engineering and Construction Company Nigeria Limited (CCECC), together with…
COVID19: Enugu Battles More Interstate Travellers Violating Restriction Order
The Enugu State Government has continued to battle interstate travellers violating the restriction order by the Nigerian government as part of measures aimed at curtaining the spread of Coronavirus disease ravaging the country. Again, the state “more adamant travellers entering…
