COVID-19: INEC Insists Elections in Edo, Ondo Proceed As Planned
…INEC to Test-run, Fine-tune its Anti-COVID-19 Modified Processes at Bye-elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to proceed with the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke on Saturday…
Five COVID-19 Patients in Enugu State Test Negative, Discharged
… As govt gives details of one new case The Enugu State Ministry of Health announces that five (5) COVID-19 confirmed positive cases in the state have tested negative and consequently discharged from the isolation and treatment centres. However, one…
Nigeria: 389 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Recorded
…As Kogi Records First Cases Nigeria has recorded 389 new cases of #COVID19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Wednesday, bringing the total cases to in the country to 8733. Lagos State recorded 256 new cases, the…
Yebo: Home of Know Africa, Be Africa
By Apo Newsroom The spirit of Africa has lived through oral narratives for generations. Documentation of the continent through digital stories is a quest many lovers of Africa have been yearning for with little to celebrate about. About a month…
COVID-19: Gombe Discharges 44 Almajiris after 2-weeks Quarantine
Gombe state has discharged another set of Almajiri children from the Amada quarantine camp having tested negative to coronavirus after completing their two weeks quarantine period in the state. The forty-four children discharged today were part of the batch of…
How Inter-state Traveller Infected Mother-in-law with COVID19 in Enugu
The Enugu State Ministry of Health has given an update on 2 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the state as announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Recalling that the total number of cases confirmed in Enugu State…
COVID-19: HRM Eze Willy Ezugwu Distributes Palliatives to Indigent Villagers
On the heels of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which is ravaging the country, the traditional monarch of Ogbozalla Opi Community in the ancient Opi Kingdom of Nsukka, Enugu State, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Eze Willy Ezugwu has…
COVID-19: Distribution of Palliatives, Relief Materials Continues in Gombe
By James Ezema The distribution of palliatives and relief materials to the less privileged members of the society continues in Gombe. Today’s distribution exercise took place simultaneously at the ten wards of Gombe Local Government Area targeting five thousand six…
Ugwuanyi Resolves Enugu NUJ Palliative Issue
…Recognises Arum Leadership By Chris Ugwuja Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has waded into and resolved the issues that led to the rejection of the COVID-19 palliative his administration delivered to Journalists last Saturday. This was made known by the…
(OPINION) Governor Wike The Ebullient Fighter
By Engr Tele Ikuru There comes a time when everyone must take a position on happenings within his environment. In the last several weeks, I have seen Governor Wike throw his safety and comfort out of the window and place…
South Africa COVID-19 Cases Exceed 20,000, Deaths Near 400
Coronavirus infections in South Africa surged past 20,000 with close to 400 deaths, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Friday. Channels Television reports that in a statement the ministry confirmed 20,125 coronavirus positive cases, and a total of 397 deaths…
