The Lagos State Government on Thursday issued fresh guidelines for public transport operations in the state as part of the controlled measures to ease the COVID-19 –induced lockdown in the state. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, released the guidelines at a press briefing in Lagos. He said the public transport operations within […]

By David Odama NASARAWA Thursday confirmed additional cases of COVID-19in State bringing the cases to three within three days. Governor Abdullahi Sule disclosed this in a press briefing at the Government House in Lafia, Thursday. He described the increasing COVID-19 cases in Nasarawa as worrisome urging the people of the state to be conscious of […]

The Edo State Government has announced the discharge of its ninth coronavirus (COVID-19) patient, who has tested negative twice for the virus and cleared from one of the state’s isolation centres. The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, who disclosed this in a statement, charged all residents to support the state government efforts at stemming […]

Lagos State government has announced that 12 COVID-19 patients including a Ukrainian have been discharged from isolation facilities in the state. The patients comprising of nine males and three females were discharged Thursday. Six of the patients were discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba The patients; 6 from IDH, Yaba, 5 from the Lagos […]

News of the new cases was broken by Governor Udom Emmanuel, while giving update on covid-19 in the state at Government House, Uyo, earlier today.

The Federal Government has directed that all civil servants on grade level 14 and above resume work on Monday. This was contained in a memo dated April 30 and addressed to the Chief of Staff to the President, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and all ministers by Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of Service. […]

Passes two bills By Festus Ahon – Asaba The Delta State House of Assembly, Thursday resumed plenary after over six weeks forced holiday as a result of the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic in the country, passing two bills in what could be described as marathon sitting. The bills were the Delta State Fiscal Responsibility Amendment […]

By Prince Osuagwu The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has licensed consulting and integration firm, Digital Encode, to provide training, auditing and consulting services throughout the country, in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, NDPR, principles. Digital Encode specialises in the design, management and security of business-critical networks, telecommunications environments and other Information […]

by Abdulrasaq Yusuff Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), must be having sleepless nights these days. Why? A mere lady is giving him a dose of his own medicine. Kanu is widely known to be a peddler of fake news, owing to the fact that most of his information on […]

James Ogunnaike Senator Buruji Kashamu has declared his readiness to support any genuine reconciliation that will reposition the Ogun State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to a formidable party ahead of the 2023 general elections. Kashamu, who represented Ogun East Senatorial District at the 8th National Assembly, made this known in a statement […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said it is currently “struggling” for bed spaces for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Lagos State, which has the highest number of persons infected by coronavirus in Nigeria. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of Centre, said this at the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on […]

Governor Nasiru Ahmad El -Rufai has warned that government will not allow any trader to sabotage the efforts put in place by government in containing the spread of covid-19.

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19 Thursday repatriated a batch of 58 persons suspected to have been trafficked into Makurdi the state capital, back to their states of origin. Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Benue COVID-19 Action Committee, Mr Benson Abounu, led a task force to repatriate the youths […]

LEGISLATORS in Enugu State House of Assembly have disagreed with Resident Doctors at the State University Teaching Hospital, ESUT-TH for withdrawing services in a critical period as this time.

FACTIONAL Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, Deacon Okey Ogbodo has taunted his rival, Dr. Ben Nwoye to be courageous and submit himself to police for questioning on the Covid-19 rumour he allegedly made on the minister for Foreign affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama as a carrier.