Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director for Africa, World Health Organisation (WHO) has emphasised the life-saving importance of handwashing to prevent a range of diseases, including COVID-19. Moeti said this in a message issued from the WHO Regional Office in Brazzaville, Congo, on Tuesday, to commemorate the World Hygiene Day. Celebrated every year on May 5, […]

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says it has arrested over 100 vehicles that violated the social distancing order of the state government to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had announced the gradual easing of the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja, from […]

By Chioma Obinna The Rights-holders of Ngwo community in Enugu state have condemned alleged secretive moves by some businesses to massively sack, demote and extort personnel mostly women of employment benefits in guise of unfair measures to ease the financial impacts of COVID-19 in businesses. The Right-holders under the aegis of the Voice Nigeria project […]

By Tordue Salem – Abuja Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire said told the House of Representatives on Tuesday, that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, is open to the possibility of using local herbs to fight the COVID 19 pandemic, but insisted that the Nigeria Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development must first certify […]

The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday, said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. The NMA Chairman, Dr. Sanusi Bala, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that one of the confirmed cases has died. Bala explained that many of the […]

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has pardoned 93 inmates serving various jail terms in Correctional Centres across the state, as part of measures to decongest the centres due to the  COVID-19. The State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Kakashehu Lawan, who is also the Chairman, Borno State Advisory Council On Prerogative of Mercy, disclosed […]

By Adeola Badru The Oyo State House of Assembly has mandated Governor Seyi Makinde to pay attention to the porous nature of the state’s boundaries and extend testing to those border areas. This call, according to the lawmakers, became expedient due to the continued entry of foreign nationals into the state via boundaries in Oke-Ogun […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Chairman of Ife-North Local Government Council Area, Taiwo Orosanya has been suspended from office as his deputy takes over the affairs of the council. A letter addressed to the Vice-Chairman, Adeyeba Ebenezer by the Council-Manager, Engr Adeyeye Jacob dated May 5, 2020, stated that after the suspension of the chairman […]

Is a reflection of Okowa’s prosperity for all Delta agenda — Aniagwu Governor Ifeanyi Okowa making a State broadcast on Delta’s preparations against the COVID-19 pandemic By Festus Ahon – Asaba The Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, NBS, on Tuesday, said Delta ranked as the second least poor state in the country after Lagos State. In […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution, CDNDC, and Free Nigeria Coalition, FNC, Tuesday, asserted that the proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill currently on the floor of the House of Representatives threatens national security. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the […]