Tasks LG PDP chairmen on unity, reconciliation By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has restated his administration’s commitment to ensure commercial flight operations begin at the state-owned airport in no distant time. Senator Diri gave the assurance when the Air Officer Commanding Mobility Command of the Nigerian Air Force, Yenagoa, Air […]

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City A forty-seven-year-old suspected drug trafficker, Isaac Echi arrested in Edo State by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday, said that he sustained his family with illicit drug proceeds during the COVID 19 lockdown order. He was arrested with 33 years old Odeh Stephen who […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Sequel to the relaxation of the lockdown imposed by the Osun State Government, the State House of Assembly said no members of the public would be allowed access into the Assembly complex without using a face mask. It also made the use of face mask compulsory for workers of the House […]

The Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed for first reading, the National Health Emergency Bill, 2020. The Bill was sponsored by Sen. Chukwuka Utazi, (PDP-Enugu)  and Chairman, Senate Committee on Primary Health and Communicable Diseases. Sen. Ike Ekweremadu (PDP-Enugu) shortly after the bill was read, however, raised a point of order having cited order 14 […]

The Police have concluded arrangements with a technology company to prepare and circulate anti-cultism and social vice messages to pupils/students nationwide through e-learning platforms. CSP Ebere Amaraizu, National Coordinator, Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday. Amaraizu said that POCACOV […]

Pledge independent monitoring of fund utilisation By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, and partners on the Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Management of Returned Assets, MANTRA, Tuesday, lauded another repatriation of $311,797,866 of Abacha III loot to Nigeria from the United States of America and the […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says hand hygiene is one of the most effective actions to reduce the spread of pathogens and the COVID-19 virus. WHO made this known on Tuesday in a statement posted on its website to commemorate the Global Hand Hygiene Day, celebrated yearly on May 5. READ ALSO: Doctor who treated first […]

Mr. Shamsudeen Olaleye, the Executive Chairman of Isolo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) on Tuesday said the popular Aswani market in Lagos would no longer be opened on Tuesdays but on Wednesdays. This is contained in a statement made available by the Media Officer Lanre Olaleye to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. […]

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has extended to June 5 a state of emergency declared in areas under his administration in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to the Coronavirus crisis, the official news agency Wafa said on Tuesday. First announced two months ago, the state of emergency heralded a full lockdown that confined Palestinians to […]

The Enugu State Government on Tuesday expressed dismay over what it described as “total disregard and breach of the undertaking made by the Ogbete Main Market Traders Association and the Pharmaceuticals Dealers Association”. The state commissioner for information, Mr. Chidi Aroh, made the government’s position known in a statement in Enugu said: READ ALSO: COVID-19: Enugu […]

Thailand may see the economic impact from the Coronavirus pandemic spread over another nine months, the country’s prime minister said on Tuesday, as disruption from the global crisis drags on tourism and domestic activity. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy could lose more than 1.3 trillion baht ($40 billion) and up to 10 million jobs due to […]

Tasks govt on post-COVID-19 massive agric support, devt By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society, NFGCS, weekend, disclosed of supporting 11 communities in Kokuna Local Government of Nasarawa State, with over 100 bags of rice and five cows to cushion the effect of the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. This was […]

By Chioma Obinna A Professor of Veterinary Microbiology at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof Haruna M Kazeem has urged Nigerians to consume eggs in order to benefit from their advantages. Kazeem who noted that despite eggs being a well-known source of protein and quite affordable, benefits of egg consumption are often understated. The University […]

Persons admitted to isolation centers get symptoms resolved as their immune systems fight virus off By Sola Ogundipe There is currently no cure for the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but researchers are working on creating a suitable vaccine as well as coming up with potential treatments and a number of potential vaccines and curative drugs […]

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Police command has promised to vigorously enforce the new guidelines on the lockdown order put in place by the state government in its decision to revitalize the economy of the State. Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state had in a state-wide broadcast last Saturday, announced […]