Sets up 250 man response team By Samuel Oyadongha – Yenagoa The Bayelsa Command of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday said it has intensified efforts to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19. Bayelsa Commandant of the NSCDC, Mrs. Christiana Abiakam-Omanu who spoke in Yenagoa on the Command’s activities on the coronavirus […]

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced a 14-day ban on public transport to curb the spread of the coronavirus. In a televised address on Wednesday, Mr. Museveni said the ban will take effect immediately. This includes the ubiquitous boda-bodas, as the motorcycle taxis are locally known. Private cars will only be allowed to carry three […]

Kenya has banned the importation of second-hand clothes, popularly known as “mitumba”, as a way of limiting the spread of coronavirus. “Importation of used clothes is suspended with immediate effect to safeguard the health of Kenyans and promote local textiles,” Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper quoted Trade Minister Betty Maina as saying. Many people buy second-hand […]

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Command in Ekiti State, has deployed 250 Emergency Response Personnel across the state as part of measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr. Solomon Iyamu, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, ASC Tolulope Afolabi in […]

Says govt alone can’t fight pandemic By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A faith-based organization, Dunamis International Gospel Centre, DIGC, Wednesday, donated medical equipment worth millions of Naira to the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, to combat the Coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak. The donation was made by the Founder and Senior Pastor, Dr. Paul Enenche, along with […]

  By Dennis Agbo House of Representatives member for Udenu/Igboeze North federal constituency, Rep Simon Atigwe has joined efforts with the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to sensitize residents on how to avert coronavirus penetration in the state. Atigwe said that even though there has not been any known case of Covid-19 in Enugu state, […]

The Benue branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has recommended the suspension of all Sunday worship and wedding activities in the state as a proactive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a message by its state chairman, Rev. Akpen Leva, on Thursday in Makurdi, the association appealed to churches to […]

Rivers State has recorded its first case of Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 51, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General of NCDC, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Thursday in Abuja, while giving […]

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi The elder brother of Bauchi state governor, Yaya Adamu has reportedly been kidnapped. Vanguard learned that he was kidnapped around 7.30 pm on Wednesday at Ungwan Jaki in Bauchi metropolis by gunmen. A close relative who does not want to be mentioned told Vanguard that it is a double tragedy […]

The Nigerian Police By Nasiru Suleiman – Sokoto The Nigeria Police in Sokoto has warned criminal elements planning to take advantage of the lockdown due to the outbreak of COVID-19 to perpetrate crime to have a rethink over such decision The state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Sani Ka’oje gave the warning at the command headquarters […]