COVID-19: Kogi residents, traders defy govt’s lockdown order
Residents and Traders in Kogi on Saturday, defied the Government’s lockdown order directing closure of all markets and for people to stay at home across the state. The Kogi government on Friday announced that it would shut down the state as from Saturday, March 28, as a measure to contain the spread of the dreaded […]
COVID-19: NNPC donates ventilators, ambulances, others to Abuja isolation centre
By Michael Eboh Hours after mobilising oil and gas firms to intervene with over $30 million in the country’s efforts at tackling the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Friday, also donated 17 items, comprising 10 ventilators, ambulances and oxygen generating plant among others, to the COVID-19 isolation centre at the […]
Restriction: Transport fare increases by 100 per cent in Enugu
Transport fares in Enugu State capital have increased by between 80 per cent and 100 per cent following government directives on a limited number of passengers to carry in commercial vehicles. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government directed that taxis should not carry more than three passengers, commercial buses not […]
COVID-19: Muslims defy Benue govt’s ban on religious gathering
Hold Jumaat prayers in Makurdi By Peter Duru – Makurdi Muslims in Makurdi the Benue state capital Friday held their Jumaat prayers in defiance of the state government’s order banning congregational and religious gatherings to check the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The state government had last Tuesday after an expanded State Executive Council, […]
NDLEA seize 9.4 kg exhibits from drug peddlers in Imo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Imo command, has seized 9.37 kg exhibits from alleged drug peddlers in different parts of the state. NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr. Nse Inam, said this while parading two suspected peddlers at the command’s headquarters in Owerri on Friday. Inam, who was represented by Mr. Kayode Raji, […]
About closure of Inter-State Borders: An administrative explanation
By Amb. Dr. Godknows Boladei Igali Most of our 36 States Governors have so far done well in measures to combat COVID 19 and must be commended. Most of them, are leading by example and that is good. But to close Air, Land & Sea Borders: No Way! They do not have such powers. If […]
