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Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), has held divergent views with members of its host communities in Bayelsa on the cause of dead fishes littering the Atlantic coastline near the oil firm’s operations. Residents along Koluama, Ekeni, Ezetu, Fishtown, Foropa, Sangana axis of the Atlantic coastline in Bayelsa, hosts to CNL had …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, April 14, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the agenda of the meeting between the president and the NASS leadership, involving the Senate President …

By Adaeze Iroha Lagos, April 14, 2020 Some residents in Festac area of Lagos on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the 14-day extension of the lockdown in the state, saying one week would have been bearable, but not two. In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the residents complained …

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Tuesday donated two truckloads of edible items to support the Bayelsa government in bringing relief to the people to comply with the lockdown directive. Corporate organisations, civil society organisations have been donating relief materials to the Bayelsa government’s COVID-19 Task Force …

In the Book of Revelation, the Bible describes 666 as the mark of the Beast or Anti-Christ. As churches conduct services and other meetings these days through the internet, videoconferencing, etc., I got reminded of an article I published last December in my “Treasures” column (every Wednesday in the New …

  New York, April 12, 2020: The Mbaise Policy Roundtable (MPR) has activated its “Adopt-A-Village Initiative (ADAVI),” aimed at alleviating hunger and other forms of hardship in rural communities due to the lockdown and other preventive measures occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. The MPR, which has offices in Owerri, Imo …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has tasked the Federal Government and other concerned agencies on proper accountability and clarity on the usage of funds raised to combat the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. Obi, who spoke on Arise TV, called on the government to …

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) management has denied a report that the crew of the airline that flew in Chinese medical personnel and supplies recently were quarantined in its Scholars Lodge. A statement by Mrs. Taiwo Oloyede, Principal Assistant Registrar, Communication Unit, Corporate Affairs Directorate, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, University …

In a bid to ameliorate the impact of the lockdown occasioned by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in most states of the Federation, the Zinox Group has committed to feeding over 7000 Nigerian families for two weeks through its staff spread across the various states in Nigeria. The ingenious initiative is …

By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, April 13, 2020 The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) on Monday said it has resumed oil exports from the Forcados Oil Export Terminal. NAN reports that SPDC halted exports on April 4 over ‘unforeseen circumstances’ in its operations. Mr Michael Adande, an SPDC …

Paris, April 13, 2020 French President Emmanuel Macron has extended the anti-coronavirus lockdown in France until May 11, in a televised speech to the nation on Monday. The strict rules on social contact – including instructions to only spend one hour outside per day and not further than 1 km …

By Cecilia Ologunagba Abuja, April 13, 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Coronavirus (COVID-19) is 10 times deadlier than swine flu which caused a global pandemic in 2009. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, stated this at a virtual news conference in Geneva on Monday. He said that the virus …

By Mustapha Sumaila Abuja, April 13, 2020 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the bank does not charge any fee on COVID-19 loan application as claimed in false reports circulated on social media. The CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor said this in a statement in Abuja …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, April 13, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the current social register be expanded from 2.6 million households to 3.6 million households in the next two weeks. The president gave the directive on Monday in a broadcast in which he also ordered the extension of …

  By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, April 13, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has alerted the nation of reported large proportion of new infections of Coronavirus in communities across the country, through person-to-person contacts. The president made this known when he addressed the nation on the extension of restriction of movement in …

By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, April 13, 2020 The Enugu State Government has directed commercial tricycle operators in the state, popularly known as `Keke riders’, to limit their operating time between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily. The Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, made this known in …

ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States …

In the wake of recent activities of hoodlums and street urchins in the border communities between Lagos and Ogun States, the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu,  has ordered the immediate deployment of additional intelligence and operational police personnel, comprising Police Mobile Force (PMF) Units, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad …

By Maureen Ojinaka Enugu, April 13, 2020 Enugu residents on Monday appealed to the State Government to provide the vulnerable among them with palliatives to cushion the effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. Some of the residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that the lockdown was …

By: Hamza Suleiman Maiduguri, April 12, 2020 A total lockdown has been imposed in Borno by the state government which shut its borders to non-essential movements in a bid to contain influx of COVID-19. The Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, announced this in a statement on Sunday in …

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum denied himself the Easter Monday holiday in order to support 11,000 vulnerable citizens, faced with humanitarian needs outside the state capital, Maiduguri. The Governor left the state capital at 6 am to Gajiganna, a town of Magumeri local government area in northern Borno state, …

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE)’s palliatives to cushion the harsh effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) amongst vulnerable Nigerians are targeted at 1,200 households in the Federal Capital (FCT), Director General of the Bureau, Mr. Alex A. Okoh has said. The Director General disclosed this during the distribution of …

Abuja, April 13, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation on Monday, April 13, at 7 p.m. The President’s spokesman, Femi Adesina in a statement in Abuja on Monday, advised Television, radio and other electronic media outlets to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority …

By Ikechukwu Iweajunwa Owerri, April 13, 2030 Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has tested negative to coronavirus, the Commissioner for Information, Mr Declan Emelumba, disclosed on Monday. Emelumba, in a statement in Owerri, said that it was important members of the public were aware of the governor’s COVID-19 status. On further …

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, has said the Federal Government requires the cooperation of all and sundry, corporate bodies and individuals, in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that is ravaging the world. Mustapha …