The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on governments at all levels to take decisive steps in ensuring the protection of media workers to strengthen and maintain press freedom. Mr. Victor Udu, the Chairman of NUJ, Cross River Council, made the call in a statement to mark the World Press Freedom Day 2020 in on Sunday in Calabar. The appeal is also coming in the face of the uncertainty created by Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,...
The Taraba Technical Committee on COVID-19 on Sunday discharged 124 persons quarantined at the state NYSC orientation camp in Barikin Sibre, Jalingo. Dr Innocent Vakkai, Chairman of the Committee and Commissioner for Health, while handing the 124 persons to their various local government Council Chairmen, said they tested negative twice. According to him, 130 people are intercepted at the Taraba boundary and quarantine because they were coming from high risk areas. “Out of the 130...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged Journalists to observe ethical codes of the profession in their reportage as the world celebrates this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). Mr. Chris Isiguzo, the NUJ President in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the WPFD was a day to reflect on the enhancement of professionalism in practice. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Journalism without Fear or Favour. “It is the celebration of...
The kidnapped twins of a popular Ibadan-based cleric, Shelkh Taofeek Akewugbagold, were on Sunday released to their father at about 5.30 am by their abductors. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the twins were kidnapped at gunpoint at their father’s residence at Abatakan, Ojoo area of Ibadan at about 8 pm on April 25. Akewugbagold, who confirmed the release on his Facebook page on Sunday, said he took custody of the twins near...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Sunday Thomas as the substantive Commissioner for Insurance/Chief Executive Officer, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). Mr. Yunusa Abdullahi, Special Adviser, Media, and Communications to the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Thomas replaced Malam Mohammed Kari, who was Acting Commissioner for Insurance/CEO of the commission. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new appointee has...
The Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has adopted alternative methods of teaching and learning for primary school pupils in line with the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. Chairman of the board, Prof. Mathew Sule, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos. Sule said the board had begun Television and Radio lessons for pupils in Mathematics, English and phonics, which is transmitted on the Plateau...
Anambra Sports Club (ASC) on Sunday in Awka, shared food items to 250 residents of the state with the intention of cushioning the effect of lockdown declared due to Coronavirus pandemic in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the beneficiaries went home with mini bags of rice, tubers of yam and beans. Some officials of the club, including four coaches and a physiotherapist, also got N20, 000 cash empowerment each in...
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) has cautioned Nigerians on the partial lifting of lockdown directives by the Federal Government. Dr Lanre Olosunde, the Chairman of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), gave the advice on Sunday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin. Olosunde lamented that the partial lifting of lockdown was not the best choice at the moment. NAN reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had announced the gradual...
As the race for a COVID-19 vaccine intensifies, a professor of Immunology, Ganiyu Arinola, says Nigerian universities and research institutes have the capacity to develop a coronavirus vaccine. Arinola, a staff of the Department of Immunology, University of Ibadan, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ibadan against the backdrop of the 2020 World Immunisation Week. NAN reports that the World Immunisation Week celebrated worldwide in the...
Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has confirmed the fourth and fifth positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the state. Umahi disclosed this while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation on Sunday in Abakaliki. He said: “Fourth case is a twenty-two-year-old man, he lives in Ojo in Lagos state. “Just as it is with the third case, he left Lagos on April 26, and entered Ebonyi through Nkalagu border, and from there,...
