April 27, 2020 (NAN) Anambra Government has announced plan to reopen the 63 major markets in the state on May 4 after closure since late March. Gov Willie Obiano made this known to newsmen at Aguleri, Anambra East Local Government Area on Monday, after his brief meeting with the 63 market leaders in the state. He said each market should set up a task force that would be trained by the state government on COVID-19 safety compliance...
Anambra state government just announced its decision to relax the lockdown and stay at home order, which has been on for over four weeks. Within these weeks, Anambra recorded only one case of COVID-19 positive, tens of contacts were also traced to the index case. Nonetheless, last week the index case was released after testing negative to coronavirus twice. In his address four days ago, the governor of Anambra state Chief Willie Obiano had said...
If you are a state governor in Nigeria and you are not already working round the clock, night and day, you are playing with fire. Red-hot, napalm FIRE! Here is your reality. Bonny Light (Nigeria’s crude oil) is trading at about $11. This is half the cost of producing the barrel. Even at that price, Nigeria is not able to sell her crude oil. She has tens of millions of barrels of crude oil in...
A coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of South East Human Rights Situations Room, wants state governments in the zone to maintain border closure amidst the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a statement in Enugu on Sunday by the Coalition which is made up of 43 groups, said that the restriction of interstate movements was one of the major ways to contain the spread of the virus. The coalition, however, said that the only...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi on Sunday announced the first index case of the deadly coronavirus in the state but urged the citizens not to panic. Umahi made the announcement in a broadcast from his hometown Uburu, Ohaozara LGA of the state. The governor disclosed that the index case was a 31-year old driver who operated a hire purchase commercial transport business with his Toyota Sienna. The governor said that the index case conveyed food...
Mr. Patrick Giwa, the Clerk, House of Representatives, said on Sunday in Abuja, that the House would resume plenary on Tuesday, April 28, at 10.a.m. Giwa in a statement said that the guidelines to avoid the spread of COVID-19 would be given to members upon resumption. “This is to inform all members of the House of Representatives that the House will now resume plenary session on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at 10 a.m. Members are...
The Kano Government has acknowledged and decried the rising death rates in the state capital but declared that none was caused by the dreaded Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Malam Muhammad Garba, the Commissioner of Information, gave the clarifications in a statement in Kano. “The state government acknowledges recent deaths in Kano, but it is on top of the situation. We have begun an investigation to unravel the remote causes of the deaths. “The investigation into the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday received briefing from Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, and Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, on the latest development over Coronavirus and the reported strange disease in Kano. Ehanire, who spoke to State House correspondents on the outcome of the closed-door meeting in Abuja, said they briefed the president on the activities and overall positions of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. The News Agency...
Kano State Government has debunked reports insinuating circulation of purported Coronavirus vaccine in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Information, Mr Muhammad Garba, gave the clarifications in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kano. NAN recalled that the Federal Government had earlier raised alarm over circulation of fake COVID-19 vaccine and cautioned people of the state to be wary of the fake product. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately wade in and arrest the situation of alleged mass death in Kano. The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Sunday also demanded an immediate investigation into the circumstances leading to the reported number of deaths in the state within the last one week. Ologbondiyan said that the PDP’s call was predicated on conflicting reports...
