GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER • 4,655 exposed persons still untested, says NCDC boss • Presidential task force unveils protocol for lockdown policy The presidency yesterday released a “chronicle of some of the reactions by the agencies and trained experts under the leadership…
DAILY POST The dreaded COVID-19 pandemic on wednesday resulted in the shutdown of the twin cities of Warri and Effurun in Delta State as residents locked themselves in obedience to Governor Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa’s stay at home order. Major streets…
BUSINESS DAY One of Nigeria’s electricity distribution company, Ikeja Electric Plc, has announced that non-paying customers within its franchise network will not be disconnected during the two-week stay-at-home period enforced by the Federal government to curb the spread of coronavirus…
THIS DAY Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) on Wednesday directed its members to stick to the sell of the old price of N125, rather than revert to the new pump price adjustment until their old stock are exhausted. The Petroleum…
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER THE Federal Government, Wednesday, began the disbursement of N5,000 to one million indigent Nigerians in the country. But the beneficiaries of the money said to be from the Conditional Cash Transfers Scheme, were paid N20,000 each covering four…
THIS DAY The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has announced the donation of N1.045 billion to the nine states of the Niger Delta region to fight against the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the region. Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting…
THE GUARDIAN AS confusion pervades the imposition of curfew in parts of Rivers, the state government has threatened not to re-open sanctioned banks. A dusk to dawn curfew, which was to commence yesterday, had been imposed on a section of…
PREMIUM TIMES Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State on Tuesday relaxed the interstate boundary closure ordered to check the spread of coronavirus to allow foodstuffs, drugs and vehicles conveying personnel on essential duty into the state. Mr Diri granted unfettered…
VANGUARD The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday afternoon announced that 12 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country. “Twelve new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Osun, 2 in Edo and…
VANGUARD Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Wednesday disclosed that three suspected cases of the COVID-19 in the state had tested negative. Okowa made this known via his verified Facebook page. The governor had in a broadcast to the state…