PUNCH NIGERIA Nigeria has recorded 238 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,170. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this via its Twitter handle on Friday. It also said that 10 persons…
THE GUARDIAN Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has faulted the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for building coronavirus laboratories in Lagos, Ogun and Kano states and failing to building one in the oil-rich state. He said the country does…
PREMIUM TIMES President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Professor Keme Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from May 1 to December 31, 2020. The extension is to cover the period of the…
RIPPLES NIGERIA The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Thursday night confirmed 204 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the country. In the highlight of the report posted on the NCDC Twitter handle, Kano recorded 80 COVID-19 cases. This figure has…
THE NATION Youths from the Niger Delta region have sent a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari following an alleged plot to reinstate the suspended Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Dokubo. The youths, under the auspices…
SAHARA REPORTERS Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has sent some staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission on mandatory leave after a contract scam in the agency was exposed by SaharaReporters. On April 24, SaharaReporters exposed a N5bn fraud involving the…
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, said the country has recorded 196 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total to 1,728. NCDC, through its verified Twitter account, said of the 196 new…
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, said the country has recorded 196 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total to 1,728. NCDC, through its verified Twitter account, said of the 196 new…
THE NATION Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has said the use of face masks in public places will be enforced across the state. The governor announced this on Tuesday as well as partial lifting of ban on movement in a…
CGTN The IMF board on Tuesday approved 3.4 billion U.S. dollars in emergency financing for Nigeria to help deal with the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. The loan aims “to support the authorities’ efforts in addressing the severe…