COVID-19: Sokoto police arrest, arraign suspects for flouting restriction order
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto The Sokoto state Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the arrests of drivers of 14 commercial vehicles including passengers along highways linking the state with parts of the country for flouting the restriction of movement order.In a release made available to reporters on the various arrests, the command PPRO, ASP Abubakar Sadiq […]
Nigeria receives medical equipment from United Nations
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, Tuesday took delivery of various medical equipment donated by the United Nations Systems to the Federal government to aid its efforts at combating the COVID-19 scourge in the country. The equipment were transported to Abuja free of charge to the federal government by Allied Air Cargo. An online […]
The World Will Not Be Destroyed By Fire Or Virus
By Owei Lakemfa A veteran journalist called me on April 4 to confirm if indeed the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) issued a statement advising government against approving the Fifth Generation Mobile Technology (5G) claiming it is dangerous and linked to the outbreak of Covid-19. The NUJ also reportedly rejected the invitation of Chinese doctors […]
KDSG: food and medicine sellers to open shops 8am-6pm Tuesday and Wednesday
The Kaduna State State Committee on Covid-19 has announced that markets will partially open on Tuesday, 14th April, and Wednesday, 15th April 2020 from 8am to 6pm on each day. Only sellers of food and medicines are permitted to open their shops. This is part of the deliberate policy of relaxing the restriction of movement […]
Kaduna COVID-19: Distribution of Relief Materials in Review
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE As the world grapples with the spread of the deadly corona virus (Covid-19) with varying measures being taken by governments aimed at halting and eradicating it, the negative socio-economic dimension continue to hurt economies and further push many down the rung of abject poverty. Kaduna state, a sub-national government in Nigeria […]
COVID-19: President Buharis 2nd Address to Nigeria (13 March, 2020)
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, ABUJAMONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 Fellow Nigerians In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory to […]
GROUND ZERO: COVID-19 – Counting the cost of COVID-19, Treatment of Nigerians in China.
GROUND ZERO Saturday, 11 April, 2020, on Invicta 98.9fm. DISCUSSING:-1- Treatments of Nigerians in China… consular general reacts, tackled Chinese officials for seizing the passports of Nigerians in China.2- Counting the cost of COVID-19: Its impact on the economy and livelihood of Nigerians. GUESTS –Dr Edoja Ukwedeh, department of theatre and Cultural studies, Nassarawa State […]
COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: OMO-AGEGE DOLES OUT N85M AS PALLIATIVES TO CONSTITUENTS
As part of measures to cushion the effects of the lockdown due to the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has commenced the immediate disbursement of cash to some low income persons across the eight Local Government Areas that make up Delta Central Senatorial District. The eight local government […]
FUNKE AKINDELE: THE CONSEQUENCES OF PLEADING GUILTY IN A CRIMINAL CASE
Mrs. Akindeke and her husband were arrested for violating the social distancing regulation. Their lawyer, I believe, advised them to plead guilty. They did and they were convicted and sentenced to 14 days of community service – whatever that meant. Their conviction thus made them interestingly one of the very few known Coronavirus-related convictions in […]
Journalists are under attack for their COVID19 coverage- RSF
Journalists around the world are being harassed, assaulted, and silenced for their reporting on COVID-19. Dictators and oppressive leaders have placed your right to information directly in their cross-hairs. From Hungary passing a “coronavirus law” allowing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to consolidate power and suffocate the press, to China expelling 13 U.S. foreign correspondents in an effort to censor information related to the […]