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The Federal Government has announced that anyone found moving about without a facemask will be prosecuted. This was disclosed in a document by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Friday, as part of the guidelines it released…

Nigeria must use money repatriated from funds looted by former military ruler, General Sani Abacha, on agreed public projects or be forced to “replace” it, the US Justice Department said. According to Reuters, the United States and the…

Since the news of mass deaths, especially of the elderly in Kano on April 21, the number of deaths has continued to surge. Kano is in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 80 new cases recorded in the state on Thursday alone, making it…

Founder of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, and seven members of his family have tested positive for COVID-19. The test results came three days after his son and chairman of DAAR Communications, Mr. Raymond Dokpesi Jnr., tested…

Abia State TeleHealth Initiative has donated a set of 100 pieces of mobile phones with lines to the Abia State Ministry of Health for distribution to those in the frontline of COVID-19 contact tracing. Speaking while making the donation,…

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has announced modalities for the gradual relaxation of the lockdown excercise in the State. GOVERNMENT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTT Further to a meeting held yesterday, Fridays, 1st May, 2020, by the Governor of Abia…

One of the confirmed patients of COVID-19 in the Abia State will soon been discharged from isolation after two consecutive negative test result while the second patient is in stable condition. Governor Okezie Ikpeazu disclosed this in a…

204 more persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing to 1,932, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle. It also said that a…

Tragedy struck in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Thursday, as one person died, while 14 others were rescued from the rubble of an uncompleted eight-storey building, which collapsed. The incident, which happened on the Yar’Adua Drive,…

The Federal Government says 113 medical doctors have been infected with coronavirus in Nigeria. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said the medical doctors, majority of whom are from private hospitals, have tested positive to…