ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA, MONDAY, 27th APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. I will start by commending...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has directed all senior government appointees in the state including Commissioners, Permanent Secretaries, Special Advisers and Heads of Agencies to each donate N500,000 in April 2020 as their contribution in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. According to a statement issued...
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Monday said the State has begun immediate wider processes to trace, isolate and test all primary and secondary contacts of the five new Covid-19 cases in the state in order to curtail further spread of the virus. Besides, the governor disclosed that...
As nations worldover battle to contain the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, COVID-19, Benue State Government has extended the partial lockdown within the state and dusk to dawn curfew until further notice. Govenor Samuel Ortom who disclosed this today at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi while briefing journalists, also noted...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for an immediate system-wide investigation into revelations of fraud, stealing and looting of funds at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) under the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration. The party lamented that the NDDC, under the current management, has become an automated teller...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has announced a lockdown of parts of Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas in view of the failure of residents of the affected areas to comply with the regulations of the State Government to check the spread of coronavirus. In a State Broadcast...
As part of his contributions to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the Unity Bank Plc has donated N10 Million to the Ondo State Government. The Managing Director, represented by Mr Lanre Awe, presented the cheque to the state governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State in Akure at the...
The House of Representatives will tomorrow Tuesday, April 28, reconvene to consider and approve some key proposals by the Executive arm to jumpstart the country's economy in the face of challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The resumption, the House said, would be in strict observance of the guidelines provided...
The Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State has asked the State government to carry out due diligence and cross check the 1,800 bags of rice it received from the Federal Government as palliatives, to ascertain quality of the rice. In a statement issued on Monday by its State Publicity Secretary,...
Niger State Government has completed arrangements to repatriate all Almajiri children to their States of origin. A statement issued by Secretary to the Government of Niger State (SSG) and Chairman, Niger State Task Force on COVID-19, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane disclosed that the repatriation of the Almajiri children to their States...