Coronavirus, Zulum releases March salaries for Borno workers

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the release of salaries and pensions for workers and retirees for the month of March even as Nigeria inches towards a complete lockdown in effort to control transmission of covid-19 (coronavirus) amongst citizens. Borno’s workers and pensioners began to get credit alert from their bankers since Tuesday. The state may soon be cut off from air transport as the two airlines flying to Maiduguri: Max air and Azman, have announced suspension of flights from Friday, March 27 until April 11, 2020. Zulum’s…

COVID-19: Oyo State Government orders public, civil servants to stay off work for two weeks

Oyo state Government on Wednesday directed civil and public servants in the employment of the State, Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) across all cadres in the state to stay off work for two (2) weeks as part of measures put in place by the state Government to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, The state government said it will use the period to evaluate the situation.Only personnel on essential services are allowed to remain on duty. A statement signed by the Chief Press…

COVID -19 : Kaduna Govt announces more preventive measures

The Deputy Governor of Kaduna state, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, in a broadcast on Wednesday, 25th March 2020 announced further emergency measures taken by the state government to protect residents from Covid-19. Read the full text : My dear people of Kaduna State, 1. I address you today as a follow up to the state broadcast made two days ago by our Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. I wish to thank our people for the growing compliance with the measures that have been announced to protect residents of the state from…

Why Supreme Court should review its earlier judgement on APC candidates in Zamfara state – Amb. Muhammad Ibn Ahmad

The National Coordinator, Centre for The Protection of Rights of The Citizens (CPRC), Ambassador. Muhammad Ibn Ahmad at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, 25 March, 2020 called on Supreme Court to reconsider its earlier judgement which nullified the election of all the candidates of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the 2019 general elections in Zamfara state. He stressed the need for the Supreme Court to return the mandate of the people of Zamfara state back to the All Progressives Congress. He also promised to make the Media…

COVID-19: FG, FCTA Not Doing Enough – NUJ FCT

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ FCT Council, has expressed its worry over the strategic communication plan of the federal government as well as the FCT administration, described it as grossly inadequate. Chairman of the council, Emmanuel Ogbeche, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja faulted the composition of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the FCT Administration’s committee as lacking in media representation. “The various committees, those of the federal government and the FCT Administration, are lacking in strategic…

Covid-19: NURTW Lagos Chairman reads riot act to bus drivers,conductors

Chairman National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos state Council, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly called MC Oluomo,in a bid to compliment the efforts of the state government in curbing the spread of the global epidemic popularly called Coronavirus in Lagos, has read out riot acts to erring drivers and conductors. He made his position known when he led his team on a visit to some motor parks in Lagos. He ordered all Union members and commercial drivers in the state to take all preventive measures against the deadly virus as…

COVID-19: NAF airlifts medical materials donated by Jack Ma foundation from Lagos to Abuja

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), yesterday, 24 March 2020, airlifted medical materials donated by the Jack Ma Foundation, China, for tackling the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria, from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to the Nnmadi Azikiwe International Airport(NAIA), Abuja in fulfilment of the NAF’s roles of providing Military Aid to Civil Authority (MACA).   The donated medical materials, which consist of 107 boxes of medical supplies and equipment, comprising surgical masks, medical disposable protective clothing, face shields and detection kits, weighing about 3,000 pounds, were airlifted in…

COVID-19 : Gov Sani-Bello goes into isolation,directs cabinet members , personal aides to do same

Niger state Governor,Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has embarked on self isolation considering the fact that as a public figure, he must have had contact with some confirmed contact cases of COVID-19. The self isolation was also due to Governor Abubakar Bello’s outing at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum meeting on the 18th of March which was also attended by his colleagues among whom is also the Bauchi state Governor. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel Berje stated that the Governor has already gone on to isolate himself while…

Prince Charles, heir to British throne, contracts coronavirus

Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, has tested positive for the new coronavirus. The 71-year-old is displaying mild symptoms “but otherwise remains in good health”, a Clarence House spokesman said on Wednesday, adding that he was self-isolating at a royal estate in Scotland. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has also been tested but does not have the virus. “In accordance with government and medical advice, the prince and the duchess are now self-isolating at home in Scotland,” read a statement. “The tests were carried out…