BREAKING: Ikpeazu Relaxes Lockdown In Abia Churches, Keke to Begin Operation The Abia Government has relaxed the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 in the state, four weeks after it was announced. Newsmen reports that the lockdown was part of the measures taken by the government to check the spread of Coronavirus in the state. Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, who announced the easing …

Femi Adesina: The Person Who Leaked Buhari’s Draft Speech Has Been Caught Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, says the person who leaked the draft speech of the president hours to his last nationwide broadcast, has been caught. Buhari had addressed the nation on Monday, extending the lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun by …

  Man arrested for breaking kids’ bones with hammer in Imo state Police in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State have arrested a man who broke his two children’s bones and tortured them for their ‘mother’s sins.’ The man reportedly kept his children in chains, broke one of the children’s fingers with a hammer and poured salt in their …

*FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, UMUAHIA:* *COVID 19 RESPONSE UPDATE* As you are aware on the 20th of April, 2020 we reported two confirmed cases of COVID 19 in the state both of which were patients being treated in our facility for other co-morbid conditions. Since then both patients have been receiving treatment in our Isolation Ward for COVID 19 alongside other …

  Tragedy as a man known as Mr Dominic Onyekwelu, his heavily pregnant wife and their four children were found dead in their apartment yesterday in Enugu state. The news was shared on Facebook by the wife’s brother Emy Sol. He wrote : With tears in my eyes, I regret to announce the cruel demise of my elder sister chinasa …

  I’m Personally Not In Favour Of Drafting A Bill In The Middle Of A Crisis NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu. The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reacted to the proposed NCDC bill by the House of Representatives noting that he personally believes that the time of crisis is not the time to draft a bill. …

Coronavirus: Jubilation as Nigerian priests finally develop COVID-19 drug A supposed cure for the deadly coronavirus has been developed by a group of Nigerian Catholic priests The drugs is called Pax CVD Plus, and it is said to be solely for the treatment of coronavirus. The constituents of the drug are antiviral and immunodulatory agents which help to stimulate antibodies …

Many feared dead as 8  storey building collapses in Imo around Yaradua avenue drive Many people have been feared dead when the 8  storey-building under construction along Musa A’ dua Drive in Owerri Municipal Council Area of Imo State collapsed. Eyewitnesses some occupants were also trapped in the building, which collapsed at about 4pm on Thursday. Fire-fighters and passersby had …

24 states get N43.4bn World Bank grant for transparency The Federal Government on Wednesday said it had disbursed N43.41bn ($120.6m) to 24 states under the performance-based grant component of the World Bank-Assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability Programme-for-Results. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said this in a statement issued on Wednesday. The SFTAS …