COVID-19: Insurance industry provides N11bn life cover to health workers In a rare support for medical personnel who are in the forefront of the current battle against the rampaging coronavirus pandemic, the Nigerian Insurance Industry has provided to the Federal Government N11 billion life insurance cover to cater for the frontline health workers involved in the fight against COVID-19. To …

BREAKING: Lagos Records New COVID-19 Death Lagos State has recorded one new coronavirus fatality, bringing the total deaths in the state to 19, The PUNCH reports. The state Health Ministry disclosed this on Saturday via Twitter in its daily coronavirus update. It acknowledged the 80 new infections announced on Friday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control which brought …

By Steve Unegbu   The Abia State Chairman of All Progressive Congress and Chairman SouthEast Chairmen’s Forum of All Progressive Congress ,Hon.Chief Donatus Nwankpa has felicitated with Dr Anyim Nyerere Chinenye Anyim PhD ,as he celebrates his sixtieth birthday today ,while describing him as the Founding father of APC Abia state .       Hon .Nwankpa ,who made this …

Man Kills Neighbour For Not Allowing Him Watch Movies During Lockdown An occupant of Taiwo Street, Mafoluku, Oshodi area of Lagos, Taiwo Eluyemi, dispersed some neighbours who came to his apartment to watch movies on Wednesday in compliance with social distancing rule to curtail the spread of coronavirus. He never knew the action would cost him his life 24 hours …

Nneato Clan Celebrate CEO BOK Company Ltd Over Mouth-watery Palliatives The entire people of Nneato, in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia state, have unanimously poured encomiums on the the Arch. Diocesan Lay president of Aba and CEO, BOK Company Ltd, for his immense efforts towards alleviating their suffering when it looked like all hope was gone. The people of …

COVID-19 : ASOPADEC BEGINS FUMIGATION OF MARKETS AND OPEN PLACES WITH ORIE NTIGHA MARKET. The Abia State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ASOPADEC) in a bid to compliment the efforts of the State Government to prevent the spread of the deadly Corona Virus that is ravaging the world, yesterday, the 23rd day of April, 2020 commenced fumigation of public places. …

MY LAST CONTACT WITH ABBA KYARI He told us he would be back at his desk soon. I believed it. But now, it would never happen. Not tomorrow, not next week, not forever. Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, has gone the way of all flesh. Our last contact was on Friday, March 20, 2020.President Muhammadu Buhari …

Abia COVID-19 Update 1. As at 8am of Thursday, April 23, 2020, the State Rapid Response Team and medical protocol sub-committee of the inter-ministerial committee on COVID-19, in conjunction with the team from Federal Medical Center (FMC), Umuahia, have traced 209 contacts of the two index COVID-19 cases in Abia State. 2. This process which continued today covered mainly 3 …

The Chief of Staff to the Governor Dr. ACB Agbazuere has described as fraudulent and unacceptable the manner at which the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) exploit Abians and other consumers within its jurisdiction through humongous estimation. Dr. Agbazuere who was receiving on behalf of the state government sixty cartons of Hand Sanitizer from the Management of EEDC at government …

EBONYI STATE GOVERNMENT PRESS STATEMENT 22nd April 2020 “Report Accurately, Stop Causing Panic In Ebonyi With Fake News” – Governor Umahi to Journalists My attention has been drawn to the news and a purportedly doctored audio and video making the rounds on Social and Print Media alleging that the governor banned Chijioke Agwu and Peter Okutu of Daily Sun Newspapers …