GOVERNMENT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT We have observed with great dismay that despite the lockdown order, some markets in the State have carried on businesses as usual in total disregard to government directives. Leadership of markets across the State are by this announcement reminded that the State committee on enforcement of the lockdown order will move round markets henceforth. While the Ministry …

Government, in addition to the free distribution of essential medical and other palliative goods, will also take steps to intervene in the markets to ensure price stabilization and reduction in selling price of goods using her relevant Agencies. This is to ensure that those who are unable to get the free items do not buy them at astronomical costs. 18. …

Coronavirus hits CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo, CNN anchor and brother of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, has tested positive for the coronavirus and is quarantining in the basement of his New York home. “I have been exposed to people in recent days who have subsequently tested positive, and I had fever, chills, and shortness of breath,” Cuomo wrote in a …

Bro. Danny Jones, missionary to Thailand , has contacted the coronavirus and his condition has worsened to the point he has been hospitalized. His wife Rachel and three daughters have contacted the virus as well. The whole family is seriously sick. Please  they need your  prayers .

What you need to know about the lockdown in Abia State 1. All commercial vehicles including tricycles (Keke) are banned from moving within our state except those carrying food items. 2. Lockdown starts 12.01am on Wednesday, 1st April, 2020, and will last for an initial one week (7 days) before possible review. 3. No worship center will open within the …

Former Republic of the Congo president dies of coronavirus in Paris BRAZZAVILLE, March 31 (Xinhua) — Former President of the Republic of the Congo, Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, died of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Monday in Paris at the age of 81, reported the national TV channel Tele Congo on Monday night. According to the family, the Congolese politician died …

 BREAKING: Nigeria records second death from Coronavirus BREAKING: Nigeria Records Second Death From Coronavirus The Nigerian Government has confirmed the second death from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. This was announced by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Monday at a press briefing in Abuja, the nation’s capital. This is coming one week after the country …

PRESS RELEASE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: POLICE ALERT NIGERIANS ON EMERGING CRIME TRENDS – Reel-out security tips The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has enjoined members of the public to remain vigilant and take precautionary actions against criminal elements who might explore the emergency situation created by the Covid-19 pandemic to increase and diversify their criminal activities. The IGP’s …

ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment and curative measures in the event the disease …

ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment and curative measures in the event the disease …