By: Chid Joe Elueme No fewer than 2,310 persons were arrested and 2,092 vehicles impounded for breaching the lockdown order in Lagos, the police command said on Sunday. It said 125 of those arrested were warned and released because they were underage; some were asked to write undertakings to be …
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BRAKING: 245 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria as total hits 2802
By: Chidi Joe Elueme The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Monday night confirmed 245 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The centre said in its daily update on the pandemic situation in Nigeria via its Twitter handle that the latest discoveries had increased the total number of confirmed cases …
Read More »COVID-19: Delta threatens face mask defaulters with quarantine
Delta State Government has warned that anyone seen in public without face mask would be taken to any of the Isolation Centres in the state. Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu disclosed this in Asaba on Monday and said that the measure was part of the resolutions …
Read More »Govt Should Look Outside Total Lockdown For Solution To Coronavirus – Elofu-Dike
Chief Ambrose Elofu-Dike,The Chairman of Umudike Farms Limited and Hotel De Espana,speaking to Grassroots Publishers crew yesterday said that government should look for solution to coronavirus and ensure how people would get back to work and not see total lockdown as solution to coronavirus. Elofu-Dike said: “I must say that …
Read More »Please Don’t Drink Or Inject Our Cleaning products As Suggested by Trump. – Lysol & Detol Maker
Reckitt Benckiser, the company that makes Lysol and Dettol is urging customers not to consume its cleaning products after President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of injecting disinfectants to protect people from coronavirus. The British company, warned Friday that human consumption of disinfectant products is dangerous. It issued the statement …
Read More »COVID-19: Elofu-Dike Commends Senator Nwaoboshi’s Distribution of Palliatives through Grassroots
It was celebration galore in the entire Delta North as Senator Peter Nwaoboshi distribute foodstuffs to the residents of the Nine local Government Areas that make up the Anioma nation (Delta North) of Delta State. Senator Peter Nwaoboshi setup a proactive COVID-19 Palliative Committee as a grassroots Politican to make …
Read More »Blood Flows in Anambra as Ebonyi man on the run after killing 25-year-old
People of Eziama village, Amanuke in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra state have been thrown into mourning following alleged murdering of a 25-year old man, Uchenna Nwankwor. The deceased was reportedly hacked to death by a middle-aged man from Ebonyi state, who is currently at large. When our …
Read More »Obiano Relaxes Lockdown In Anambra, Asks Churches To Resume Activities
The Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, has relaxed the lockdown on the state and has asked churches to commence full activities, The PUNCH reports. The governor stated this in a broadcast to the people of the state on Saturday evening. Before the Saturday broadcast, church activities had been restricted for 14 days as …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccine: Swiss scientist conducts successful tests; mulls mass immunisation
Mass immunisation with a newly developed vaccine against the coronavirus disease could start in Switzerland in October, according to immunologist Martin Bachmann. The national regulatory body Swissmedic confirmed that it was in talks with scientists including Bachmann, who works at the Bern University Hospital. “The time schedule is extremely optimistic, …
Read More »COVID – 19: Two new Cases In Delta, 140 Contacts Under Watch
The Delta State Government has announced that the state has recorded two new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Asaba. He said that the new cases has brought the total confirmed cases in the state to six, …
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