News (Page 68)

By Ime Silas It was an outpouring of praises and blessings yesterday, Monday, when a Lagos-based lawyer, Edo Ukpong, handed over to his Ndiya Clan, Ikono local government area of Akwa Ibom state, a newly reconstructed Health Centre. The rehabilitated health centre has standard delivery wards, with good toilet facilities,Continue Reading

The Full Text of Broadcast by Governor Zulum Fellow Citizens, Last night, the National Centre for Disease Control confirmed an index case of Covid-19, otherwise known as corona virus, in our dear state which took the live of one of us. Until his unfortunate death, the late health worker dedicatedContinue Reading

The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, inaugurated 18 welfare package committees for the 2020 Ramadan fasting. Speaking at the occasion in Gusau, the state APC Chairman, Alhaji Lawal Liman, said that the committees comprised state, zonal and local government areas. He said that in eachContinue Reading

By Ime Silas Medical Doctors operating in Akwa Ibom state have been barred from official duties, including responding to emergencies of whatever magnitude, even in the face of the deadly Coronavirus of which 6 (six) cases have been reported in the state. Recall that following the spread of Covid-19 inContinue Reading

Geoffrey Onyeama April 19, 2020 – Tribute to Kyari: The Best Man I first met Abba Kyari in 1977 at Warwick University in England. I had gone there to do law as a second first degree. He had come to do a degree in sociology. I had a pending applicationContinue Reading

By Sanni Abdullahi, TheProfilenewspaper Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has relieved Engr. Mu’azu Magaji of his appointment as the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, with immediate effect. A statement signed by the Kano State Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba said Engr. Magaji was removed following his unguardedContinue Reading

*…A rejected 20-year old patient also died Edited by Ime Silas A medical doctor in Akwa Ibom state has stated that his late colleague, Dr. Dominic Essien, who, according to reports, had shown symptoms of Coronavirus before his death, may have died due to issues ranging from lack of adequateContinue Reading

BREAKING NEWS: CHIEF OF STAFF TO PRESIDENT, ABBA KYARI, PASSES ON The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment. But he died on Friday, April 17,Continue Reading

FINDINGS OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENCE OF DEAD FISHES ON BONNY WATERWAYS BRIEFUpon learning of the incidence of the dead fishes on the shores and waterways of Bonny Local Government Area, a volunteer team of Bonny indigenes took it upon themselves to go probe the reality, immediate and remoteContinue Reading