Covid-19
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Residents have expressed mixed reactions over the warning of Governor NYESOM WIKE to re-impose a fresh lockdown from January as the number of coronavirus cases surges in Rivers State. Recall that Governor WIKE said this during the Thanksgiving Church Service in celebration of the 90th birthday of PRISCILLA NWANEDIYE MARK, at Saint Martin’s Anglican Church, […]
The National Orientation Agency in Rivers state has disclosed that the second wave of COVID 19 is real. The state director of the agency, AYO YOUNG-TAMUNO who made this known during a press briefing at the agency headquarters in Port Harcourt, urging residents, citizens and cooperate organizations to observe all the protocols of COVID 19, […]
Federal Government workers on Grade Level (GL) 12 and below have been directed to stay at home for a period of five weeks. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation , Doctor FOLASADE YEMI-ESAN, issued the directive in a statement in Abuja. She asked the workers not to come to work from today, […]
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that Nigerians should expect to receive COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January 2021. He made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Minister stated that a technical working group in the Ministry of Health is working on which vaccine will best suit Nigeria.
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that 26 personnel tested positive for COVID-19 following the death of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division Port Harcourt, Major GeneralJOHNSON IREFIN. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General SAGIR MUSA, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. General MUSA disclosed that a total of […]
The Management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has refuted media reports that there had been rising cases of COVID-19 in its orientation camps, saying that no corps member had tested positive in any of the 37 orientation camps of the scheme across the country. Director, Press and Public Relations of the scheme, ADENIKE […]
A debate is raging over the exclusion of Rivers State (as the only State so excluded), from recipients of the 66.5 billion naira COVID-19 Responsive 2020 Budget Results Achievement Grant. This is a source of worry for two non-governmental organisation the Social Action and Rivers State Anti-Corruption Network, who described the move as an indication […]
Nursery and Primary schools are expected to reopen in Rivers State following a seven-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Education, Sir CHIDI ADIELE, had confirmed this last Monday in a statement on behalf of the Commissioner for Education, KANIYE EBEKU. In the meantime, the National Association of Private […]
The Presidency says residents of Rivers State and 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory have received the thirty thousand naira one-time grant for artisans, a component of the Survival Fund initiative. The presidency confirmed this in a post on its verified twitter page, noting that the other states which constitute the first set of […]
