The Director-General of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known at the daily media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja.
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Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has ordered a one-month working suspension of the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Samuel Okoronkwo, over alleged boundary security compromise and negligence.
The All Progressives Congress in Ebonyi State has applauded the Supreme Court for upturning the lower court judgment that sentenced Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to 12 years in prison on corruption allegation.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Friday announced the sixth and seventh cases of Coronavirus in the state.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State blew hot on Wednesday over the recent crises in Afikpo South Local government Area, challenging the Police and other security agencies in the State to wake up and bring it to an end.
A 25-year-old returnee from Lagos State has tested positive to the Coronavirus Disease in Ebonyi State, bringing the number of confirmed infections in the State to three.
The parallel leaderships of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Ebonyi State have united in calling on Governor David Umahi to boost workers welfare in the State against the hardship imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ebonyi State Police Command says it has arrested a youth gang for allegedly killing a Police Officer attached to a Chinese mining company in the state.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has directed civil servants on salary grade levels 1 to 10 in the state to resume work on May 4.
As a means of complementing government efforts at mitigating hunger occasioned by the current Coronavirus pandemic in Ebonyi State, a humanitarian group, De Norsemen Kclub International, has donated over 100 bags of 5kg rice, 100 cartons of Indomie, among others to Onicha Local Government area.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has apologized to journalists in the State over his recent ban of two of their members: Vanguard and Sun Newspapers’ correspondents.
The Ebonyi State Government has lifted the dusk to dawn curfew imposed on the State as a measure against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ebonyi State Government said a 300-bed capacity Coronavirus and other infectious diseases treatment Centre located inside the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (AE-FUTHA 2) has reached 95 per cent completion.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi on Thursday disowned the audio and video recordings in the social media where he banned two newsmen for life for publishing false reports.
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to ensure the safety of journalists in Ebonyi State.
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora has decried the ban of two journalists for life by Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State from covering the state government activities.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has condemned “the blatant intimidation, harassment and attacks on journalists and media houses by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, and the illegal banning of the Correspondent of The Sun newspaper, Chijioke Agwu, and the Vanguard Newspaper, Peter Okutu, from entering Government house and Government facilities in the State for life.”
The Ebonyi State Government has warned that any Ebonyi indigene who is caught breaking the strict border restrictions into the State would be subjected to at least four days quarantine and manual labour.
The Ebonyi State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has called on State Government to give more attention to the welfare of its members, especially with the present challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Saturday imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in all parts of the state as part of efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.