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Journalist with Anambra newspaper missing – NUJ

The  Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),  Anambra state chapter has announced it’s  member, Barrister Mathew Onwuasoanya , a reporter with the Anambra Newspapers and Printing Corporation (National Light Newspaper), miissing . Chairman of the Anambra State Council of the NUJ,  Comrade Emmanuel Ifesinachi in a statement on Wednesday,  17/6/2020, said that Mathew 49 years, tall, […]

Imo Assembly shut down as lawmaker test positive to COVID-19

By Jennifer John  Imo State House of Assembly will remain under lock and key for at least two weeks, to give room for total fumigation of the Assembly Complex, following the report that a lawmaker has contracted the coronavirus.  This was disclosed was by the Chairman of Imo State COVID-19 Taskforce, Prof. Maurice Iwu, during […]

“Journalists need palliatives, not immune to the impact of COVID-19”

A philanthropist and former governorship aspirant, Dr. Law Osondu has said that journalists everywhere should be supported through the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Osondu argued that because journalists report from the frontline does not in any make them immune to the social and economic impacts of the pandemic.  He therefore urged government and stakeholders […]

“Nigerians on COVID-19 lock-down in conflict-areas, need urgent help”

By Kelechi Onyemaobi Help and funding are needed urgently for millions of people in Nigeria who have been hit severely by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, including conflict-hit communities “on life-support” in the north-east, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. More than $182 million is needed to sustain lifesaving aid to Africa’s most populous country […]

FMC shuts down Pathology Department over COVID-19 spread

Staff of the Pathology Department of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri may have deserted their department following the recent contracting of the COVID-19 by one of their staff. Our correspondent gathered that the management of the Centre directed the shut down of the department to forestall further spread of the virus. The new COVID-19 […]