Citizens must learn to respect constituted authority and obey their directives – Mrs Ruth Mandyau In what could best be described as the display of empathy and love to the needy, Wife of the Management Committee Chairman of Barkin Ladi LGC, Mrs. Ruth Mandyau today donated toilet soap, bar soap, detergents, sanitary pads, shaving sticks, […]

By Weng Samuel 16/4/2020 The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Ahmed Idris Wase has commenced the immediate distribution of food stuff and cash to low-income persons across the twenty wards of Wase Federal constituency. The move is part of measures to cushion the effects of the lockdown due to the ravaging Corona […]

‌ By Kayode Oyero The Nigerian Air Force has commenced the distribution of oxygen produced at its Liquid Oxygen Plant to coronavirus isolation centres in the country. NAF also said it has started sharing the oxygen at selected hospitals as part of response to end the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. “I’m glad to note that […]

ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 6th COVID-19 TELECONFERENCE MEETING OF THE NIGERIA GOVERNORS’ FORUM HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 22nd APRIL 2020 We, members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum , at our meeting held today deliberated on the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and resolved as follows: The Forum held a minute’s silence in honour of […]

The immediate financial relief for the States will include the acceleration of an existing programme to enable disbursement by the end of September. The World Bank has gotten a proposal of 1.5 billion dollars to states as an economic stimulus to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, said. […]

PRESS RELEASE Corona Virus: Nigerians Deserve Palliative Measures As the corona virus pandemic ravages the world, I applaud the various Nigerian state governments who have proactively taken measures, such as issuing stay at home orders, and shutting down non-essential markets and other places of mass gatherings, while also giving guidelines for social distancing. However, we […]

As Nigeria continue the battle to contain and prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-29, with 151 total cases recorded in the Country, the Plateau State Government reaffirmed that the State has not recorded any positive case so far. Secretary to the Government of the State, Prof. Danladi Abok Atu who doubles as the coordinating […]

PRESS STATEMENT NORTHERN GOVERNORS MEET, INSIST ON MORE COVID-19 TESTING CENTRES AND BAN ALMAJIRI SYSTEM. For the second time in one month, the Northern States Governors Forum has met to discuss the region’s response to the Corona Virus pandemic and evaluate some of the measures adopted by each State to deal with the situation. The […]

PRESS STATEMENT NORTHERN GOVERNORS MEET OVER COVID-19; PUSH FOR TESTING CENTRES AND COORDINATED RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC   The Northern States Governor’s Forum on Monday 13th April 2020 met to discuss issues relating to Covid-19 Pandemic and how it is affecting the region with a view to sharing experience and coming up with a coordinated […]

PRESS STATEMENT NORTHERN GOVERNORS MEET, RESOLVE TO PURCHASE COVID-19 MOBILE TEST VANS AND STRENGTHEN BORDER CLOSURES The Northern Governors Forum met on May 1st, 2020 to continue their discussions on tackling the Corona Virus Pandemic in the region. The meeting which again held via teleconferencing was presided over by Chairman of the Forum and Governor […]