*COVID-19 Not Disease of the Cities, Rich, Nkanu East Council Warns Communities* The Nkanu East Local Government Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic, has dismissed what it termed misinformation that coronavirus was a disease for the rich and big cities. The Committee said the COVID-19 pandemic could infect anybody, insisting that the only way to stay free…
Enugu Govt condoles with late Health Commissioner’s Family The Enugu State Government has expressed its deepest condolences to the family of late Commissioner for Health, Prof. Anthony Ugochukwu. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh, the state government also condoled with the entire medical community and the people of Oji River…
Enugu Health Commissioner died of Chronic Kidney Disease, says family The family of the late Commissioner for Health, Enugu State, Prof. Anthony Ugochukwu, has formally announced his death. A statement signed on behalf of the family by Dr. Kingsley C. Ugochukwu, stated that the late Commissioner, whose sad event took place on the 3rdof April,…
Udi local government council is set to build an ultra modern truck park along the Ama breweries/Eke road, 9th mile Enugu in her bid to totally decongest the traffic bottlenecks associated with the area over the years. Dropping the hint during a meeting with some stakeholders at the local government Secretariat recently, the Chairman of…
Slug; Group wants police to prosecute ex-NAWOJ chairperson for alleged fraud A non-governmental organisation, Women for Women (WFW) has petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, Ahmad Abdurraham demanding the prosecution of former State Chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, Mrs Chieso Aninwagwa for alleged misappropriation of the organisation’s N5 million. The…
More clarifications have been put forth debunking the rumours alleging that the confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Enugu State were the minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and his Personal Assistant. A statement signed by the Media Aide to the minister, Sarah Sanda argued that the minister had been in Abuja and wondered how…
COVID-19: Enugu govt denies reports that Foreign Affairs Minister, PA are two ‘positive cases’ in the state. The Enugu State Ministry of Health has debunked reports trending on social media that the two cases in the state that tested positive for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Geoffrey Onyeama and his…
President Muhammad Buhari will this evening, March 29, 2020 at 7:00pm ,make a broadcast on issues surrounding COVID 19 pandemic as it affects the nation. Statement by the Special Adviser to the president on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina enjoined radio, television and other electronic outfits to hook on to the Nigerian Television Authority and…
The Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, has said that he tested positive for coronavirus. He made this known in a statement personally signed by him on Sunday morning. The statement read, “Unfortunately, my result returned positive on Saturday afternoon and I remain in isolation as I am not symptomatic. All…
*ENUGU STATE CONFIRMS TWO CASES OF CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19)* The Enugu State Ministry of Health confirms that two patients who presented on their own tested POSITIVE for Corona Virus( COVID-19) It is important to inform the public that the patients voluntarily contacted the Enugu State Ministry of Health on arrival from United Kingdom (UK) and…
