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As Covid-19 cases in Plateau State rise to 17, with one discharged, State Governor, Simon Lalong is asking citizens of the State not to panic, but to continue to strictly adhere to regulations put in place to contain the disease and curtail community spread. Governor Lalong while responding to the rise in the number of cases said the development calls …

Britain’s coronavirus lockdown will stay in place until at least June 1, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday, as he unveiled cautious plans to lift restrictions imposed seven weeks ago. “This is not the time simply to end the lockdown this week,” he said in a televised address but added that some primary school children could return and shops …

As part of efforts to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Edo State Government, said it has ramped up ongoing screening and testing exercise across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The exercise, it said has resulted in the screening of over 104,186 persons, testing about 704 residents and contact tracing over 689 others who have had various degrees of …

…Says “the political battle ground is here in Edo south, with the district still favoured to produce the PDP candidate.” A leader of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo South senatorial district, Owere Dickson Imasogie, has reiterated the potent readiness of the party to effectively slug it out with the ruling and “crises-ridden” All Progressives Congress, APC, in the …

Despite the disruption to human activities and lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday said it was ready for the electioneering process for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States scheduled for September and October. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, who disclosed is a telephone interview with …

BOSTON — Many woke up Saturday in Massachusetts to swirling snowflakes, a dusting on their back porches and unseasonably cold temperatures — less reminiscent of a Mother’s Day weekend and more akin to a March weekend, thanks to a polar vortex. In Worcester, the temperature plummeted to 30 degrees, making the previous weekend’s mostly warm and sunny weather a distant …

Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, has said the state was making steady progress in the management of coronavirus (COVID-19), noting that all active cases of COVID-19 were being managed at different isolations centres across the state and are responding well to treatment. Okundia told journalists in Benin on Thursday that Edo has discharged ten persons who tested …

Edo-born eminent business mogul, Captain Hosa Okunbo has dissociated himself from the pre-primary meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held in Benin city, the state capital, last week, according to a statement he released, first published by the Nation on Saturday. He said the rumours that he and other APC leaders were teaming up to endorse Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu …

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has validated a new Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing centre at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH). Official said this was a result of efforts by Edo State Government to boost the state’s capacity to test for coronavirus (COVID-19) and achieve its target of testing 1,000 residents daily. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, …

Edo State Government has ordered the immediate shutdown of Lagos Street, an epicentre of trade and commerce in Benin City metropolis, to check the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. In a statement on Friday, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said the decision to shut down trading activities on Lagos Street, …