According to her, hunger could be an even bigger threat to life than the virus. Mrs Obaseki said this while handing over some relief materials from the state government to representatives of various groups in Benin City, the state capital. She urged them to resist any temptation to be greedy and hoard the items for…
Governor Kayode Fayemi gave the order according to a statement issued on Monday by the Secretary to the State Government, Biodun Oyebanji. The governor however noted that the renewed lockdown will only be relaxed on Thursdays to enable people restock their houses between the hours of six in the morning and two in the afternoon….
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Shina Olukolu, confirmed the incident and the death on Sunday. Olukolu who was on an inspection visit to the affected areas within Ibadan identified the victim as one Moshood Ekugbemi. He explained that Ekugbemi died of multiple machete wounds he sustained from rival gang members during the…
According to a statement by its Commissioner, Paulinus Nsirim, the Rivers State Government said the case in point is the promotion and sponsorship of a misleading narrative on the arrest of two pilots and 10 passengers of Caverton Helicopters by the Ministry of Aviation. The Rivers Govt said that this is “an unnecessary” media campaign…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stated this on Sunday in his message to Christians on the celebration of Easter. Atiku in a series of tweets stated that he has strong faith in God that the nation in togetherness will bid farewell to COVID-19. He also urged Nigerians to learn the relevant…
The officials arrested by the State Police Command are the overseer of Lafia North development Area, Suleiman Agyo and the Acting Registrar of Isa Mustapha Agwai (formerly Nasarawa Polytechnic) in Lafia, Mukhtar Wakeel. Agyo’s arrest follows the wedding he had earlier which went viral. He married a second wife at Lungun Wambai area of Lafia,…
Channels Television observed that all churches are under lock and key on Easter Sunday with nothing in the streets suggesting any form of celebration. Even the food markets earlier allowed were not spared today as the security personnel set some foodstuffs on fire after repeated attempts to chase the sellers away. Some operatives of the…
Nigeria Records 13 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Now 318 13 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta & 1 in Kano As at 9:30pm 11th April there are 318 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 70 have been discharged with 10 deaths There are 19 states…
As a fall out of the fire incident that recently gutted the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, the Federal Government has denied news making the rounds that it lost the sum of N700 billion COVID-19 relief funds to the incident. This information was contained in a Twitter post from the official handle of the Federal…
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, announced this at a media briefing on Tuesday at the Government House in Katsina. He disclosed that the doctor died three days ago (Saturday last week) in Daura after returning from Lagos State. According to Governor Masari, Yakubu had been hospitalised at the Nigerian Air Force Reference Hospital for…
