archiveMay 15, 2020

The Police in Lagos on Friday docked one Sulaiman Maiyegun, a.k.a Afobaje, before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating his wife and boasting about it on his Facebook page. Maiyegun pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of assault occasioning harm and offensive publication. The Prosecutor, SP. Shinaolu Adeoye,...

Oyo Deputy Governor, Mr Rauf Olaniyan, on Friday, led the state delegation on a condolence visit to the family of Kehinde Ayoola, the State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, who died on Thursday morning. Condoling with the wife of the deceased, Prof. Olukemi Ayoola, the deputy governor described the...

The Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance (CACOBAG) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intensify efforts to secure the release of the abducted Chibok girl, Leah Sharibu, and others still in captivity. CACOBAG chairman Toyin Raheem, in a statement in Lagos on Friday, said that Sharibu’s freedom would be a...

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Centre for Change, has advised the Federal Government to step up the daily test of people for COVID-19 pandemic. Okei-Odumakin, in a statement on Friday in Lagos, said that government needs to act fast in order to curb the spread of Coronavirus disease. The rights activist...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to look towards agriculture as he aims to rebound the Nigerian economy, which has largely been affected by the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. Shuiab Mubarak, an agricultural investor, said, “The coronavirus outbreak has made farming and other agro sectors grow more than ever before...

  AS four states in the North – Borno, Gombe, Adamawa and Zamfara – on Thursday reopened mosques and churches in their respective states. It was a major easing of the lockdown imposed to curb Coronavirus spread. The Federal Government frowned at the situation having not been consulted as expected,...

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has tasked President Mohammadu Buhari to intervene in the continued obstruction of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) from carrying out its mandate by the governments of Kogi and Cross River States. This impedance according to the association is despite the lofty provisions in...

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has described Almajiris as the breeding ground for Coronavirus because of their vulnerability as a result of lack of hygiene, lack of shelter and lack of proper sanitation. Ganduje stated this on Thursday at the opening of training for a special Rapid Response Team...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 193 new cases of the coronavirus, thus bringing the total number of infections in the country to 5,162. The NCDC also confirmed three new deaths, bringing the total death toll in the country to 167. The agency added that 193...