BY GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has appealed for the support of the Nigerian Army in enforcing the ban on interstate travels in and out of the Territory. Malam Bello, who made the appeal in Abuja on Wednesday while...
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SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Governor of Yobe State, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has denied social media reports which allegedly claimed that about 155 people died of COVID-19 in the state. Reacting to the allegations in a release on Wednesday made available to newsmen in Damaturu, the Director General Press Affairs and...
British singer and songwriter, Adele Adkins popularly known as Adele, has continued to surprise fans with her weight loss achievements. The ‘Hello’ singer showed off her seven stone loss in a little black dress paired with black heels for an Instagram post to mark her 32nd birthday. The hit-maker...
*Obaigbena consoles family, unfolds relief package for widow, children THISDAY Newspapers has expressed grief for the loss of its Judiciary Correspondent, Mr Akinwale Akintunde, who was killed in a truck accident in Apapa, Lagos. In a report by the medium on Wednesday, Akintunde had died on Monday at the...
The world’s one billion people with disabilities are among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic in terms of fatalities, United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres said Wednesday. “The share of Covid-19-related deaths in care homes – where older people with disabilities are overrepresented – ranges from 19 per...
…Trails behind South Africa By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Nigeria is currently occupying the second position on the table African countries with the highest number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) confirmed cases and fatalities. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 148 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the...
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Nigeria’s decision to ‘unwind’ the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in the capital, Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States refers. As we strive to “balance the need to protect health while also preserving livelihoods”, can we safely say that the worst of the pandemic that has unleashed more...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state has pardoned 93 inmates serving various jail terms in Correctional Centres across the state, as part of measures to decongest the centres due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Kaka Shehu Lawan,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As Nigerians observe the 10th anniversary of the death of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, President Muhammadu Buhari has extolled the virtues of the leader, who served as Governor of Katsina State for eight years. President Buhari said: “Despite our political differences, President Yar’Adua...
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has said that the Federal Government expects the injection of about N2 trillion stimulus into the economy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the fall in oil prices. He spoke on Tuesday at a webinar...
Britain has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll from coronavirus in Europe with more than 32,000 deaths, figures released on Tuesday showed according to Reuters’ report. The high death toll could increase political pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who waited longer than other European leaders...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Following arraignment of a Lagos woman, Mrs Fortune Nwankwo on April 20th, 2020 at the Lagos magistrate court, Yaba for alleged murder by physically beating to death her housemaid, the Igede community in Lagos State has demanded for immediate arrest and prosecution of all other culprits...
At least 353 Nigerians including 161 security agents have been killed by Boko Haram terrorists, Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) and other violent groups across the country in the March 2020 alone, a new report has revealed. The report, released on Monday by NigeriaMourns, also revealed that in...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday reported 245 new cases of coronavirus infection, the highest figure in a single day. Nigeria now has a total of 2,802 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country. In the figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control,...