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At least 10 deaths have been recorded in Nigeria from the novel coronavirus which has spread to 19 states in the country. Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which made this known on Saturday, also said 13 new confirmed cases were recorded in the country. The new cases, the NCDC said, have brought the total […]
Continue ReadingPresident Idris Deby , right , arrives in Ndjamena after Boko Haram campaign By Abankula Chadian President Idriss Deby has announced the end of his country’s military operation against Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region. This followed the killing of more than 1,000 terrorists and devastation of their launching bases. The unprecedented eight-day campaign, […]
Continue ReadingJane Goodall: Offers a new perspective on coronavirus pandemic “Because as we destroy, let’s say the forest, the different species of animals in the forest are forced into a proximity and therefore diseases are being passed from one animal to another, and that second animal is then most likely to infect humans as it is […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has responded to US Senator, Charles Grassley’s allegation against its Acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu. In a letter dated April 1 and addressed to the Chief Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, Deborah Connor, Grassley stated that the Buhari-led administration has a high […]
Continue ReadingAnother Nigerian doctor, Edmond Adefolu Adedeji has died of Coronavirus in the United Kingdom (UK). The Nigerian doctor who worked at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon before his death, died on Thursday April 9, at the age of 62. Adedeji had only taken up a job as the locum registrar in the Emergency Department […]
Continue ReadingAn elder statesman and Pan-Yoruba social-political group, Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Friday, said Nigerians should pray for divine intervention to deliver the nation from the hands of President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent on his birthday, Chief Adebanjo who clocked 92 on Friday, April 10, said it is only […]
Continue ReadingThe World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Africa are now in excess of 11,900. According to the new report by the WHO, Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, has fewer cases when compared to less populated countries like South Africa, Algeria and Cameroon who continue to top the list of […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode said if former dictator, late Sani Abacha was the one in power at this time, many Chinese nationals in Nigeria would have been deported following the recent alleged maltreatment of some Nigerians in China. He said this in reaction to a video showing Chinese officials allegedly chasing Nigerians from their […]
Continue ReadingThe lawmaker who represented Oyo North senatorial district between 2003 and 2007, Robert Koleoso, is dead. Mr Koleoso, who hails from Saki area of Oyo, died on Thursday at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. The deceased is the elder brother to Michael Koleoso, former Secretary to Oyo State government during the administration of late […]
Continue ReadingIn the message he personally signed on Friday, Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari rejoiced with Christian brothers and sisters, as well as all Nigerians on the occasion of the celebration of this year’s Easter. He said it’s unfortunate that Christians will celebrate Easter in a subdued manner, away from the usual congregation in churches, because the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has summoned the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Zhou Pingjian over reports of maltreatment of Nigerians resident in China. Nigerians in China who had traveled there for business purposes a few days before the federal government announced a lockdown are accusing Chinese authorities of maltreatment, just as they said the Nigerian government did […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has released the names of Nigerians who died from Coronavirus complications abroad, as it mourns them. Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has put a list of Nigerians who have died from the virus in a video she shared on Twitter in their remembrance. She wrote: “May the […]
Continue ReadingHuman rights activist, Segun Awosanya a.k.a Segalink has slammed Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad after he defended the arrival of Chinese doctors in Nigeria to help in the fight against Coronavirus. This is coming after President Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital/New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi countered Segalink on his tweet which suggested that “the federal government imported chinese […]
Continue ReadingSouth African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended one of his top ministers for two months, including one unpaid, after she was photographed having lunch with a friend in violation of a national lockdown to contain the coronavirus. Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams was summoned to explain herself on Tuesday after Mduduzi Manana, […]
Continue ReadingA trio of suspected robbers, made up of one woman and three men, were allegedly caught robbing along Benin-Auchi road and they were beaten and disgraced. The alleged gang of robbers, also known as “one chance”, operate a taxi which they use in robbing unsuspecting passengers. They were caught after they robbed a woman and tried throwing […]
Continue ReadingThe Consul-General of Nigeria in Guangzhou, China, Mr Anozie Madaubuchi Cyril has confronted some Chinese officials days after a video of Nigerians being sent out of their apartments in the Asian country went viral on social media. Mr Cyril accused the Chinese officials of targeting Nigerians in the wake of Coronavirus which began in the country. The ambassador […]
Continue Reading35-year-old-man simply identified as Sunday had allegedly murdered the Onibedo of Ilotin, Ikole Ekiti, Chief Sola Fatunla in a farm in Ikole Ekiti, headquarters of Ikole local government area of the state after he accused him of snatching his wife. According to Leadership, Fatunla’s corpse was set ablaze by a gang, led by Sunday a […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has granted amnesty to no fewer than 2,600 inmates as part of measures to decongest prison facilities in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this at a press conference which held at the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Abuja today April 9. According to the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), on Wednesday said they have aligned with the federal government to provide a two-month rebate of free electricity to their customers nationwide. In a statement by the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy at the Association of Nigeiarian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Barrister Sunday Oduntan, said the decision was in recognition of […]
Continue ReadingFormer Lagos State governorship candidate, Babatunde Gbadamosi and his wife, Sade Gbadamosi; and singer Azeez Fasola aka Naira Marley, were charged before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba for attending a crowded birthday party in violation of the government’s social distancing directive to check the spread of coronavirus. They were scheduled for arraignment on […]
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