Controversial Nigerian journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has disclosed that an announcement would soon be made by a prominent Nigerian politician who had tested positive for COVID-19. According to Kemi in a tweet on her Thursday morning, the politician will announce his Coronavirus test result and will apologise to many persons that he had contact with. She…
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have appointed President Muhammadu Buhari as the champion that will coordinate the COVID-19 response in the sub-region. The sub-regional heads held a virtual summit on Thursday. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, announced the appointment on Twitter. ECOWAS leaders at an extraordinary summit held by video conference…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says about 40 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Dr Ehanire disclosed this on Thursday during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He, therefore, appealed to medical workers in the frontline of the COVID-19 fight…
The Lebanese who advertised a Nigerian woman for sale on Facebook, Wael Jerro, has been arrested. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, stated this on her Twitter handle on Thursday. She noted that the suspect, who was arrested by the Lebanese government, would be prosecuted. “The Lebanese Government just announced the arrest of…
Emmanuel Agbale, Edo State’s Commissioner for Science and Technology who was kidnapped last week has regained his freedom. Publicity Secretary of Benin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Douglas Ogbankwa confirmed the development. He told The Nation; “Barr. Emmanuel Agbale has been released. I spoke with his wife, Mrs. Paula Agbale, who confirmed her husband’s release…
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says the state recorded its first COVID-19 death on Wednesday. Makinde made the death public on his Twitter handle at about 11:30 pm on Wednesday. He said that the deceased died at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, before his COVID-19 test result came out positive. “The COVID-19 confirmation…
The people of five communities in Ondo State who were allegedly attacked by some suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday appealed to the state government to rescue them from further attack by suspected armed herdsmen. The suspected herdsmen allegedly attacked the people of no fewer than five communities in the Akure North Local Government Area of…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government not to extend the lockdown order on COVID-19, warning that doing so might cause social unrest in the affected states and the Federal Capital Territory. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and dater April 14, 2020, which…
The Convener of pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerians has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to come out of hiding and lead from the front the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic that has claimed many lives and rendered many jobless. The convener in a press statement made available to newsmen, enjoined the president to show leadership in this…
Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has been accused on social media of dumping Christianity and embracing Islam because of money. This was after the actress shared a picture showing her dressed in an attire that made her look like a Muslim lady. “If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterfly”, she captioned the picture. Some…