Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, the chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, has revealed that he never saw the test result after the NCDC told him that he was positive for COVID-19. Dokpesi and his father were discharged from the Gwagwalada isolation center a few days ago after being kept there since testing positive for the virus. Taking…
There was pandemonium at the Olujoda area of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital on Thursday night when the corpse of a 7-year -old girl, Olagoke Morire, was found dead inside a vehicle owned by a co-tenant. The Nation gathered that Morire and his twin sister, Olagoke Mokore were with their cousin in their apartment before they…
Subscribers under the aegis of the Association of Telephone, Cable TV, and Internet Subscribers have rejected the proposed hike in a monthly subscription to Pay TV during the coronavirus pandemic. The group, in a letter to MultiChoice, expressed their displeasure at the plan to increase monthly DStv/GOtv tariff in Nigeria starting from June 1. The…
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has faulted those demanding that the President, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), addresses Nigerians on the COVID-19 pandemic. Adesina said this in an article titled, ‘If you can’t take blows brother, don’t throw blows’, which was posted on his Facebook page. He said if it…
The extremist Islamic State (IS) militants on Friday shot dead six family members in an attack on their house in Salahudin province north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, a provincial police source said. The attack took place in the early hours of the day when IS militants broke into a house in Jillam area near…
The Kaduna state government has announced that 35 Almajiri who tested positive for Coronavirus, have been discharged after recovering from the disease. In a tweet shared on the state government’s official Twitter handle, it was gathered that the kids were discharged after their successful treatment at an Isolation facility in the state. They also tested…
Chinese-born Researcher Arrested in the US for Spying, Stealing American Scientific Advances A Chinese-born former employee of the Cleveland Clinic was arrested on fraud charges related to $3.6 million in federal grants, the FBI said on Thursday, the latest move in a US crackdown on alleged attempts by China to steal American scientific advances. The…
A Ghanaian dad has been arrested by the police for battering his three-year-old son, Junior, for bedwetting and being stubborn. 26-year-old Ebenezer Nana Bonsu, disfigured the body of his son using a cane and a naked wire. According to Ghanaian media, Ebenezer and his son’s mum live apart. The boy lived with his mum until April when…
Qatar’s interior ministry announced on Thursday that wearing masks will be mandatory for everyone going outside starting on Sunday, and those who do not comply will be fined up to 200,000 riyals ($53,000). Violators could also be jailed up to three years, or fined, according to a statement on the ministry’s Twitter account. The statement…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the challenges thrown up by COVID-19, has given Nigeria a chance to reset critical sectors of its economy. Osinbajo stated this while speaking on Thursday during a virtual media conference. During the conference, Global Citizen announced a collaboration with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to establish the Nigeria…