A warrant for the release of former Director Finance and Account at the Abia Government House, Ude Udeogu, who was convicted alongside former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, has been issued. The Supreme Court issued the warrant for the release of Udeogu from Kuje prison, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It was learned he may…
A 113-year-old woman, believed to be the oldest person living in Spain, has beaten the coronavirus at a retirement home where several other residents died from the disease, the residence said Tuesday. Maria Branyas, who was born in the US, became infected in April at the Santa Maria del Tura care home in the eastern…
A 22-year-old lady, Adisa Funmilola, has drowned her baby because she prevented her from going to the university to study law. According to Vanguard, she drowned the one-year and six months old baby inside a bucket of water in her apartment at Plot 22, Gowon Estate, Lagos, on Monday, and then reported herself to the…
In a bid to find a cure for the COVID-19 ravaging the globe, the World Health Organisation (WHO), on Tuesday, said it met with 70 traditional medicine experts. This was made known on WHO Afro Region official Twitter handle, @WHOAFRO. WHO further disclosed an agreement was reached with the herbal medicine experts on clinical trials…
The Federal Government has said the COVID Organics touted by Madagascar and expected in the country would be subjected to “stringent” evaluation and regulatory processes before it could be dispensed to coronavirus patients. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, stated this during the briefing in Abuja on Tuesday….
Below are pictures showing a man and his wife whom he battered after she allegedly questioned him for talking to another woman. The man took to social media with a post in which he claims he’s waiting for the police to come and arrest him over what he did to his wife. His action has…
The Kaduna State Government has announced that 12 persons who tested positive for Coronavirus in the state have been discharged after recovering from the disease. Among the discharged patients are 11 Almajiris. This brings the total number of Coronavirus patients discharged in Kaduna state to 27. Governor Nasir El-Rufai tweeted; KADUNA UPDATE: 12 Covid-19 patients…
At least 471 deaths have been recorded across five local government areas in Yobe State within the last three weeks. The state task force on COVID-19 made the revelation on Tuesday. The Yobe State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Muhammad Lawan Gana, who is also the vice-chairman of the state COVID-19 Committee on Prevention and Control,…
A 27-year-old man has been crushed to death by a vehicle conveying two policemen in the Eziorsu community in the Oguta council of Imo State. The policemen were said to be hurriedly getting away from the scene of a breached pipeline when their vehicle ran over the deceased identified as Chinedu Nwedu. The incident happened last…
By reducing the ex-depot price of petrol without announcing a new price band for the commodity at filling stations, the Federal Government through its agencies is trying to set marketers against the buying public, oil dealers have said. Last week, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of petrol from…