Four out of the 11 travelers from Sokoto State en route Akure who were intercepted by the Oyo State Police at the weekend have tested positive to COVID-19. The state’s incident manager, Dr. Taiwo Ladipo disclosed this on Tuesday. According to him, the four confirmed cases are currently being isolated at the Infectious Diseases Centre,…
Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicenter of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners. Senior school students in 121 institutions were back in front of chalkboards and digital displays for the first time since their city — the ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic…
The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar, was on Tuesday night hospitalized at the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Kastina State. The Nation gathered from a reliable source he was rushed unconscious to the hospital after suffering from high blood pressure. His words: “It’s true the Emir of Daura…
Umar Audi, the lawmaker representing Bayo constituency at the Borno state house of assembly is dead. The Cable reported that the deceased was initially rejected at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital on Tuesday evening as the health workers insisted that there was no bed space. Audi, however, died shortly after his family members prevailed upon the hospital authorities….
Controversial Nigerian journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has earned an account ban on Facebook after she stirred up controversies yesterday while alleging that Igbo girls are least educated in Nigeria. Recall that yesterday, GistReel reliably gathered and reported that Nigerian Journalist, Kemi Olunloye tweeted that Igbo girls are least educated in the country and have housegirls and…
Controversial Nigerian journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has earned an account ban on Facebook after she stirred up controversies yesterday while alleging that Igbo girls are least educated in Nigeria. Recall that yesterday, GistReel reliably gathered and reported that Nigerian Journalist, Kemi Olunloye tweeted that Igbo girls are least educated in the country and have housegirls and…
A 72-year-old man, Lawal Izala has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by a Katsina Court for insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari. We reported earlier that Lawal Izala and two others were arrested by the Katsina State police command for the offense. Spokesperson of the command, SP Isah Gambo,…
Adesina says Buhari cannot be led around by Nigerians just because they voted for him. President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aide, Femi Adesina, says Nigerians cannot impose their wishes on how the president should act. While speaking during an interview on Nigeria Info FM on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Adesina defended Buhari’s distant style of direct…
Coronavirus patients at the isolation centre in Kwadon, Gombe State on Tuesday protested what they referred to as their abandonment by the state government. One of our correspondents observed that the protesters who blocked the federal road leading to the Dadinkowa-Biu Expressway demanded the transfer of a female patient in the centre because of the…
Tukur Buratai, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, on Tuesday, lost his mother, Kakah Hajja. A family source told Naijaloaded that the late Hajja died after a brief illness at her home in Maiduguri, Borno State. “Yes I can confirm to you that she’s dead. “She passed away this evening and will be buried tomorrow morning…