The Federal Government on Thursday said all isolation and treatment centres, which had been closed due to reduced patient load, as well as the workers, had been put on the alert for reopening. The government also warned that the country was on the verge of a second wave of the pandemic. The Minister of Health,…
The World Bank on Thursday projected that the number of poor Nigerians will increase from the current 90 million to about 100 million by 2022 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country’s economy. It stated that by 2022, about 11 million more Nigerians were expected to fall into poverty due to…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has raised an alarm over Nigeria’s debt which according to him is getting out of control. The Kaduna state Governor who spoke at a virtual event organised by World Bank Nigeria, stated that the domestic debt was getting to its debt ceiling as far as liquidity was concerned and there’s no need…
No fewer than 16 travellers have been killed by unknown gunmen on Wednesday along Abuja-Kaduna expressway on their way back to Kano from a business trip. GioTV learnt that the 16, from Dambatta local government, were conveyed in a private vehicle and met their untimely death on the Abuja-Kaduna high way. Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje…
#EndSARS protester, Okechukwu Nathaniel Obi-Enadhuze, who was shot dead in Lagos three hours after tweeting “Nigeria will not end me” on October 21, has been laid to rest. In the wake of the EndSARS protest and the shooting that took place at the Lekki tollgate, Oke, who has been described as one of the most…
A suspected female kidnapper was reportedly caught and beaten to a pulp by an angry mob in Nasarawa State. The incident reportedly happened three days ago in Laminga, Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. According to a report by a Facebook user, Ismail Samai, the woman identified as Lisa specializes in kidnapping children and…
One Williams Michael Ogwezi is also known as Dr. Williams has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for parading himself as a staff of the Commission to defraud his unsuspecting victims. The suspect accused of being a member of a syndicate that specializes in forging identity cards of the Commission as well…
Nigerian music star, Peter Okoye, also known as Mr. P, has opened up on the possibility of the P-Square band coming back together again. Mr. P in a lengthy post on Instagram said anyone nursing the hope that P-Square will unite again should better kill it and move on. He pointed out that nothing lasts…
Father Ejike Mbaka, one of the most popular Catholic priests in Nigeria, and some members of his church, are said to have assaulted a BBC team. According to BBC News, the Catholic priest assaulted the BBC crew and two others at his complex in Emene town in south-eastern Enugu State on Wednesday evening. BBC journalists…
Faisal, son of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been arrested. Recall that Faisal was declared wanted by the Federal High Court in Abuja after he jumped bail since June 24. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, confirmed to the court on Thursday that Faisal was apprehended…