World Health Organization (WHO) Director, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus has been accused of covering death toll in China. This has led to a call for Tedros to resign after theories came up about the false death toll in China. China reported 81,000 cases with 3300 deaths compared to the US’ death toll now over 10,000 and…
Five persons were allegedly killed during a clash between youths and police officers enforcing the stay-at-home order due to the Coronavirus pandemic in Kaduna state. The clash reportedly took place at Trikania in Sabogeri Nasarawa under Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday, April 6. According to GIOTV, traders converged at a temporary market located at…
The Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has ordered seizure of vehicles whose passengers refuse to wear nose masks and defaulters are to pay N300,000 fine. This followed the low compliance level with the no mask, no movement order in the state. The governor in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and…
The United States began on Monday its hardest week of coronavirus crisis, reaching over 10,000 in deaths caused by the virus. Both the Johns Hopkins University tracker and worldometers.info showed the world’s biggest economy hitting the new level. With 756 new deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the U.S. now has 10,372 deaths, third…
The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 10 and Monday, 13, as public holidays to mark the 2020 Easter Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, through a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, on Monday, in Abuja. Aregbesola urged…
Following nine months of intensive investigation, the alleged killers of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti have been reportedly apprehended. The National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin disclosed this on Monday. According to Odumakin in a statement issued, he said that the arrest was effected by men…
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has disclosed what he did in isolation in order to become negative of the coronavirus. The governor had announced that he was positive of the disease and went into isolation. He got all-clear and announced he had become negative on Sunday night. But speaking on phone with Fresh FM, a…
Aisha Yusufu, co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls campaign group, has again blasted President Muhammadu Buhari, describing the 77-year-old Nigerian leader as a ”waste.” Mrs. Yusufu was reacting to the news of Chadian President, Idriss Deby leading the country’s troops against the Boko Haram terrorists and rescuing some Nigerian soldiers. Recall that Chadian troops at the weekend…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has rejected the decision of the federal government to invite doctors from China to assist in the fight against COVID-19 in the country. The association conveyed its opposition to the bid in a press statement issued on Sunday and signed by Francis Faduyile, its president. Osagie Ehanire, minister of health,…
Anti-corruption advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has called on the Federal Government to use electronic transfer for the payment of N5,000 to the poor people, rather than making physical payment. The group said transferring the N5,000 electronically would be more cost-effective than the distribution of cash. It also demanded that the Federal Government…