In a bid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Government of Nigeria has received samples of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine. Alexey Shebarshin, Russia ambassador to Nigeria, delivered samples of the vaccine to Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, at his office in Abuja on Friday. Olujimi Oyetomi, director of media and public relations at the ministry,…
The police in Anambra state have arrested a clergyman identified as Uchenna Chukwuma, 21, for allegedly killing a 60-year-old native doctor, Oliver Chukwudi Ugwu, in Umusiome, Nkpor, on Thursday, September 3. Haruna Mohammad, the spokesperson of the state police command, said men of the Ogidi divisional police station were alerted immediately after the incident occurred….
Some unknown gunmen who struck on Thursday, September 3 at about 8:00 am around the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital in Ilorin, kidnapped the Sarkin Fulani of Ilorin, Usman Adamu Hardo. The Sarkin Fulani was reportedly on his way to the bank in his car with his son Babangida, when some gunmen barricaded their way in a…
A fake soldier has been shot dead by men of the Ogun State Police Command, during a robbery operation. Police said the fake soldier, who was described as an armed robbery suspect, was killed in the early hours of Friday, as he and his team engaged the police in a gun duel along Sagamu/Benin highway….
Two persons, including a 14-year- old boy, have reportedly died in a rival cult clash in Warri, Delta state. GIOTV gathered that the incident occurred at about 7 am, between Ope and Old Welfare Street, near Lower Erejuwa in the oil city on Thursday. According to sources, the late teenager who was struck on the…
The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday expressed his support for the hike in electricity tariff and fuel pump price. Abiodun made his position known on the increases that have attracted knocks from Nigerians in an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting he had with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari…
There is tension in the camp of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, over increasing protests from lawmakers, following recent actions taken by President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The fear, MBB gathered, is borne of claims that some of the lawmakers drawn from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were plotting…
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has said that Anambra International Cargo Airport, located at Umueri will be commissioned in April 2021. Governor Obiano made this disclosure on Thursday, while performing the official groundbreaking ceremony of Anambra Luxury Place Estate, a public, private partnership project between Anambra state government and Rotech Energy Services Limited in…
The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has made some far-reaching proposals that would bring an end to the attacks on Nigerian traders doing business in Ghana. During a ‘Legislative Diplomacy’ bilateral meeting with Ghanaian lawmakers and some top government officials as part of his ongoing visit to Ghana to resolve the…
Officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested four women for allegedly selling a newborn for N1,500,000. The women were paraded before newsmen on Thursday, September 3. According to NAPTIP officials, two of the women, Bernadette Ihezuo and Cecilia Onyema, are civil servants with the Federal Ministry of…