Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede, has illegally diverted N23m given to the agency for officers as palliative during the COVID-19 outbreak. SaharaReporters gathered that the fund, which was received by the agency, was about to be disbursed to all officers when Babandede diverted the funds. He subsequently oversaw the disbursement of…
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed on Sunday confirmed the death of 150 people in Azare, headquarters of Katagum Local Government, in the last 30 days. He said they died of hypertension and other related diseases. Although he said the deaths were not linked to Coronavirus, he explained that Azare recorded 27 positive cases out of…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has announced the temporary lifting of the total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas for two days only, with effect from Tuesday 12th May 2020. Governor Wike made the announcement in a State-Wide broadcast last night. He said that the total lockdown will be lifted on Tuesday…
Ondo State has recorded its first death of COVID-19, Daily Sun has learnt. According to a reliable source, the death was recorded on Monday morning at the isolation centre in Akure, the state capital. “The patient who has been in the isolation centre for some time died despite the treatment given to him,” the source said. Ondo…
The owner of Prudent Hotel demolished by the Rivers State Government, Promise Gogorodari, has denied violating any law to warrant the demolition of his structure. Gogorodari told our correspondent in a telephone interview that he built the hotel to take people off the streets. He said the state government should have carried out proper investigation…
PRESIDENT Trump at the weekend broke with health experts, telling reporters that the coronavirus will “go away without a vaccine.” “This is going to go away without a vaccine, it’s gonna go away, and we’re not going to see it again, hopefully, after a period of time,” Trump said at the White House. “You may…
Tension mounts in two communities in Anambra State following the alleged burning of six houses in renewed hostilities. The houses were razed on Saturday night in Allah-Onugwa in Olumbanasa, Anambra West Local Government Area of State. Allah-Onugwa and Odekpe have been at daggers drawn over land. The latest skirmish came less than three weeks after…
Lagos has discharged 21 more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centers to reunite with the society after testing negative twice consecutively. The Incident Commander and Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this in a statement he signed. According to him, the discharged patients, who are all Nigerians, were made up of 17 males and…
Former Minister of Health, Dr. Haliru Alhassan is dead at the age of 66. The late Minister said to be the childhood friend of Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, who was diabetic before his death. Daily Trust reported that Alhassan who served as the Minister of Health under the administration of Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, died around 12…
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Star Shawarma, a pastry outfit in Makurdi, Benue State, Ms. Mnena Ato, has narrated how she was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an N1,600 transaction. Ato said she was arrested alongside her accountant and sales boy, adding that after they were released, the anti-graft…