Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have kidnapped the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Folorunso Olabode, an unknown woman and shot dead a councilor in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of the Area. The incident happened along Iludun – Isan Ekiti road a few hours ago. The councilor, Tunji Omotoso, who is the Leader of…
Two patients – Abbas Kaka Hassan (a 24-year-old male) and Hauwa Mohammed (42-year-old female) are on the run after testing positive to COVID-19 at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in Borno State. The male is of Layin Tanki in Gwange 11 while the woman lives in Shuwari ward. While briefing journalists, the Commissioner of…
After about five weeks of a break as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the House of Representatives is set to resume plenary on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered the leadership of the House decided to resume to consider the review of the 2020 budget as requested by the President and other emergency requests. It was…
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The Akwa Ibom State epidemiologist, Aniekeme Uwah, has been sacked by the state government under controversial circumstances. An epidemiologist is a medical professional whose focus is mainly on the study and containment of disease outbreak, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, within a population. Mr. Uwah, a former chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Akwa Ibom State…
Sudanese Model, Nyakim Gatwech is the latest on the Guinness Book of Records. Gatwech is known for her naturally dark skin color and has been nicknamed the Queen of the Dark. Gatwech has faced self-esteem issues and comments from people who promote bleaching to lighten skin color, but learned to embrace her beauty and pigmentation…
Mobile Court sitting at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has convicted five clerics, among them three Imams and two Pastors for violating the presidential sit at home order. They were convicted by Presiding Magistrate Idayat Akonni who sentenced them to one-month imprisonment with an option of fine of N5, 000…
The Osun State Government on Sunday said two persons infected with Coronavirus have died. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola disclosed this to journalists in Osogbo, the state capital. He said: “We are sad to announce the death of two confirmed cases; one in Ede and the other in Ile-Ife.” More details later.
A coalition of Nigerian legal practitioners has dragged the People’s Republic of China to court over the effects of the Coronavirus outbreak on the West African giant. The lawyers are demanding $200 billion as damages for the “loss of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social disorientation, mental torture and disruption of the normal daily existence…
A professor of mass communication at the Bayero University, Kano, Balarabe Maikaba, died on Sunday. He died in Kano but details of his death were sketchy as of the time of filing this report. According to a family source, funeral prayer will be held for the deceased at 4 pm at his family house, near…
The inter-state lockdown decision taken by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) is a “done deal”. A Chief Press Secretary to a state governor confirmed this to Daily Post on Sunday. He explained that the chief executives made their position known to enable the federal government to put in place necessary arrangements for compliance. “The governors’…