The All Progressives Congress and the Nigerian Customs Services, Oyo/Osun Area Command, on Saturday described as untrue claims by the Oyo State Government that the 1,800 bags of rice distributed to the state as a palliative by the Federal Government were infested with weevils and not good for human consumption. They said the bags of…
The Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, has relaxed the lockdown on the state and has asked churches to commence full activities. The governor stated this in a broadcast to the people of the state on Saturday evening. Before the Saturday broadcast, church activities had been restricted for 14 days as one of the measures to…
Three Islamic clerics will face the full wrath of the law for defying lockdown orders of Borno State government The three clerics allegedly held Friday prayers after congregational worship was banned to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in the state. It is not clear what will be the specific penalty for thee clerics but…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has said that the government will be left with a singular option of mass burial, if mortuaries in the state are not decongested within the next two weeks. He spoke at a press briefing on Saturday, while giving updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. According to him, residents…
General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleiman has appealed to the federal government to permit faith healers to go to isolation centers all over the country to pray for the sick and those who are bound by a coronavirus. He said in an online broadcast that the embarrassment on the church is becoming…
Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it will take a while before Nigerians can go back to their normal lives. Speaking at the presidential task force briefing on COVID-19 on Friday, Ihekweazu said he knows that the journey has been challenging for Nigerians, adding that the sacrifices made are…
The Lagos State Government has confirmed the death of one COVID-19 patient in the State. The government made this known while confirming that the state recorded 80 new cases of the virus on Friday The State Ministry of Health on its Twitter page said the development brings the number of death recorded in the State…
No Cure For COVID-19, But You Can Recover By Saturday, the latest figures for Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria are up: 1,095 confirmed, 32 dead and 208 discharged. The last part is proving to be some contradiction for many people: how do you say 208 have recovered and been discharged from hospital for a disease that…
Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of “human rights advances” made by the king and his powerful son. Court-ordered floggings in Saudi Arabia — sometimes extending to hundreds of lashes — have long drawn condemnation from human rights groups. But they say the…
A man has left a really touching note for his wife and kids before he sadly died of coronavirus. A young father who died of coronavirus Wednesday left a heartbreaking letter for his wife and two children in which he told them they had given him the ‘best life I could have ever asked for’….