There was mild drama today in Sapele, Delta State as some aggrieved women staged a protest over the extension of the lockdown in the state. The state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday April 14th, extended the lockdown in the state in an effort to contain the spread of the virus with the state already having…
National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has urged the Federal Government to make cash payments to households through Bank Verification Numbers to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerians. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, gave the advice in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. He said payments could be…
With a total of 133,227 beneficiaries, Katsina State is the highest recipient of the Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer programme. Lagos, Delta and Borno states had zero beneficiaries, according to an infographic published by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting on states captured in the CCT scheme and their respective number of beneficiaries as of…
Residents of Daura town have declared the current lockdown in the town and in the Daura Local Government Area have made them hungrier as they could not raise money to purchase foodstuffs. A resident, Barrister Ado Lalu said, “Many of us were unprepared for the lockdown. There is no money to stockpile food items at…
Five more COVID19 patients have been recorded in Kano state. This was announced this morning by the state government. There are now nine confirmed cases in the state. The state governor, Abdullahi Umar, announced a one-week lockdown in the state to prevent the spread of the virus.
A noodles seller in the Igwo community of Cross River has been hospitalized after she was hit by a stray bullet on Tuesday night, April 14, in Cross River state. The woman was allegedly shot at by men of the Mopol 75 Squad of the Nigerian Police Force, Cross River Command. The officers were trying to disperse…
Exactly one week after the headquarters of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation was gutted by fire, there has been another fire outbreak at the headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission. The fire, according to sources, occurred on Wednesday morning at the seven-storey building located in Maitama, Abuja. The building is located on…
Nine COVID19 patients have been discharged after recovering from the disease at the Abuja Isolation Center. This brings to 20 the number of COVID-19 patients that have been discharged from the center. The federal capital territory administration (FCTA) announced this development in a tweet on Wednesday morning April 15. NINE (9) NEWLY DISCHARGED IN THE FCT As…
Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky has taken to his social media pager of over 1.7million followers to advise girls on what to do after their boyfriends cheat on them. According to the Yoruba born bleaching expert, Ladies should go for their boyfriend’s father or rich uncle if he cheats on them. He…
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the federal government cannot share funds donated by the private sector to fight coronavirus to Nigerians. According to NAN, the minister gave reasons why the donated funds cannot be shared to citizens when he featured on “Politics Nationwide”, a Radio Nigeria programme, on Tuesday. Responding to a request that…