The Nigerian Government has charged civil servants on grade level 12 and below to work from home, amid the spike in COVID-19 cases. Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of Civil Service said civil servants within the cadre should keep working from home till the end of February. Yemi-Esan’s directive was contained in a circular dated January 26,…
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has tested positive for COVID-19. This is coming after test results of most of the Governor’s close aides returned positive in the last few weeks. Though the Governor is asymptomatic, he has commenced COVID-19 treatment as prescribed by medical personnel. Ortom confirmed this in a statement sent to GIO…
The management of the Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH has shut down its hostels as well as its medical center following the death of the College Director, Academic Planning Unit, M.A.O Omoighe, from COVID-19 complications. A statement released by the institution says all persons who might have had contact with the deceased have been mandated…
The police in Anambra state has uncovered yet another child trafficking syndicate in the state. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Haruna Mohammed, says on Tuesday, January 26 at about 7:am, police operatives attached to the SIB and Area Command, Oraifite and coordinated by the Area Commander, ACP Afolabi Wilfred,…
No fewer than 13 persons have died in a terrible car accident that occurred in Ogodumu, along Otukpo-Adoka road in Benue State. The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon, Jan 26. The accident was reportedly caused by an articulated truck that lost control and rammed into a fully loaded bus going to Abuja. Among the deceased…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old woman, Hauwa Auwal, who allegedly poured hot water on her husband’s second wife, Sha’awanatu Muhmmad, and her four-year-old daughter, Halima Khalid. The incident happened in Shekara Sabuwar Abuja in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who…
A multi-million naira maize farm belonging to members of the Maize Growers Processing Marketer Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN) have been destroyed by herdsmen in Ekiti State. The farm covering about 235 hectares of land is at the state forest reserve in Aduloju farmstead located along Ado-Ijan road in Ado Local Government Area of the state….
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Chief Gani Adams has expressed that Yoruba people always destroy their warriors. He made this comment when he appeared as a guest on Tuesday’s edition of The Morning Show on Arise TV. He warned Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo popularly called Sunday Igboho against being used and dumped by politicians….
The troops of Operation Tura Takaibango, a subsidiary of Operation Lafiya Dole, have overrun Boko Haram and the Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ enclaves, killing scores in Borno and the Yobe States. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, who confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday, said the enclaves…
Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo Igboho has reacted to the fire that gutted his house on Tuesday. While addressing the press, Igboho expressed disappointment that some Yorubas supported those he called “Fulani herdsmen” to torch his house. While saying, he would not mention any individual in particular, Igboho told journalists at his house in Ibadan…