Mrs Walida Isa, the Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps, Federal Capital Territory, has said that five prospective corps members have tested positive for COVID-19. She made this known on Monday in Abuja at the swearing-in of the 2020 Batch `B’ Stream 1 corps members. Isa, who did not reveal their names, said that 853 corps…
A final year student of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Port Harcourt, identified as Nwiroegbu Onyebuchi has been suspended. The action was taken by the University after Nwiroegbu Onyebuchi was accused of a “brutal rape” of a female student whose name was not disclosed. The matter has now been referred to the Students Disciplinary Committee…
One person died and five others sustained injuries in an accident on Monday at Iwaraja Junction, Ilesa-Akure expressway, Osun State. The accident involved a Toyota Hummer bus (LSD 549 XX). One of its tyres burst and the driver, identified as Felix Olagbemi, lost control of the wheel and rammed into the bush. The accident is…
Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), has warned residents of the state to desist from assaulting law enforcement agents or face the wrath of the law. Onigbanjo gave the warning on Monday in a statement signed by Mr Kayode Oyekanmi, Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, NAN reports….
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday launched the Rebuilding Lagos Trust Fund. It was established after the violence and destruction that trailed the End SARS protest. Citibank Nigeria Chairman, Yemi Cardoso heads the eight-member Board. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu constituted the team early this month. He also signed an Executive Order to restore lost assets. The…
A lecturer with the University Calabar, Samuel Odey, on Monday said many lecturers have now resorted to begging due to the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Odey also claimed that some lecturers have started driving taxis to survive. The lecturer with the Department of Curriculum and Teaching in UNICAL made…
Syria’s veteran Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem died on Monday at the age of 79, Syria’s Council of Ministers and Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Syrian state media said al-Moallem died at dawn Monday, but did not reveal the cause of death. Al-Moallem, known for his calm and soft-spoken voice, served as Syria’s ambassador to…
Media Mogul, Dele Momodu on Monday described the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as the 37th State in Nigeria. Momodu said this while reacting to a statement by the former Chairman of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria and APC Chieftain in Lagos, Muiz Banire condemning the freezing of bank accounts of End SARS promoters by…
Former Executive Secretary of the Benue State Teaching Service Board Mr. James Pine is dead. He died last Saturday in an accident on the Makurdi-Gboko road at Uchi-Mbakor, in Tarka Local Government. The deceased was reportedly driving himself with other occupants and was coming from Gboko and heading for Makurdi in his Lexus Sport Utility Vehicle…
152 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Sunday, November 16, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-136, Kano-4, Niger-3, Ekiti-2, Kaduna-2, Ogun-2, Taraba-2, and FCT-1. There are now 65,148 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1,163 deaths…