223 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Friday, November 6 as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-85, FCT-35, Akwa Ibom-24, Enugu-18, Plateau-13, Rivers-10, Abia-7, Ebonyi-6, Anambra-5, Adamawa-4, Bauchi-3, Imo-3, Ogun-3, Oyo-3, Kwara-2, Osun-1, Taraba-1. There are now 63,731 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in…
Many cars have been destroyed after a petroleum tanker went up in flames on Kara Bridge, outward Berger, Lagos in the early hours of Saturday, November 7. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, said they arrived at the bridge to help put out the fire but were chased out by hoodlums. The agency…
Lagos State Govenor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has warned all to shun any act that may threaten the peace of the state which is battling to recover from the shock of the carnage unleashed by Government hoodlums who hid under the #EndSARS protests. Even as we are still counting our painful losses in lives and property, there…
Shehu Sani, former Senator from Kaduna State, on Friday reacted to the rigging allegation trailing the ongoing presidential election. Sani said the ongoing presidential election has exposed the vulnerability of the US democracy. There has been an allegation of rigging in favor of Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate. Donald Trump had raised the alarm…
A small American town located in northern Kentucky has elected a dog as their mayor. Wilbur Beast, a French bulldog, won a landslide victory in the town’s mayoral election of Rabbit Hash with about 13,143 votes, the highest winning total recorded in the history of the town. Wilbur unseated incumbent Brynneth Paltrow, a rescued pit…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday November 5, disclosed that it suffered extensive damages in its facilities across the country during the violence that trailed the #EndSARS crisis. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye said its offices and facilities were vandalized in areas where pending bye-elections were…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in eight new Justices of the Supreme Court. The CJN presided over the ceremony as the eight of them, took their oath of office and oath of allegiance to the Nigerian constitution. The newly inaugurated Justices of the apex court include; Justice Lawal Garba, Helen…
About 126 officers and men of the Nigerian Corrections Service, Akwa Ibom State Command have been promoted to various positions. The persons promoted included, one Deputy Controller of Corrections, five Assistant Controller of Corrections, and other senior officers. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASC Ogbajie Ogbajie who disclosed this on Friday in a press statement,…
Gunmen have released the kidnapped son of the lawmaker representing Auyo constituency in Jigawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Isiyako Sani after they received another N2.5m ransom. GIOTV reported that the hoodlums abducted the lawmaker’s son identified as Abdullahi Isyaku last month and requested the sum of N2.5m as ransom. The victim is a teacher…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) operatives will begin to bear firearms to curtail the excesses of road users in Nigeria. The House of Representatives Committee disclosed the corps’ 2020 budget performance and 2021 budget defense, on Thursday in Abuja. The Chairman, Akinfolarin Mayowa, explained that the 1992 Act of FRSC allowed the corps to…