The Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, has arrested 20-year-old Ibrahim Abdullahi and 22-year-old Hassan Amadu over the murder of Kadade Abdullahi at Amana Maikasuwa Village in Kaduna State. The 20-year-old cattle rustler and alleged kidnapper were nabbed after operatives of IRT attached to Operation Puff…
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic will likely lead to many children dropping out of school in Nigeria. Tallen while flagging off the 2020 National Children’s Day celebration, themed: “Promoting Girl-Child Education for Sustainable Development’’, in Abuja expressed concern that the pandemic will likely affect girl-child education….
Facebook user, Abuchi Onwumelu has taken to the platform to narrate how a teenage boy allegedly impregnated his two younger sisters during the lockdown. He wrote: A Devastated mother on social media has posted a tragic tale to seek advice about what steps to take to deal with her dilemma. According to her, her 17-year-old…
Three of the six active cases of COVID-19 in Ondo have tested negative for the viral infection and will be discharged later today(Friday), the state health commissioner, Dr. Wahab Adegbenro confirmed to our correspondent. Adegbenro, while speaking with our correspondent on a phone call also said the state has only one new case of the…
The Lagos State government has started a downward review of the 2020 budget due to the adverse effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the economy. The Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in Lagos, Sam Egube, disclosed this on Thursday, May 21. He said that the review, approved by the State Executive Council, is aimed at reducing the…
Jean Codo, a Republic of Benin businessman who was standing trial for an alleged €29m fraud, has died in Kirikiri prison, Lagos. Codo, who owns Transport and Port Management System Limited, slumped and died in the prison on Thursday morning May 21. The cause of death has not yet been disclosed. Codo and his company, TPMS, were…
According to the source, the professor was said to have been treated for Malaria and Typhoid before she was later diagnosed of COVID-19. She reportedly died on Thursday after battling the virus without knowing. The source was quoted to have said:- “We spoke earlier on Thursday and I noticed that her voice wasn’t sharp, so…
A Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying more than 100 passengers has crashed into a residential area near the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, the country’s civil aviation agency said on Friday. “The plane crashed in Karachi. We are trying to confirm the number of passengers but initially, it is 99 passengers and eight crew members,”…
The alleged killing of a farmer in Itale Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State is generating tension in the community. The farmer, Omoja Augustine Ida was allegedly murdered on Wednesday by some unidentified naval officers who invaded the community.. The Public Relations Officer, Itale Elite Association, Alex Attah disclosed this in a statement made…
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has raised the alarm that the government had received reports of abuse and misuse of hydroxychloroquine as a cure for coronavirus. Speaking in Abuja at the press conference of the PTF, he said, “Through the surveillance…