Category: Metro
FG under pressure to free Chinese arrested for illegal mining – Minister
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has said that the Federal Government is under pressure by some influential godfathers [...]
Return looted Abia funds – Ohaneze to Orji Kalu
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has asked Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia State, to return all what he allegedly took from the sta [...]
Unoccupied beds litter Lagos isolation centres as many run after testing positive
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi has said that many people who tested positive for coronavirus were running away from being taken [...]
Wike orders auction of cattle for breach of lockdown
Governor Nyesom Wike has ordered the prosecution of 14 persons who moved cattle from Adamawa State into Port Harcourt in breach of Rivers State border [...]
Rivers to auction impounded vehicles for breaching lockdown
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim has said that the state government will auction off vehicles impound [...]
Go on 14-day isolation or leave Kogi – Yahaya Bello to NCDC officials
Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello has asked a delegation of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the ministry of health to go on 14-day i [...]
CAN asks Kano stop distribution of almajirai to other states
The Christian Association of Nigeria, Anambra State chapter has asked the Kano State Government to stop distributing almajirai to other parts of the c [...]
Ehanire says COVID-19 patients won’t be released to herbal practitioners
The federal government has said no COVID-19 patient will be released to herbal practitioners to test the efficacy of their drugs as many traditional m [...]
Staff of EFCC arrests business owner over shawarma of N1,600
An official of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC official in Makurdi, Benue state, has been accused of "harassment" and "abuse of powe [...]
Fresh positive tests on recovered COVID-19 patients are not re-infections – WHO clarifies
Some Coronavirus patients declared recovered who later test positive for the disease are still expelling dead lung cells rather than getting new infec [...]