Category: Metro
For torturing lawyer, Anambra court orders police to pay him N25m
An Anambra High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra State, has asked the police to pay a lawyer in the state, Mr Ogbonnaya Obasi, the sum of N25m as da [...]
Lassa fever no longer a national emergency, NCDC declares
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared an end to the emergency phase of the Lassa fever outbreak in the country, TheCable is repor [...]
Ibeju Lekki youths protest against FG’s lockdown, set trucks, vehicles ablaze
There were serious protests in Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos State on Monday as irate youths and other residents of the area trooped out to protest the co [...]
Interstate lockdown, compulsory use of facemask, curfew …… highlights from Buhari’s COVID-19 address
Here are the highlights of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide COVID-19 broadcast on Monday 27th.
Phased and gradual easing of lockdown measu [...]
Malaria not killing people in Kano but COVID-19 – Kwankwaso writes Buhari
Former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, says that COVID-19 is responsible for the deaths of senior citizens in the state and not acute malaria, d [...]
Nigeria in dire need of kits to expand testings – NCDC
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has revealed one of the agency’s challenges, in its bid to [...]
Kaduna extends lockdown by 30 days, cut salaries by 25%
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has extended the quarantine orders being enforced in the state for another 30 days. The governor’s decision follo [...]
FCT minister wants wealthy Nigerians to support FG with palliatives
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello has asked wealthy Nigerians and philanthropists to assist the FCT with palliatives in or [...]
My late aide died of coronavirus – Tinubu reveals
Days after one of Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s trusted aides died, the leader of the ruling party, All Progressives Party is reveling that the aide died of cor [...]
Police arrest Chinese citizens illegally mining in Zamfara
The Zamfara State Police Command says it has arrested two Chinese nationals for illegally mining at Kwali village in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of [...]