Category: Metro

Former Borno State governor Ali Modu Sheriff has refused to make himself available for COVID-19 test despite meeting two prominent citizens of the sta [...]

BRT scraps short-distance tickets, to commute 20 passengers per bus

Primero Transport Services Limited, operator of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos, says it will only be carrying 20 commuters with face masks per bus a [...]

Borno citizens don’t believe COVID-19 is real – Deputy gov

The deputy governor of Borno state who is also the chairman of the state response team for the prevention and control of COVID-19, Umar Kadafur says s [...]

Ogun, Abuja, shut out workers resident outside their cities

Abuja and Ogun authorities have ordered federal workers residing outside their cities to remain in their states of residence pending the lifting of ba [...]

Zamfara Emir dies in isolation from COVID-19 complication

The Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Mohammed Asha is dead. He died while in isolation from coronavirus complications. Alhaji Mustafa [...]

Emir of Rano, Tafida Abubakar Ila dies in Kano

Tafida Abubakar Ila, one of the emirs of the newly created emirates by Kano State governor, Umar Ganduje, at the height of his rift with Muhammadu San [...]

Billionaire owner of Tahir Guest Hotel flies out to Beirut after testing positive for COVID-19

Billionaire owner of Tahir Guest Hotel Kano, Tahoe Fadlallah has tested positive to Covid-19. And in other not to take any chance, he was evacuated on [...]

Kidnappers gang-rape female student of Uniport, kill her, two others

A criminal gang which kidnapped three students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), on 7 April, gang-raped the female among them. They then w [...]

Obtain clearance before sacking workers, FG tells employers

The federal government has urged employers to not to sack workers because of the COVID-19 pandemic without first obtaining clearance. The pandemic, w [...]

3 arrested for ‘insulting’ Buhari, Katsina governor