Category: Metro
40 health workers test positive for coronavirus – Ehanire
Osagie Ehanire, the minister of health, says 40 health workers have tested positive for the coronavirus and is urging frontline workers to always prot [...]
Flog anyone without face masks – Umahi tells LG officials
The governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has asked local government officials to flog residents of the state who appear in public without wearing fac [...]
My freedom cost N50m – Bauchi gov’s brother who reveals after kidnap
Alhaji Adamu Mohammed Duguri, the elder brother of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has revealed that a N50 million ransom was paid to secure hi [...]
LUTH yet to pay 34 doctors employed in Nov 2019 as 4 remain in self isolation
A twitter user, @DrOlufunmilayo has taken to his handle to call out the authorities of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. In his tweet he claims [...]
LASG starts disbursement of N2.5m to families of victims Abule Ado explosion
In line with the pledge made by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to victims of the March 15 Abule Ado explosions, Lagos State Government has commenced the [...]
Umahi gets 48-hour ultimatum over ban on journalists
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the blatant intimidation, harassment and attacks on journalists and media h [...]
NBA mourn senior colleague, Chief Richard Akinjide
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) Paul Usoro, SAN has mourned the passing of Chief Richard Akinjide, SAN – an icon of the legal pro [...]
150 people die in Kano within 3 days
Over 150 people who reportedly died in Kano between Friday and Saturday last week have been buried in three cemeteries, heightening fears that the dec [...]
Passenger dies after coughing at checkpoint in Osun/Oyo boundary
Police operatives and some medical personnel at Osun/Oyo border on Sunday evening reportedly intercepted a car, said to have conveyed a sick man, who [...]
COVID-19 corpses not infectious – Task force contradicts Lai Mohammed
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 says that the bodies of persons, who died of coronavirus, were not infectious, while assuring the public that [...]