Category: Metro
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 [...]
Police officer who killed young man in Ohafia was drunk – CP
Abia Commissioner of Police, Ene Okon has disclosed that the police officer who killed a young man, Ifeanyi Arunsi in Ebem, Ohafia acted under the inf [...]
Northern group wants Bello El Rufai prosecuted for issuing gang rape threats to critic’s mum
#ArewaMeToo, a Northern activist group otherwise known as the North Normal Group, that champions the global spill over of the #MeToo movement that beg [...]
12 Lagos COVID-19 deaths occurred in private hospitals
Lagos State government has said that the state had recorded 14 deaths from the COVID-19 out of which only two died in its facilities, while others die [...]
Wanted COVID-19 case in Abia taken to isolation facility — Official
A suspected COVID-19 case who was declared wanted by the Abia State government has been taken into an isolation facility in the state, the government [...]
Hospital where Kyari died was accredited to treat COVID-19 – Abayomi
The private hospital in Lagos where Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari died, First Cardiology Consultants is a government-ac [...]
Those not well kitted at Kyari’s burial will be tested for COVID-19 – FCTA
Mohammed Kawu, acting secretary, health and human services secretariat at the FCTA says those who were not properly kitted at the burial of Abba Kyari [...]
Lassa fever cases hit 973 as death toll hits 188
While the nation battles with the COVID-19 pandemic with17 deaths recorded, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that the number of confirm [...]
Angry youths set court, DPO’s residence on fire after an officer killed a young man in Abia
Unrest has enveloped Ebem community of Ohafia, Abia State following the killing of a young man identified as Friday who was shot dead on Friday night [...]