Gridlock surfaces in Ilorin in spite of lockdown
There was gridlock on major roads in Ilorin, Kwara capital, on Monday, in spite of the lockdown across some states of the federation following coronavirus pandemic. News Agency of Nigeria…
NAFDAC alerts Nigerians on circulation of fake chloroquine 250mg tablets
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday alerted Nigerians on the circulation of falsified chloroquine phosphate 250mg tablets. In a a statement the Director-General…
Iran says virus infections show ‘gradual’ decline
Rouhani. The trajectory of coronavirus infections in Iran appears to have started a “gradual” downward trend, the government said Monday, but it warned the disease is far from being under…
Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
The entrance to the Bronx Zoo in New York, where a tiger has tested positive for the coronavirus. (Jim Fitzgerald / Associated Press) By ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — A…
Coronavirus: FG seeks NASS approval for N500bn intervention fund
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Federal Government through the Ministry of Finance on Saturday reached out to the National Assembly to intimate it with an Executive Proposal to establish a N500…
SAFETY AND SECURITY TIPS DURING LOCK DOWN
*SAFETY AND SECURITY TIPS DURING LOCK DOWN* … .Good morning house. I trust we are all keeping safe and observing recommendations from notable sources on social distancing, frequent hand washing,…
Insider could have leaked my nude photos –Salawa Abeni
Tofarati Ige Popular singer, Salawa Abeni, became a trending topic online during the week when she released some semi-nude pictures of herself on Instagram. She did this after an individual…
Army arrests soldiers threatening to rape women in viral video
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Nigerian Army has arrested two soldiers seen in a viral video threatening to molest women in the Warri area of Delta State and using uncouth…
Nigeria under attack by two epidemics
Illustrative, Medical staff Death toll: COVID -19: Two; Lasser fever more than 100 this year, 1,150 since first diagnosed By Sola Ogundipe What should a country that is caught between…
Buhari will start real governance after
•Celebrates his achievements, hopes to do more for Nigeria •Says those ‘eating in PDP now are doing so because of our sweat’ By Andy Asemota Nigeria can be transformed into…
I was tricked to Ghana with juicy job offer, sold into prostitution for N150,000– 18-year-old trafficked Edo girl
Sola Shittu, Benin There was a pin-drop silence in the room where only five of us sat; two men and three women. One of the women was her aunt who…
OAU sex-for-mark lecturer released from prison two years after
Afeez Hanafi A lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Richard Akindele, jailed for sexual harassment has been released from prison after serving a two-year term. The Cable,…
Business booms for coffin makers as worldwide Coronavirus infection passes 1.1m
Coffins •New York reports deadliest day •Queen Elizabeth to address nation •Worst yet to come for countries in conflict-UN By Henry Ojelu with agency report Global Coronavirus infection passed the…
COVID-19: The Looming Disaster in IDP Camps
IDPs By Abubakar Usman Unless something urgent and drastic happens in the manner the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMI) manages the affairs of the Internally…
We want to know sponsors of killers in Imo, Commissioner tells CP
By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The Imo State Commissioner for Special Projects, Simon Ebegbulem, yesterday called on the state Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Fafowora, to unravel the sponsors of the…
Pastor E.A. Adeboye Donates Another N20million to Support Osun State Government COVID-19 Relief Package.
RCCG CAMP, Mowe, Ogun State April 3, 2020 Pastor E.A. Adeboye Donates Another N20million to Support Osun State Government COVID-19 Relief Package. The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church…
Coronavirus: AfDB approves $2m package for WHO’s Africa response
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) are pictured in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, September 16, 2016. Picture taken September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/ The Board of Directors…
Hydroxychloroquine rated ‘most effective’ coronavirus treatment ― Poll
An international poll of thousands of doctors rated the Trump-touted anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as the best treatment for the novel coronavirus. Of the 6,227 physicians surveyed in 30 countries, 37…
Accidents: Reps ask Works Ministry to install traffic signs on highways, military checkpoints
By Levinus Nwabughiogu To prevent accidents and other traffic mishaps, the House of Representatives has asked the Ministry of Works and Housing and other relevant agencies of government to immediately…
COVID-19: Police on highways, criminals begin onslaught at homes, bus stops
The suspects By Emma Nnadozie After days of lockdown, the police are warning Nigerians especially Lagos residents to be on the alert because hoodlums maybe on the prowl from now.…