Nigeria yesterday recorded 39 new cases of Covid 19. According to the Nigeria center for Disease Control, the new cases were reported from 3 states and the federal capital territory. A breakdown of the cases show:Lagos recorded 25 cases,Rivers-6Delta-4FCT-4 Till date254,221 cases have been confirmed,230,549 discharged and3,142 deaths recorded.
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Nigeria, Five Other African Countries Selected for Production of Covid-19 Vaccine
Nigeria has been chosen, alongside five other African countries by the World Health Organization (WHO) to begin production of COVID-19 vaccines. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, made this announcement at the African Union summit in Brussels, Belgium on Friday. According to Tedros, the move was part of a global mRNA […]
Lagos Shuts Down School Over Flogging of 2-Year Old
Just days after the Delta State Government shut down a primary school in Asaba owing to the death of a 19-month-old pupil, Obinna Udeze, who died after being flogged by his teacher, the Lagos state government has sealed “Unic Vilos Montessori School,” Maza Maza, over the flogging of a two-year-old […]
Two Persons Killed as Truck Rams into Cars at Filling Station
Two persons – an adult and a little child have lost their lives after an unidentified driver of an orange Mercedes 911 truck with registration number: UWZ556XA, rammed into six other vehicles at Ken Maduako’s oil and gas filling station along the Ihiala-Onitsha road in Anambra on Friday. The accident […]
Anambra Court Reinstalls Chief Oliver Afamuefuna as President General, Agulu People’s Union
Months after the installation of a caretaker committee by the government to oversee activities in Agulu, the court sitting in Neni, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra on Friday (18th February) reinstalled Chief Oliver Afamuefuna as the authentic President General of Agulu People’s Union (APU). According to the court’s judgment, […]
France, European Allies To Withdraw Troops From Mali After A Decade.
France and its allies in a European force announced Thursday they would begin withdrawing troops from Mali after nearly 10 years of fighting a jihadist insurgency. A statement signed by France and its African and European allies said that “multiple obstructions” by the ruling junta meant that the conditions were […]
Cocaine Saga: PSC Suspends Abba Kyari’s Men, Assistant Police Commissioner, ASP.
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Sunday Ubua, and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), James Bawa, who both worked under the embattled Abba Kyari in the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). This was contained in a statement issued on […]
NNPC Assures that fuel scarcity in the country will end soon.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has assured that the fuel scarcity in the country will end soon. Group Managing Director (GMD) of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, gave the assurance on Wednesday in a meeting with the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the importation of adulterated fuel into the […]
Customs officer abducted by suspected bandits in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State regains freedom.
The customs officer abducted by suspected bandits in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, last Friday, Mr Mahassan Lawal, has regained his freedom. Mr Lawal was set free on Wednesday night. A younger brother to the officer, Umar Lawal, confirmed this to Newsmen on Thursday via a telephone conversation. […]
Petrol Hits N700 Per Litre As Commuters Get Stranded In Abuja.
It has been from one story to another in the past 2 weeks for commuters in Abuja as the black marketer’s take over fuel pumps in the capital city. Since the story of adulterated Petroleum that hit the waves, commuters have been passing through untold hardship ranging from standing in […]