A tanker has collided with a fully loaded commercial bus on Otedola Bridge, Lagos State, leaving many injured. The accident occurred at the lane inwards Berger around 9am on Thursday. It was gathered that the accident has caused heavy traffic that stretched beyond the state Secretariat in Alausa. Emergency workers are said to be on … Read more
Princewill Osarojiji, owner of one of the hotels demolished by the Governor of Rivers State on Sunday has been expelled by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Osarojiji is the Youth Leader of the party for Eleme Local Government Area. Recall that Wike had also declared Osarojiji of Eleme Alode Ward 2 … Read more
The drastic impact of COVID-19 has continued to generate negative narratives in Akwa Ibom and Nigeria. Some of the negative narrative relative closure of markets and churches. One of the latest impacts in the immediate closure of all livestock markets in Akwa Ibom state, for the rest of May 2020. The State Chairman COVID-19 Management … Read more
A fire incident, which occurred on Monday, completely burnt down Al-Amin filling station located at Elebu area of Ibadan. Mr Omole Ayodeji, the Federal Fire Service station Officer, while speaking with journalists said that the service responded swiftly when they got the call. He said “We got a call about an hour ago and we … Read more
A commercial vehicle driver and his friend were arrested on Tuesday by the Ogun State Police Command for killing a businesswoman and stealing N400,000 from her. Gbenga Ogungbemi the commercial driver, and his friend, Tosin Olobamoyo, allegedly killed the victim on her way to Ire-Ekiti, where she had planned to buy palm oil, and dumped … Read more
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has announced a 24-hour total lockdown in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas as part of the State Government’s measures to regulate the spread of the deadly pandemic Covid-19. Governor Nyesom Wike said during the broadcast, all residents of Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt City Local Government Areas must … Read more
Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has disclosed that 3,000 health workers would be deployed to Kano state to help in the fight against the deadly pandemic, COVID-19. Mustapha, speaking at the presidential task force briefing on Friday, May 1, said the workers were put together by the United Nations. On … Read more
Amid the corona virus lock down, a mother dump her son when she was fleeing from security operatives enforcing the lock-down order in Benin, Edo State. The boy who is simply identified as “Destiny” who was abandoned by his mother when interviewed by an ITV correspondent, the boy disclosed that the “his mother had gone … Read more
Building collapse killed four members of a family while they were asleep, three others were rescued, including a year old boy The Kano State Fire Service confirmed that four members of a family died in a collapsed building at Saberi area in Gwale Local Government Area, on Monday, April 13. Spokesman of the service, … Read more
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is set to share N20,000 palliative to at least 84,000 indigenes of Kano State. The development was revealed by the National Coordinator of the Programme, Dr Temitope Sinkaiye, on Monday. She explained that the sum of N1.6b would be shared to 84,000 beneficiaries from 15 Local Government Areas in Kano … Read more
Barely 48 hours after a heavy rainstorm brought down the mast of the Bayelsa State Broadcasting Corporation, operators of the Radio Bayelsa, Yenagoa, the mast hosting Africa Independent Television (AIT) and RayPower FMYenagoa stations, has also been brought down by a violent rain storm that swept through Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Although buildings around … Read more
The United Nations (UN) has released $2m to the Nigerian government to procure essential medical supplies to help contain the outbreak of pandemic coronavirus in the country. Daily Trust reports that the UN resident coordinator and humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, disclosed this at a national conference in Abuja on the COVID-19 crisis. While … Read more
It was quiet unusual in Eastern Cape in South Africa when a South African man, Tshekedi Pitso who lives in Eastern Cape was buried with his Mercedes Benz which was his favourite drive while he was alive. According to reports, Pisto before his death had requested that when he dies, his 1980s E500 Mercedes Benz … Read more
Five coronavirus patients were discharged from the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba Mainland Hospital on Monday This brings the total number of discharged patients from the centre to eight. The survivors were quarantined and treated at the isolation centre for two weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus. The survivors who preferred to remain anonymous looked … Read more
NIGERIAN SENATE Nigerian Senators representing the citizens in the upper chamber of the National Assembly have agreed to donate half of their March salaries to the fight against the spread of (COVID-19) coronavirus in the country. Further information gathered on the development has it that the lawmakers have started sending half of their salaries to … Read more
NAFDAC The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye ordered the production of Chloroquine for Possible Clinical Trial Treatment of Coronavirus. Adeyeye gave these directives in a statement released on Monday, she added that it was important to produce more stock just in case more people … Read more
