Shina Abubakar Osogbo The Osun State Government has disclosed that only a returnee among the isolated coronavirus victim in Ejigbo is missing against the six earlier reported by the media. It stated the headcount of the returnees in the isolation centre revealed that only one cannot be accounted for by the officials in charge of […]

Many communities in Kwara South Senatorial District have been thrown into prolonged power outage for five days running. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this followed a faulty 132kv transmitter line. A NAN correspondent in Omu-Aran who monitored the development on Saturday, reports that the issue had generated tension in the area and […]

By Evelyn Usman Had anyone told Rita Onyebuchi Atansi,  that her meticulous care at choosing Ikechukwu Atansi, as a life partner, among several other men who sought her hand in marriage, would end up in regrets, perhaps, she would have given such person a scrutinizing stare. This is because aside being older than other suitors […]

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu state, Mr Ahmad Abdurrahman, has enjoined residents of the state to be vigilant to notice any suspicious person(s) and object(s) lurking within their neighbourhood.

As LASG describes incident as unfortunate By Chioma Obinna The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH has began tracing and follow-up of staff of the hospital who managed the COVID-19 patient that died Friday in the hospital. Meanwhile, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi has described the incident as unfortunate. In a press […]

Muslim faithful in some parts of the country yesterday ignored the directive by the various state governments on social distancing in order to curtail the spread of COVID- 19  as they thronged the mosques enmass to observe the juma’at prayers. This happened in Kano, Yola and Ughelli in Delta state.

UEFA has lifted a ban on the live screening of Premier League games kicking off at 3:00 pm in England and Scotland for the rest of the season. The blackout has long been in place to protect attendances at matches. The move by European football’s governing body is seen a step towards restarting some domestic […]

FORMER Deputy National Chairman and Member, Board of Trustees of the Peoples  Democratic Party, PDP,  Chief Olabode George has made  a donation worth N160 million as a  direct aid to the needy in Lagos State to cushion the harsh effect of the restriction order by the Federal Government to halt the spread of the Corona Virus.

Newcastle defender Danny Rose is willing to contribute a portion of his wages to those fighting the coronavirus outbreak but says Premier League players feel their “backs are against the wall”. Top-flight stars have come under increasing pressure to take pay cuts from government officials after a number of clubs said they would use public […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Osun State Government has disclosed that only a returnee among the isolated coronavirus victim in Ejigbo is missing against the six earlier reported by the media. It stated the headcount of the returnees in the isolation centre revealed that only one cannot be accounted for by the officials in charge […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Emergency responders led by Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, in the early hours Saturday, are currently battling to avert imminent pipeline explosion following leakage of one of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline in Mosan Bus Stop area of Ipaja, Lagos State. Director-General of LASEMA, Dr Demi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed […]

GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Saturday, announced the appointment of a seven-man committee of eminent professionals of the state to, amongst others, raise and manage resources in cash, or in kind from individuals; group of individuals; private and public organizations; local and foreign donor agencies to be used to complement the efforts of the state government to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Olasunkanmi Akoni The Sarkina Zabarmawa of Lagos, Alhaji Aliyu Garuba and Seriki Idi-Araba, Alhaji Hassan Auyo, have condemned the attack on the state special taskforce by worshippers, saying, it was “unnecessary.” The operatives of the Lagos State Environment Protection Agency (LASEPA) were allegedly attacked on Tuesday evening by some Muslim worshippers at the Agege Central […]

•I have a special key to open any bus -suspect boasts By Bose Adelaja 29-year-old Joseph Femi, boasted to have a key that could disconnect any security lock in such buses. His work as a commercial bus driver was an added advantage as it makes it easier for him to get ready buyers,  within two […]

The Delta State chapter of African Action Congress (AAC) has condemned the alleged killing of Mr. Joseph Pessu, by some men of the Nigerian Army during the lockdown order by the Delta State Government.