The Nasarawa State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Abdulkarim Kana, said on Tuesday the state government has quarantined over 200 people coming from states with a high number of confirmed coronavirus cases. Kana, who is also a member of the state Task Force on COVID-19, disclosed this at a press briefing in Lafia. He said […]

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kogi chapter, has donated over 500 improvised face masks to hospitals in the state as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Kabiru Zubair, the NMA Chairman in Kogi, handed over the face masks to the Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) of both Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday described the allegation by a social media personality, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, that its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is dead as the height of deceit, cocktail of madness and irresponsible social media practice.

  The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, the World Health Organization says. At a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland Monday, Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus had this to tell all nations. “We continue to urge countries to find, isolate, test and treat all cases and trace every contact to ensure these declining trends continue. But […]

Cases rise to 29, as state draws up database of vulnerable persons for relief package The Edo State Government has set up five additional screening centres across land borders with Ondo, Delta and Kogi States, to check the importation of coronavirus (COVID-19) into the state. Deputy Governor and Chairman, Edo State COVID-19 Response Technical Committee, […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, Tuesday, hailed the Nigerian Police Force over the arrest of two illegal Chinese miners in Zamfara State, despite the lockdown order and closure of all mining activities by the association. Speaking with Vanguard on the development, National President, MAN, Kabir Kankara, said the arrest […]

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state police command on Tuesday said that they discovered marks of violence on the body of the dead inspector of police, Haruna Kaura, in Imo. When Vanguard called the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwu, in Owerri, where he also said that further investigations have commenced ascertaining […]

Gov. Bala Mohammad of Bauchi state has imposed fines on violators of the partial lockdown order by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. This was contained in an executive order signed by the state governor in Bauchi on Tuesday. Going by the order, tricycle operators that do not observe social […]

By David Royal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday confirmed 64 new cases of COVID-19 outbreak in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 1337. The centre said no deaths were recorded in Nigeria in the last 24 hours and no new state has reported a case. “On […]

By Agbonkhese Oboh When managing dysmenorrhoea couldn’t stop a girl from having 3 degrees, you get Enitan Sophie Oluwa Enitan (call me Ennie) has come to terms with the fact that her handbags are mobile pharmacies. She moves around so much her friends call her The Nomad. However, her regular companion a few know about […]