Contest Of Powers: Why Governors Appear Like Messengers Of Mr. President
When penultimate Thursday Governor Nyesom Wike arrested 22 ExxonMobil workers who reportedly breached his executive order barring movement into the state, many had looked forward to a real contest of powers between federal and state authorities.
“As a responsive government, we have quarantined them in line with the relevant health protocols, and they will be charged to court,” Governor Wike vowed in a session with newsmen the following Friday.
COVID-19: US death toll tops 50,000 as some Georgia businesses reopen
Gyms, hair salons and tattoo parlors had a green light to reopen in the US state of Georgia on Friday as the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic soared past 50,000 in the United States. As the southern state lifted restrictions on a list of businesses that also included nail salons and bowling alleys, President […]
Vigilante team video, stripped me, inserted fingers in my body ―Victim
By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Police in Rivers State on Friday disclosed the arrest of an eight-man vigilante team in Diobu, Port Harcourt for alleged rape and kidnapping. The arrest followed the report by a 21-year-old girl (name withheld) who told the police that the 8 suspects of the vigilante team, popularly known as […]
UK coronavirus death toll climbs to over 19,000
The death toll in Britain from the coronavirus outbreak neared 20,000 on Friday as the government faced calls for greater transparency for its exit strategy from stringent social distancing measures. The health ministry said 684 more people had died in the 24-hour period to 1600 GMT on Thursday, taking the number of deaths for COVID-19 […]
Police arrest Port Harcourt vigilante team for kidnapping, sexual abuse
…They video recorded the moment as they stripped me, inserted fingers in my body -Victim By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Police in Rivers State on Friday disclosed the arrest of an eight-man vigilante team in Diobu, Port Harcourt for alleged rape and kidnapping. The arrest followed the report by a 21 year old girl […]
COVID-19: 900 Britons stranded in Nigeria set to return home
By Victoria Ojeme The UK government on Friday said nine Hundred British citizens in Nigeria are set to return home on three flights chartered by the United Kingdom Government. A statement from the British High Commission in Abuja said the flights would take off on April 28, Abuja-London; May 1, Lagos-London and May 5, Lagos-London. […]
