COVID-19: FBN Insurance donates ambulance to Lagos govt
By Rosemary Onuoha FBN Insurance and its subsidiary, FBN General Insurance, have donated an ambulance to the Lagos State Government as well as food items to the needy in Lagos communities. FBN Insurance said donation of the ambulance was part of its Corporate Social Responsibility and contribution towards flattening the curve of the health hazard […]
COVID-19: Osun raises alarm as Zamfara indigenes sneak into state
deploys Amotekun to borders, mining sites By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Government of The State of Osun on Wednesday raised the alarm over the influx of Zamfara indigenes into the State. The state government, however, urged the residents not to panic as adequate security measures have been put in place to arrest the situation. A […]
Delta state borders remain shut to all road users ― Otuaro
By Emma Amaize Delta State Government, yesterday, reiterated that the state’s precincts remained closed to all road users, except those on essential services. Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, who briefed journalists in Patani, a border town between Delta and Bayelsa states and at Ugbenu in Ethiope West local government areas, said […]
Abductors of Ekiti commissioner reduce ransom to N15m
By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado Ekiti The unknown gunmen who kidnapped the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Folorunso Olabode, have reduced the ransom to a sum of N15 million. The captors had on Monday called the family and demanded a sum of N30 million ransom to secure the commissioner’s release. Olabode and one other were […]
South Africa’s Zuma to face trial after dropping appeal against prosecution
South Africa’s embattled ex-president Jacob Zuma has abandoned attempts to halt a looming corruption trial on charges related to a 1990s arms deal, his office said Wednesday. A statement released by his foundation said the Constitutional Court had on Tuesday accepted “his withdrawal of the application for leave to appeal” against prosecution. “This indeed paves the […]
US Justice moves as coronavirus treatment frauds multiply
First, it was bleach solutions, then massive infusions of vitamin C and “ozone therapy,” and now silver drinks: the US Justice Department is taking down bogus coronavirus treatments that have spread almost as fast as the disease itself. On Wednesday a federal court in Utah moved to block the latest scheme to prey on the […]
