Ease of lockdown: Shiites vow to resume ‘Free Zakzaky’ protests
By Luminous Jannamike Following the gradual easing of the lockdown imposed on the FCT, Lagos, and Ogun states, members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shi’ites, on Tuesday, vowed to resume protests in demand for the release of their detained leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat. In a statement […]
NDLEA arrest man for drug trafficking in Edo
By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City A forty-seven-year-old suspected drug trafficker, Isaac Echi arrested in Edo State by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday, said that he sustained his family with illicit drug proceeds during the COVID 19 lockdown order. He was arrested with 33 years old Odeh Stephen who […]
COVID-19: No face mask, no access, Osun Assembly warns populace
Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Sequel to the relaxation of the lockdown imposed by the Osun State Government, the State House of Assembly said no members of the public would be allowed access into the Assembly complex without using a face mask. It also made the use of face mask compulsory for workers of the House […]
NCDC driver tests positive for COVID-19 in Nasarawa
A driver with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has tested positive for COVID-19 in Nasarawa State. The state Governor, Abdullahi Sule, disclosed this during an expanded state security meeting in Lafia Tuesday. Sule said the driver transported test samples to the NCDC in Abuja and got infected in the process. According to him, […]
Covid-19: One doctor died, 32 others tested positive in Kano — NMA Chair
Chairman, Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Dr Sunusi Muhammad Bala on Tuesday said it has lost one doctor to the raging coronavirus pandemic while 32 others tested positive in the state.
Lockdown is panic measure without empirical science — Nebo
FORMER Minister for Power, Prof Chinedu Nebo has blamed the world body for embarking on panic measures at the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, instead of using a scientific approach to tackle the disease at its very beginning.
