Covid-19: Imam in Kaduna loses position for complying with social distancing order
Sheik Malam Abubakar Sarkin Aminu the Imam of Khamsu-Salawat of Abubakar Gumi Juma’at Mosque, Lowcost, Zaria-Kaduna, has on Wednesday lost is position as the imam for complying with Kaduna State Government’s order on avoiding social and religious gatherings.
Chinese football clubs to cut salaries over coronavirus
Chinese football clubs look set to become the latest to cut player salaries as teams throughout world football attempt to offset the financial blow of the coronavirus pandemic. Lionel Messi’s Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus have both made similar moves, while Real Madrid players agreed to reduce their pay by as much as a fifth. […]
COVID-19: More Christian leaders join Edo govt’s campaign against spread
The campaign against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Edo State by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration has continued to receive the support of Christian leaders in the state, who have urged residents to abide by the government’s social distancing and stay-at-home directives as well as other precautionary measures to contain the infectious disease. In […]
Traditional leaders, residents protest in Ibadan
Deny knowledge of FG’s unconditional cash transfer By Adeola Badru Traditional leaders and residents of Ona-Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State on Wednesday, staged a protest to drive home their displeasure over the acclaimed conditional cash transfer by the Federal Government to the poorest households in their local government The federal government had last […]
NGO donates food items to last two weeks to fifty households in Ilorin
Urges Others to feed the masses By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin The Chief Executive Officer of Royal Heritage Health Foundation, an NGO based in Ilorin Mr. Soji Sogunro on Thursday, gave a package of palliatives of Rice(5kg)Gaari,(5kg) ten Spaghetti packs with Beans each to fifty households, in Kilanko area of Ilorin, to last them for […]
COVID-19: Plateau residents in last minute shopping ahead of lockdown
By Therese Nanlong. Jos – Ahead of the total lockdown which begins 12am Thursday to 11pm on Wednesday, the 15th, residents of Jos/Bukuru metropolis in Plateau State are frantically engaging in last minutes shopping to enable them stock their homes with foodstuff. This is even as traders are increasing the cost of items to enable […]
COVID-19: 30 persons arraigned for violating stay-at-home order in Delta
By Francis Efe – Warri No fewer than 30 persons were on Thursday arrested and arraigned before a Mobile Court sitting in Warri South Council Area for violation of the stay-at-home order by the state government as a part of measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The suspects who were arrested […]
COVID-19: Umahi okays Easter church services in Ebonyi
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has given the go ahead for church services to be held in the state on Easter Sunday. The services are to take place between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.on that day. The state government had restricted church worships and other social gatherings as precautionary measures to prevent the spread of […]
COVID-19: Katsina Government, Lift Ban On Friday Juma’at Prayers, Church services
By Shehu Dajuma – Katsina The Katsina state government has lifted the ban on congregational Friday Juma’at Prayers with immediate effect in the state. “The Government also lifted the ban of Sunday church service observed by Christians in the state”. Alh. Mustapha Inuwa, the Secretary to the Government of the state SGS, disclosed this in […]
Hypo Donates 200 Cartons Of Bleach To Nddc To Fight Covid-19
As part of its relentless contribution and support towards battling the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, Hypo, makers of Nigeria’s beloved bleach has once again donated products to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for the sanitization of isolation centers and other public places across the nation. Donation exercise took place […]
Trump says he will ‘take a look’ at ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic pardon
Joe Exotic could be a step closer to clawing out of his cage. President Trump on Wednesday said he’ll examine a request for a pardon from Joe “Exotic” Maldonado-Passage, the star of the hugely popular Netflix series “Tiger King.” “I’ll take a look,” Trump told a Post reporter when asked about the case and his […]
