Court remands carpenter for allegedly stabbing neighbour to death
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, Lagos on Wednesday ordered that a 27-year-old carpenter, Idowu Tajudeen, who allegedly stabbed his neighbour to death with a kitchen knife during an argument, be remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre. Chief Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghre, who gave the order, did not take the plea of Tajudeen, who is charged with murder. […]
Coronavirus: MURIC calls for postponement of NYSC exercise
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the postponement of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Batch A orientation camp due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country. The Director of the group, Prof. Ishaq Akintola made the call in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. He expressed doubts over the […]
Indonesia, Belgium record first death from coronavirus
A female patient in Indonesia who was infected with the new coronavirus has died, becoming the first known fatal case in the country.the The Belgian Health Ministry disclosed this on Wednesday. The ministry reported on Wednesday that it was the first coronavirus death in the country, Belga news agency said citing a statement. The 53-year-old […]
Dethronement: This is democracy, not a military regime — Kwankwaso
By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano The former governor of Kano state Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has expressed disaffection with the recent dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano by the state government describing the act as unconstitutional. In a two minutes video clip made available to newsmen in Kano in the early hours of […]
UK opens probe into website advertising coronavirus ‘cure’
British officials said Monday they had opened a probe into an illegal website claiming to sell a cure for the novel coronavirus, which came to light during an AFP fact-checking investigation. AFP reporters in Lagos discovered the UK-registered site while examining a WhatsApp message spreading around Nigeria with the claim that an anti-malaria drug could heal COVID-19 — […]
Arewa Consultative Forum gets new leadership in Kwara
A new executive council has been constituted for the Kwara chapter of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The members of the council were consituted at the meeting of the General Assembly of the forum in Kaduna. A statement by the newly elected Publicity Secretary of the ACF in […]
