Dogs, cats can’t pass on coronavirus, but can test positive
Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owners. That’s the conclusion of Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department after a dog in quarantine tested weakly positive for the virus Feb. 27, Feb. […]
We won’t compromise project quality, AMAC vows
The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, Hon. Abdullahi Adamu Candido, yesterday, acted true to his promise of entrenching transparency as the Council conducted open bids for award of contracts for various projects running into several millions of naira under the 2020 procurements year.
Anti-graft agencies to target N-Power beneficiaries who abscond from duty
Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment, has said that the N-Power scheme will collaborate with anti-graft agencies to come after beneficiaries who abscond from duty. Imoukhuede spoke with journalists on Thursday in Abuja while expressing displeasure over increasing reports of beneficiaries who fail to go to […]
ISWAP fighters kill five policemen in Dapchi
Jihadists have killed five policemen in an attack on a northern Nigerian town where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted two years ago, residents said Thursday. Fighters aligned to Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in four trucks fitted with machine guns stormed Dapchi town in northeastern Yobe State late on Wednesday, sparking intense fighting […]
Saraki opposes EFCC’s bid for final forfeiture of Lagos properties
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, opposed an application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking the final forfeiture of two of his properties in Ikoyi, Lagos. The said properties are located at 17 and 17A McDonald Road in Ikoyi, Eti-Osa local government area of Lagos State. The EFCC had […]
Dubai ruler ordered abduction of daughters ―UK judge
Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum ordered the abduction of two of his daughters and subjected his estranged wife to intimidation, according to a British court ruling made public on Thursday. High Court judge Andrew McFarlane said he accepted claims by the sheikh’s wife Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein that he had “ordered and […]
