By Demola Akinyemi ILORIN–The Zonal Head, Economic and Financial Crime Commission[EFCC]in Ilorin, ACP Isyaku Sharu Tuesday handed over N263,327,800.00[Two hundred and sixty-three million, Three hundred and twenty-seven thousand and Eight hundred naira only] cash out of N5B allegedly looted by top government officials of the last administration in the state through their cronies to the […]

Massive protests, yesterday, hit the streets of riverine communities in Delta State over an alleged plan by the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd), to nominate a northerner to chair a caretaker committee for the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter  to the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu urging him to use his leadership position to “instruct the Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi to immediately, fully and effectively enforce the judgment stopping all Lagos hospitals and health facilities from demanding compulsory blood donations from any patients or their relatives as precondition for medical attention either in antenatal and maternal or any other health services.”

The number of US deaths from the novel coronavirus rose to six on Monday, all in the state of Washington, officials said, signaling the contagion has taken root in the Pacific Northwest. Vice President Mike Pence announced a treatment for the disease could be available by summer or early fall, but that a vaccine was farther off. […]

By Ibrahim Hassan As Kaduna records first rain on Monday, some Malams and other spiritual healers were seen rushing to get the raindrops in various containers, claiming it has the efficacy to ward off evils. Malam Wada who teaches in an Islamiya school near Hayin Banki, said the holy books have described rain water generally,  […]