Chinese citizen journalist faces trial for Wuhan virus reporting
A Chinese citizen journalist held since May for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled was set for trial Monday, almost a year after details of an “unknown viral pneumonia” surfaced in the central China city. Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, could face up to five years in jail if convicted of […]
OGUN: One dead, five injured as Customs, smugglers clash again
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta At least, one person has been confirmed dead following a clash between officers of Nigeria Customs Services and some rice smugglers in Oke Ola area of Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government area of Ogun State on Saturday. Vanguard learnt that trouble started when Customs officers stormed a hideout where the imported […]
Tension in Enugu community as ‘gunmen’ kill traditional ruler
By Chinedu Adonu Pandemonium broke out in Oruku community, Nkanu East local government area of Enugu State as gunmen invaded the community on Saturday and killed their traditional ruler Late Igwe Emmanuel Chidiebere Mba, The traditioner ruler, Mba was shot dead by armed men who claimed to be policemen from Force Headquarters, Abuja. It was […]
Liverpool won’t force Salah to stay — Klopp
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp sees no reason why Mohamed Salah would want to leave the Premier League champions but says he would not keep the Egyptian forward at the club against his will. Salah told Spanish newspaper AS in an interview this month that he admired Real Madrid and Barcelona, fuelling talk in the British […]
PMI report indicates contraction in 70% of economic subsectors
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said that 70 percent of the sub-sectors surveyed for its monthly Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) experienced contraction in December. The report showed that out of 31 sub-sectors surveyed, 22 recorded contraction while nine recorded growth. This represents a downward trend when compared to the November survey. Out of the 31 […]
COVID-19: NCDC announces 838 new infections, 7 deaths
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 838 new cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The centre announced this on its verified website on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 925,215 persons have been tested since the first confirmed case of the virus was announced on Feb, […]
