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Man in police net for alleged impersonation, others

Man in police net for alleged impersonation, others

The Police Command in Ekiti has arrested one Femi Ogunwusi for alleged robbery and being in possession of fake police uniforms and prohibited ammunition. Mr Sunday Abutu, the command’s spokesperson, paraded the suspect at the force headquarters in Ado-Ekiti. He alleged that Ogunwusi was using the uniforms, carrying the insignia of a police sergeant, to […]

COVID vaccine: Nigeria’s failure to produce one

COVID vaccine: Nigeria’s failure to produce one

By Donu Kogbara LAST week on this page, I expressed the view that Nigeria could have produced a COVID vaccine if our government was seriously focusing on the need to transform this country into a real Giant Of Africa. Jonas Odocha ([email protected]), a former Group General Manager at NNPC, the state oil company, responded thus: Dear […]

Osun APC crisis deepens as faction alleges attack on leaders

Osun APC crisis deepens as faction alleges attack on leaders

The Osun Progressive (TOP), a faction within the Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that some people within the party and government are planning to attack leaders of the faction. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Osogbo, the TOP Chairman, Rev. Adelowo Adebiyi, said the planned attack was as a result of the […]

Embarking on strike during pandemic dangerous, unconscionable, FG tells doctors

Embarking on strike during pandemic dangerous, unconscionable, FG tells doctors

THE Federal Government yesterday appealed to striking resident doctors to reconsider their action, saying that for doctors to embark on strike in the midst of the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, with the arrival of Delta variant, cholera in 22 states and Marburg virus (similar to Ebola) was not only dangerous but also unconscionable.