Ebola scare in Adamawa: NCDC confirms negative tests
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) last night said two suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases in Adamawa State tested negative after two rounds of laboratory tests, assuring Nigerians that the confirmed case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) remains the only confirmed infection reported in the country.
Ex-agitators barricade Ayade’s office over unpaid 3 years stipends
By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Former members of Bakassi Strike Force, BSF, numbering about 150 in the early hours of Monday blocked the entrance to the Cross River governor’s office in protest of unpaid allowances and the government’s inability to fulfil the MoU it signed with them since 2018. Vanguard gathered that it took the […]
Man, 27, docked over alleged rape of 15-year-old girl
A 27-year-old man, Jonathan Agbaje, who allegedly defiled a 15-year-old girl, was on Monday arraigned before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Agbaje, whose address is unknown, is standing trial on a two-count charge of unlawful intercourse and child defilement. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Prosecutor, ASP Ikem Uko, told the […]
Court remands artist for cheating, pending sentence
An Upper Area Court in Kubwa, ordered that a 22-year-old artist, Joseph Abah, who pleaded guilty to cheating a Taxi driver, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending sentencing. The Judge, Abdullahi Jibril gave the order after Abah pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust, misappropriation and cheating. Jibril however adjourned the case until Nov.3 […]
3 docked for allegedly beating up, threatening to harm neighbour
Three people were on Monday docked in an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly beating up and threatening to harm their neighbour. The police charged Paulina Oladipupo, 40, and her brother, Joseph and Ibukun Olagunju, 28, who all reside in Shomolu, Lagos with a threat to life and assault. They pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution […]
IPOB sit-at-home order forces Abia transporters to seek palliatives
Transporters in Abia have appealed to the enforcers of the weekly sit-at-home order, in the South East to give them palliatives to cushion the effects of the lockdown on them. Those who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent in Umuahia, the state capital, on Monday, said the development was making things difficult […]
