Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease has since spread worldwide, leading to the globally ravaging pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Africa on February 14, 2020, with […]

The Presidential Steering Committee(PSC) on COVID-19  has banned over 2,000 Nigerians and foreigners from traveling abroad and into the country for one year, for evading the Coronavirus Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test at the country’s international airports. The National Incident Manager (NIM) of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC), Mukhtar Muhammad, disclosed this at its briefing on […]

A former Chief of Air Staff, rtd Air Marshal Mohammed Umar on Monday, told the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court that he did not transfer N66 million from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) account. Umar, led in evidence by his counsel, Mr Onyechi Ipeazu, SAN, told the court that he did not authorise […]

A housewife, Ramatu Mansur, 28, on Monday dragged her husband Kamal Mu’azu before a Shari’a court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna for assault. In a petition, Mansur, through her lawyer Malam Sulaiman Lere accrued husband of abuse and lack of care. She prayed court to dissolve the marriage and grant her custody of her 16-month-old daughter […]

The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives arrested five suspected kidnappers in the early hours of Sunday. The command also said that another suspect was killed in a botched kidnap attempt in Zaria on Monday. The Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige made the development known in a statement on Monday in […]