COVID-19 WILL MAKE THE POOR, POORER -Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern that the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic would worsen the already bad economic standing of poor families globally. According to a statement…
COVID-19: 7.8M NIGERIANS ARE IN NEED OF LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE -United Nations
The United Nations says at least 7.8 million Nigerians are in need of life-saving assistance. While addressing reporters on Tuesday, Eve Sabbagh, head of public information unit, UN office for…
UNDERGRADUATE TORTURED TO DEATH BY VIGILANTE OVER MOTHER’S ALLEGED THEFT
A vigilante group in Bauchi State, Yan Committee, has tortured a 21-year-old undergraduate to death on allegations by his mother that he stole her wrapper. The incident was said to…
MAN BEATS GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH AFTER SHE REFUSED TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM
Parading the suspect before newsmen on Tuesday, June 30, the Oyo state Commissioner of Police, CP. Chuks Enwonwu, said that the suspected murderer, Erigga had invited Happiness, a mother of…
FOUR DEAD BODIES RECOVERED FROM A PASTOR’s SOAKAWAY IN RIVERS STATE
Operatives of the Aniti-Kidnapping Unit, in a Sting Operation yesterday 29/6/20202 at about 1330hrs, arrested a pastor who is also a notorious kidnapper and serial killer, Anthony Ndubuisi, from Ngo-Okpala…
FG MAY LOCK DOWN LAGOS ISLAND, IKEJA, ETI-OSA, LAGOS MAINLAND, OTHERS
Eleven councils in Lagos are facing imminent lockdown following a spike in COVID-19 infections. The Lagos councils are part of the 18 endemic others across the Federation that account for…
NO FACEMASK, NO GOVT SERVICE ▪Gyms, Nightclubs to remain shut
The Federal Government on Monday said it would strictly enforce the use of face masks in public, especially in government and commercial premises. Anyone not wearing a facemask will be…
INTERSTATE TRAVEL: WE MAY INCREASE FARES -says NURTW
The National Union of Road Transport Workers has commended the Federal Government for lifting the ban on interstate travel in the country. Acting General Secretary of the union, Kabiru Yau,…
MAN KILLS FRIEND WITH MAGIC RING DURING FOOTBALL MATCH
A Nigerian man identified as Lateef Ahmed, has been arrested by the police in Osun state for allegedly killing his friend by hitting him with a “magic ring” during a…
POLICE ARRESTS WOMAN GOING TO BURY ABORTED BABY IN ANAMBRA
Police in Anambra State have arrested a 24-year-old woman on her way to bury a foetus aborted from her uterus. The Police Public Relations Officer for Anambra State Police Command,…