Month: February 2020
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COVID-19 : Virologist urges FG to identify, quarantine passengers on plane with Italian
Abuja, Feb.28, 2020 Dr Solomon Chollom, a virologist and medical laboratory scientist with the National Veterinary Research Institute Vom, Plateau State, has called on the Federal Government to identify and quarantine other passengers who had contact with the Italian in the plane or at the airport. Chollom, told Our corespondent, on Friday in Abuja, that…
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Iran reports eight new coronavirus deaths, 34 in total
Iran on Friday reported eight new deaths from coronavirus, taking its overall toll to 34, as the number of infections jumped again in the Islamic republic, among the worst-hit countries. An additional 143 cases have been detected over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of confirmed infections to 388, health ministry spokesman Kianoush…
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Trump considers travel bans on Italy, South Korea over coronavirus
Donald Trump said he was considering travel restrictions on Italy and South Korea over coronavirus fears, as he sought to reassure Americans worried about the epidemic. But a short while after an upbeat press conference by the US president, health authorities said they had detected the first case of unknown origin in the country, signaling…
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UPDATED: Another man jumps from cab into Lagos Lagoon
Another young man, who is yet to be identified, around midnight on Thursday, leapt from an Uber car and jumped into the Lagos Lagoon. This is coming barely 10 days after a man alighted from a cab and jumped into the same Lagos Lagoon. The man jumped into the Lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge at midnight,…
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Police burst baby factory in Rivers, rescue 24 babies, four pregnant teenagers
The Rivers State Police Command on Thursday said it rescued 24 babies and four expectant mothers from an illegal maternity home in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. Command Spokesperson, Nnamdi Omoni, said, “In a covert operation on Tuesday, our men burst a child trafficking syndicate at Woji in Port Harcourt where 24 babies between the…
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CEPEJ call on Federal and State Government to rescue Sokebolou and Yokiri communities from SPDC.
By Adams Samuel. A formost leading advocacy NGO that stands for a cleaner, better and heathy environment, Center For Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, has called on President Mohammadu Buhari, the Hon. Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Timiprye Silver, the Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeayi Okowa, and other relevant stakeholders in the Niger Delta…
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New policy on salary payment not punitive, says Kwara Govt
The directive to Kwara state workers to open new salary accounts with commercial banks of their choice is neither punitive nor designed to cripple micro finance banks in the state, the government clarified on Thursday. The government added that the move, among other measures to be taken, is to fight the menace of ghost workers…
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Three internet fraudsters plead guilty in Ilorin
Three suspected internet fraudsters who were being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Office have pleaded guilty to the criminal charges levelled against them. The defendants who were brought on separate charges before a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin presided over by Justice Adenike Akinpelu are, Olopade Oladimeji…
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No officer has right to check your phones, Police tell Nigerians
A former Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, Dolapo Badmus, has said that officers of the Nigeria Police Force have no business with the mobile devices of Nigerians, adding that officers engaging in such an act are harassing the citizens. Badmus stated this while speaking at the ongoing Social Media Week 2020 in Lagos…
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[BREAKING] Terrorism: AU to deploy 3,000 soldiers to Niger, Mali, others
As a way of ending the terrorism ravaging the Sahel region of Africa, the African Union is preparing to deploy 3,000 troops to the countries in the region, an official has said. Countries identified are Mali, Chad, Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso, among others. Details later…