The Federal Government on Monday lifted the ban on inter-state movements across the country as students from Junior and Senior Secondary Schools would now be allowed to resume school. Dr Sani Aliyu, Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 disclosed this at its news conference in Abuja. Aliyu said that though the current nationwide curfew would still remain, but added that movements across state boundaries could now take effect. According to him, there...
Nigeria owes the Igbos. The issues of the Civil War genocide have not been properly addressed. The system since the war has been so predatory to the Igbos in every sphere of social, political, and economic development. Yet, Igbos as a group do not need a ‘gift’ of any elected position as ‘reparation’ for decades of dehumanizing constitutional policies. ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo Various Igbo activist groups have emerged in recent times advocating, demanding,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as fraudulent the operations of a fake twitter handle, @YusufPhilipYila, purported to belong to its Director, Development Finance Department, Mr Philip Yila Yusuf. The apex bank’s Director of Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, raised this alert in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Okorafor said fake messages relating to the bank’s N50 billion Targeted Credit Facility (TCF) have been posted on the twitter handle with the intent...
The Lagos State Government says it has sealed several lounges, bars, spas and night clubs across the state for flouting its order banning them in a bid to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Director-General, Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola, in a statement, said that mass gathering of people in socio clubs, spas and night clubs during the pandemic negates safety guidelines. He said that preliminary investigation revealed that some bars, spas, lounges and nightclubs were not...
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice only pays whistleblowers after successful recovery not for mere tracing or exposure of suspected illegitimate funds. Dr Umar Gwandu, the Special Assistant to the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Media and Public Relations disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. The Minister was reacting to a letter allegedly by one Aliyu Lemu, Esq. purportedly written on June 22 on issues...
Black power, suffering and the fight for justice took centre stage at the BET awards on Sunday, the first Black celebrity event in the U.S. since nationwide mass protests broke out this month over systemic racism. The show, which celebrates Black excellence in music, film, sports and philanthropy, was filled with speeches, songs, images of protests and the names of dozens of Black men and women who have died at the hands of police in...
The Police at Ikorodu, Lagos State, have arrested one Eke Kanu, 61, of Ebute Road, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, for having unlawful sexual intercourse and impregnating his 19-year-old daughter (name withheld). This is contained in a statement signed by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, and made available to newsmen on Sunday. According to Elkana, the teenager said that her father started having sexual intercourse with her when she was a young girl...
Dr Samson Arigbamu, a Nigerian medical expert based in the U.S., says he has invented a stethoscope equipped with components capable of identifying adventitious lungs such as COVID-19 infected lungs immediately. Arigbamu told newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan that the stethoscope was in production at prototype and optimisation stage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Arigbamu had lived in the U.S for 22 years and was currently the Director of Nursing at Future...
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 490 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 24,567. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its Twitter handle. The NCDC said that the 490 new cases were reported in 20 states. The centre also reported seven deaths. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. The centre said Lagos recorded 118...
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital chapter, has called on its members to embark on a five-day warning strike from June 29. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the NARD President, Dr Abraham Akinbola and the General Secretary, Dr. Abubakar Usman. The statement, made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan, hinged the action on a resolution from a virtual congress of the association. The News Agency...
