PENGASSAN suspends industrial action after Rivers State freed Exxon Mobil workers
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN has suspended its planned industrial action after 21 Exxon Mobil Corp. employees quarantined last week after their arrest for…
There’s nothing special about people being barred from entering the villa after attending Kyari’s funeral- Garba Shehu
SSA to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the president, Mr Garba Shehu has reacted to reports regarding…
Bandits kill 47 in Katsina communities
The Katsina State Police Command confirms killing of 47 persons by bandits in an early morning attacks on communities in three local government areas of the state. The command’s Spokesman,…
Lack of co-ordination on the part of FG has contributed immensely to inconsistencies in handling COVID-19 – Falana
Femi Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) says it is time for those at the helms of affairs to stop the impunity and hypocrisy in the fight against COVID-19. In a…
Coronavirus: There’s no policy prohibiting release of dead patients to relatives – LASG
Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi The Lagos State government says there is no policy prohibiting the release of dead coronavirus patients to their families. The Commissioner…
Police nabs 5 over Naval officer’s death
The Zone 6 Headquarters of the Nigerian Police in Calabar has arrested the suspected killers of Naval Sub Lt. David Igbashal. Igbashal was abducted on Feb. 22 while on his…
Lagos Mainland, Eti-Osa LGs have recorded highest COVID-19 cases – Commissioner
Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi The Lagos state government says Lagos Mainland, Eti-Osa LGs have recorded the highest number of coronavirus infections in the State. Professor Akin…
LASG releases list of coronavirus sampling centres in 20 LGs
The Lagos State government has decentralised the sampling centres for coronavirus in the state. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Health, Oreoluwa Finnih, announced this in a…
Covid-19 will ease off in Nigeria before the rest of the world – Adeboye; urges prayers to avert huge fire and flood
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has said that the Covid-19 pandemic will ease off first in Africa, especially Nigeria, before the…
44 Boko Haram captives poisoned in Chadian prison
A group of 44 suspected members of Boko Haram, arrested during a recent operation against the jihadist group, have been found dead in their prison cell, apparently poisoned, Chad’s chief…