By OLAYINKA OWOLABI, Anambra Residents of Onitsha and other communities in Anambra State engage in indiscriminate dumping of refuse and open defecation due to the failure of the state government to evacuate the filth in public places and therefore live in perpetual fear of an epidemic outbreak. During a visit […]
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The Federal Government on Thursday said it will have no option other than to impose a fresh lockdown on the country if the rising cases of Covid infections recorded lately continue. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Sani Aliyu, stated this during a briefing in Abuja. […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to take a cue from the events of the United States presidential election. In a statement on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party believes the triumph of democratic institutions in the handling of […]
A Nigerian comedian and actor, Atunyota Akpobome, who is known as Ali Baba has taken a swipe at the Federal Government over the registration of the National Identity Number (NIN). Akpobome, stated that considering the second wave of COVID-19 in the country, the registration exercise came at the wrong time. […]
The Federal Government has appealed to Nigerians to take the COVID-19 Vaccine when it arrives Nigeria. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, said this On Thursday at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja. Shuaib also said that President […]
The United Kingdom has placed on travelers from 11 African countries a travel ban in order to contain the new strain of the virus identified in South Africa. “Entry into England will be banned to those who have travelled from or through any southern African country in the last 10 […]
A tanker explosion has occurred on both lanes around Toyota bus-stop inwards mile 2, along Oshodi/Apapa expressway. As at the time of filing this report, emergency response teams were already on ground. ©The Nation
By OLAYINKA OWOLABI, Anambra With the recall of the traditional ruler of Ukwulu community in Dunukofia Council Area, Igwe Peter Uyanwa, it appears peace has returned to the crisis-ravaged town. Wazobia FM reported serious crisis in the town late last year following the aftermath of the suspension of the traditional […]
By OLAYINKA OWOLABI Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger State has vowed to deal ruthlessly with traditional rulers and other local collaborators conniving with bandits to wreak havoc on innocent citizens in the State. The governor said this yesterday while briefing State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari […]
The United State’s Capitol was lockdown on Wednesday as Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Congress, disrupting the certification of Joe Biden’s election. The crowd breaching the security barricades forced the Senate and the House, which were weighing objections to Biden’s victory, going on an abrupt recess. The protesters who […]