Residents of Ido-Ekiti on Friday commended the Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, for taking proactive measures to curb the spread of the second wave of COVID-19 in the state. A resident, Mr Toluth Owolabi, said that he was happy…
A 31-year-old former bank staff, Kazeem Adeleye, on Friday appeared in Chief Magistrates’ Court in Tinubu, Lagos, for alleged N28.3million fraud. The police charged Adeleye, whose address was not given with three counts of conspiracy, fraud and theft. The prosecution…
A physically-challenged Malam Abdullahi Abubakar, says he hawks yams in wheelbarrow in Gombe to protect his dignity as a father in his household. Abubakar told the Newsmen in Gombe on Friday that physical disability should not be taken as an…
Mr Godshield Kanjal, Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Kalmz Farms Limited, Ogoja, has appealed to governments at all levels to assist in training rural farmers on modern farming. Kanjal made the appeal on Friday in Calabar. “Today’s farming is no longer…
The Chief Medical Director of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, Dr Ikrama Hassan, has appealed to the Association of Residents Doctors to have a rethink over its plan to downscale service. This he said had become necessary as the second…
A gender activist, Mrs Toun Okewale-Sonaiya, expressed shock over the death of renowned activist and civil society giant, Esther Uzoma, after a surgery in Abuja. Okewale-Sonaiya, in an interview with the Newsmen in Lagos , said that Uzoma was an…
Oba Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, the Alara of Ilara, in the Epe Division of Lagos State has commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration for disbursing conditional cash to Local Governments Councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). Speaking with newsmen in Epe on…
Kano State has recorded 10 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the second wave of the pandemic, bringing the total infections in the state to 316. The state Ministry of Health made this known via its verified Twitter handle @KNSMOH on…
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation “Whirl Stroke”, rescued three kidnapped victims and killed one kidnapper in a daring rescue operation at Mararaba Udege in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John…
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Friday said that security forces have rescued 103 kidnapped victims. Masari made this known while addressing some of the rescued victims at the Government House, Katsina. “This is in continuation of the exercise…
