Mr. Joseph Gobum Mukan on Monday took over as the Commissioner of Police (CP) in Rivers State. Mukan takes over from Dandaura who has been redeployed to Force Headquarters as CP Provost. In a press statement, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the Rivers Police Command said Mukan begain his police […]
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The Nigerian army says its troops have killed 105 Boko Haram insurgents in a hot encounter at Buni Gari, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. Col. Sagir Musa, acting director of army Public Relations, in a statement, said the onslaught on the insurgents was a result of credible intelligence received by the military, on […]
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Former Rivers State All Progressives Congress Publicity Secretary, Senibo Chris Finebone has expressed happiness over the release of 22 Exxonmobil staff by Gov. Wike. The ex Spokeman of the party in a terse press statement circulate to journalists today said, “I feel happy that the innocent oil workers have regained their freedom from what I consider […]
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Nigeria, on Sunday confirmed 86 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), the highest number of the infection to be confirmed in a day since the index case was recorded in the country. According to the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, 70 of the new infections are in Lagos while seven are in Federal Capital Territory, […]
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By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General The widespread destruction wreaked by Tropical Cyclone Harold in several Pacific countries just days ago has been nothing short of heart-breaking. At least 32 people have died, while more than 45,000 men, women and children in Vanuatu’s hardest-hit province, Sanma, are now homeless. In Tonga, hundreds of businesses and homes […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew effective from Monday, April 20, 2020, in order to check the spread of the dreaded coronavirus. With this pronouncement, movement of people throughout the state is prohibited from 7pm to 6am. Obaseki who disclosed this in a broadcast, noted that the order will be […]
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The commissioner for health in Lagos, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state has no policy against release of corpses of persons who tested positive for COVID-19 for burial. He said this at a press briefing organised in Lagos on Sunday. Recall that on April 3, 2020, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, had specifically said COVID-19 […]
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A former governor of Delta state, James Ibori, says he expected Abba Kyari, the late chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, to recover from COVID-19 because he was “remarkably strong-willed”. Ibori said this on Saturday while expressing his condolences to Kulu Abba Kyari, wife of the deceased, in a statement signed by Tony Eluemunor, […]
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By Soyinka, Cabral, Kane, et al. The threats that are hanging over the African continent with regards to the spread of COVID-19 demand our individual and collective attention. The situation is critical. Yet this is not about mitigating another ‘African’ humanitarian crisis but to diffuse the potentially damaging effects of a virus that has shaken […]
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Mallam Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has lost his battle to coronavirus (COVID-19). Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina broke the news of his death on Friday night but did not go further details. “The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari,” Adsina […]
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