The Presidential Task Force on COVID19 says the Federal government is not considering a fresh lockdown in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic. On Thursday, a letter allegedly from the task force indicating an imminent lockdown starting this weekend made the rounds on social media. The PTF has described the letter as…
Nigeria’s food inflation increased by 1.26 percent from 18.30 percent in November 2020 to 19.56 percent in December. This is according to the December 2020 consumer price index/inflation report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, on Friday, Jan 15, 2021. This is the highest jump in food inflation since May…
Manchester United midfielder, Bruno Fernandes has become the first player in Premier League history to win Player of the Month four times in the same calendar year. The Portuguese footballer was on Friday named Premier League Player of the Month for December, after scoring three goals in six Premier League appearances in December as Ole…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC says 1398 new cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, January 13. According to the health agency, Lagos recorded 542 cases while the FCT recorded 131, Other states with fresh cases include Oyo-120, Rivers-113, Plateau-111, Kaduna-71, Kwara-71, Akwa Ibom-34, Sokoto-31, Benue-28, Ogun-27, Kano-26, Kebbi-17, Osun-12,…
Governor Seyi Makinde has said that most of the negative reports about Oyo state chapter of the Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun, are false. Makinde who said this at the government house in Agodi on Wednesday January 14, alleged that those who want Amotekun to fail are behind the lies. He also told those with evidence of wrongdoing meted…
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano Command, have arrested an 18-year-old man, Isameel Abubakar, for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl (name withheld). Abubakar of Kofar Ruwa quarters in Dala Local Government Area was arrested last Friday on the same day the crime was allegedly committed. Confirming the incident, the…
20 doctors have contracted COVID-19 within the past three weeks in Kwara State. President of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Dr Badmus Habeeb, disclosed this to Channels Television during a phone interview on Wednesday January 13. Habeeb who said the association are battling with the pandemic “based on…
US President Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Snapchat, according to a statement by the platform. The move by Snap to permanently ban Trump from the social app comes after Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, Twitch, and other internet platforms issued similar bans. On Tuesday, YouTube suspended Trump’s channel for seven days for a video…
The owner of Club Victoria in Lagos, Bruno Owede, who was arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly opening his facility to fun-seekers in violation of the COVID19 safety protocols, was arraigned before the Ebutte Metta Magistrate court on Tuesday, January 13. The court in its ruling, ordered Owede to undergo…
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wore same outfit she appeared in during President Trump’s first impeachment in 2019 for the second impeachment vote against the president on Wednesday January 13. On Wednesday, Ms Pelosi appeared at the House impeachment vote wearing a black dress with three-quarter sleeves and a blue and black floral mask. She paired the outfit with a gold necklace. The…
