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COVID-19: 176 New Cases, 3 Deaths Recorded On Wednesday

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176 new COVID-19 cases on recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday. This makes the total infections in the country to 55, 632. Since three weeks, Nigeria recorded no new daily cases above 300. However, 779 daily infections seen on June 28 has been the highest in recent times. The NCDC also confirmed three coronavirus related deaths, which brings the death toll to 1070. The update came as the ongoing strike by Nigerian doctors, the first responders to the deadly contagion, entered its third day. The NARD…

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Nigerian Govt Threatens to Revoke Doctors Residency Programme As Strike Actions Could Not Be Overturned

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The federal government and the striking National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) held a meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. The meeting was however unproductive as the government threatened to revoke the doctors’ residency programme. The doctors embarked an indefinite strike on Monday, a backdrop from a suspended in June. The concened doctors are protesting the non-implementation of life insurance for members treating COVID-19 patients; the non-funding of their residency programme and some unpaid arrears. In its initial response to the doctor’s decision on Monday, the government said the doctors have no reason…

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Toxic Waste Kills 3 In Ondo State

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The broken dam holding toxic substances produced by a Chinese company operating in Omotosho forest reserve in Okitipupa, Ondo State, has claimed the lives of three men in Ondo State. The information was confirmed by the Ondo State Police Command in the state. The Wewood company is engaged in cassava to ethanol production in the area and also involved in the production of plywood and tiles. The victims of the unfortunate incident are: Akinmusire Monday (35), Samuel Louis (45) and Ododolewa Adebowale (19). The men were in the forest to…

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Onyinye, 25, Allegedly Stabs Lover To Death For Proposing Abortion

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Onyinye Chime, 25-year-old, has allegedly killed her lover, Eleyi Azubuike, in Anambra State to death, for asking her to abort her pregnancy. Our correspondent S’Teller gathered that the incident happened on Ochiagha Street, Nkpor, near Onitsha, in the Idemili Local Government Area of the state, after the deceased had advised Chime to abort the pregnancy, which she objected to. A source told newsmen that 29-year-old Azubuike also declined to give her money for upkeep. “Onyinye was not comfortable with all these. So, she complained to people about it; but we…

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“You Made It Through Good Character, Hardwork” – Ooni Rates Akinwumi for Emerging 2nd Term AFDB President

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“YOU MADE IT THROUGH GOOD CHARACTER, HARD WORK” – OONI CELEBRATES AKINWUMI ADESINA’S RE-ELECTION. The Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has congratulated Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, over his re-election as the President of the African Development Bank (AFDB). Ooni Ogunwusi expressed his heartfelt joy through a statement signed by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare, explaining that Dr. Akinwunmi’s re-election is a product of his good character and hard work. “Omoluabi is the name we descendants of Oduduwa call good…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 1002 Fatalities As 5 Deaths Were Reported On Sunday

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A thousand people have died from COVID-19 complications in Nigeria, the Health authority have recorded. Five deaths were also recorded on Sunday, taking the total fatalities in Nigeria to 1002. Despite the toll of over a thousand deaths from COVID-19 complications, only 10 of the 36 states in Nigeria have teams of trained staff for handling COVID-19 burials, a report found. Nigeria total coronavirus cases surpassed 52,000 on Sunday after 322 new infections were reported. This was disclosed by the NCDC, the agency heading Nigeria’s national response to the COVID-19…

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Falling Container Claims 2 Lives In Lagos

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An empty 40ft container has claimed two lives in an accident at Ijesha area of Lagos, an official said. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said this on Saturday. Mr Oke-Osanyintolu made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday. He said that the LASEMA management received a distress call on its emergency toll free line at about 9:44 p.m. on Friday and activated a response team to the incident scene at Odo Olowu bus-stop at Ijesha.…

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Ondo 2020: Gov. Sanwo-Olu Believes It’s A Done Deal For Arakunrin Akeredolu

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The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for the Ondo State governorship election, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has explained why he believes the ruling party will win on October 10. The Governor revealed this while speaking with journalists on Thursday at Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja according to a report by The Nation newspaper. The campaign chairman believes the incumbent governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who is seeking re-election, has performed well to win again with a landslide victory. “The party’s confidence is buoyed by the…

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Jigawa State Governor Blame Past Leaders Over High Cost Of Living In Nigeria

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The Executive Governor of Jigawa State, Mohammed Abubakar has blamed the high cost of food in the country on past leaders describing them as chronic importers. He said this at the virtual inauguration of 12 projects across six geopolitical zones of the country by Ali Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, on Thursday in Abuja. “Past leaders have been chronic importers,” the governor said. Mr Abubakar said food was expensive in Nigeria because there were no policy direction or any form of substitution to importation. “How can food not…

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COVID-19: Death Toll Nearly A Thousand Since Pandemic

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The number of covid 19 related deaths thus far in Nigeria almost a thousand on Thursday after seven people were reported dead as a result of the virus in the last 24 hours. Thursdays’ death tally took the total number of fatalities in Nigeria 992. The government of Nigeria has issued a warning to citizens to take preventive measures against the coronavirus as the country’s death toll nears 1,000. “Figures show that Nigeria is sadly approaching the symbolic 1,000 number of fatalities, a grim reality that should be a wakeup…

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