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Lockdown: Ubani Condemns The Order To Wear Facemask Or Be Flogged By Gov Umahi
The immediate 2nd Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association Mr. Monday Ubani has condemned in an unequivocal manner the pronouncement in a national television by Governor Dave Umahi, the governor of Ebonyi State in the old Eastern Region of Nigeria that those who fail to cover their faces and noses while in a public place should be flogged,...
Lockdown: Ikpeazu Weeps, Tells Abians ‘I’m Touched By Your Pains’
As the people of Nigeria and indeed Abia, God's Own State continue to face difficulties as a result of the restriction of movements imposed on the state to checkmate the spread of coronavirus, the state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed sympathy for the people, saying he is touched by their plights. The Governor in a release he personally signed...
Lebanese Who Advertised Nigerian Lady For Sale Arrested – NIDCOM
A Lebanese man, Wael Jerro, has been arrested by authorities in that country for advertising a Nigerian lady for sale on Facebook. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) confirmed this in a tweet on Thursday, a day after Lebanese authorities condemned the incident. It noted that following the Facebook post by the suspect, the Nigerian Mission in Lebanon had swung into...
COVID-19: Governors Agree On 14-Day National Lockdown
Governors of the 36 States of the Federation on Wednesday “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown for two weeks to contain the spread of COVID-19. 25 States have recorded cases of coronavirus with 782 confirmed cases as at 11:25 pm on April 21 with 25 deaths. The Governors, operating under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF),...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 91 Coronavirus Cases, Total Now 873
Nigeria has recorded 91 new cases of COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced. NCDC, on its verified twitter handle on Wednesday evening, said 74 of the new cases are in Lagos, five in Katsina, four in Ogun, two in Delta, two in Edo, one in Kwara, one in Oyo, one in FCT, one in Adamawa 91 new cases...
COVID-19: We Have More Palliatives For You, Ikpeazu Assures Abians, Says Lockdown Still On
The Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has said the state will continue to roll out palliatives to mitigate the effects of stay-at-home in the state, maintaining that the lockdown put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19 is still in place. While encouraging the people to obey the lockdown, the governor maintained that such palliatives will be...
Regina Daniels Allegedly Dumps Christianity For Islam
Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has been accused on social media of dumping Christianity and embracing Islam because of money. This was after the actress shared a picture showing her dressed in an attire that made her look like a Muslim lady. “If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterfly”, she captioned the picture. Some fans of hers who reacted to the...
JUST IN: Stop This Impunity, We Can’t Watch You Destroy Journalism — NUJ Warns Gov. Umahi
Following the purported ban placed on two journalists in Ebonyi state from visiting the Government House or any government facility in the State, the umbrella body of journalists in Nigeria, the NUJ has warned the state governor, Dave Umahi to tread with caution and put his act of impunity under control, warning that the union will hold him accountable...
BREAKING: Edo Confirms Death Of Another Coronavirus Patient
The Edo Commissioner for Health, Patrick Okundia, on Wednesday, confirmed the death of another COVID-19 patient in the state, bringing the number of deaths from the disease in the state into two. Okundia, who confirmed the death of the patient to newsmen in Benin, described it as unfortunate. “We had an unfortunate situation of a 57-year-old police officer, who passed on...
COVID-19 Palliative: We Mistakenly Paid N20K Twice, We’ll Find Families – FG Fumes
As the Federal Government commences the distribution of the palliative support for Nigerians, it has noted that two members of a family cannot be paid N20,000 from the Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme. This was made known by Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management while addressing claims of double payment in some states. According to Sadiya, investigation into the claims...
