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BREAKING: Lagos Airport Hotel On Fire [VIDEO]
The popular Lagos Airport Hotel was on Thursday evening gutted by fire. Firefighters and other emergency responders are battling with putting off the inferno as at the time of filing this report. The public Affairs Officer of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency(LASEMA), Nosa Okunbor, confirmed the incident. https://youtu.be/xa7gPE6P5Lc Details shortly…
BREAKING: Nigeria Confirms 14 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 288
Fourteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 13 in Lagos and 1 in Delta state As at 09:30 pm 9th April there are 288 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fifty - one have been discharged with seven deaths As at 09:30 pm 9th April, there are 288 confirmed cases 51 discharged 7 deaths Lagos- 158 FCT- 54 Osun- 20 Edo- 12 Oyo- 11 Bauchi- 6 Akwa...
BREAKING: Bauchi Governor Recovers From Coronavirus
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, has fully recovered from coronavirus. It would be recalled the governor earlier tested positive for coronavirus following contact with the son of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar Details shortly……..
BREAKING: South Africa’s COVID-19 Lockdown Extended By 2 Weeks
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that SA’s lockdown will be extended by two weeks. The lockdown was implemented to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial lockdown would have only been for 21 days, but Ramaphosa, in a televised address to the nation on Thursday evening, said SA was at the beginning of a monumental struggle and could not...
BREAKING: Boris Johnson Out Of Intensive Care
Boris Johnson was tonight taken out of intensive care in a sign he is winning his coronavirus battle. The Prime Minister, who has been in hospital since Sunday, has spent three nights in a high-dependency unit at St Thomas's Hospital in central London after his condition deteriorated. The announcement came just hours after Foreign secretary Dominic Raab, who has been standing in for him...
BREAKING: Buhari Grants Pardon To Jailed Ex-Governor, Colonel And Other Inmates
President Muhammadu Buhari has granted a presidential pardon to a former governor of the old Bendel State, Professor Ambros Alli, and retired Lt. Colonel Moses Effiong, who were Jailed for various offenses, on Thursday. Buhari announced the pardon in a series of tweets on his official Twitter account (NGRPresident) on Thursday. https://twitter.com/NGRPresident/status/1248233465100808192?s=20 https://twitter.com/NGRPresident/status/1248235343113072640?s=20 https://twitter.com/NGRPresident/status/1248236187774586883?s=20
BREAKING: Gbadamosi, Naira Marley Discharged As Lagos Withdraws Charge
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has approved the Lagos State Government’s application to withdraw a social distancing violation charge against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Babatunde Gbadamosi, his wife, Folashade, and musician Afeez Fashola (a.k.a Naira Marley). Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa made the order after Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) confirmed that the Gbadamosis and Marley...
BREAKING: Ikpeazu Reels Our Conditions As Abia Relaxes Lockdown To Celebrate Easter
As Christians prepare to celebrate Easter on Sunday, the Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has temporarily relaxed the extended lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus in the state with conditions. He said while worshippers are free to move around within the hours of 6 am on Friday, April 10 (Good Friday) and 2 pm on Sunday, April...
BREAKING: FG Frees 2,600 Prisoners Over COVID-19
The federal government says it is freeing 2,600 inmates in various prisons to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, announced that the government has decided to grant amnesty to the inmates at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. He said among those to be freed include sick and old inmates. More to follow…
COVID-19: Judges Should Hear Urgent Cases Via Skype And Zoom, Falana Tells CJN
Following the lockdown order issued by state governments and the federal government after the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria, popular lawyer, and activist, Femi Falana has advised the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad to direct Judges to listen to “urgent cases” via Skype and Zoom. This was contained in a statement released by the popular lawyer, Falana...
