We’ll Seize Any Corpse Brought Into Benue – Ortom
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has directed that no corpse should be brought into the state as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Ortom, who gave the directive while meeting some warring communities in Benue on Tuesday, said any corpse brought into the state will be seized. He, however, gave an exception for families who “feel strongly” they want...
Man Arrested For Impregnating His Underage Daughter In Imo State
A 47-year-old man identified as Uchenna Egbuchulem has been arrested by the Imo state police command for allegedly impregnating his underage biological daughter. The suspect was arrested at Nduhu Alaenyi Ogwa in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state on May 12, following a complaint filed by a good Samaritan at the Divisional Police headquarters in Mbaitoli. The victim identified as...
5 Female NIS Officers Who Participated In Falz “Bop Daddy” Redeployed
Five Female Employees Of Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS Who Participated In the popular "Bop Daddy" Challenge by Falz Punished With Redeployment To Borno, Yobe, Others. Five female officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service have been punished with redeployment to states in Nigeria where the fight against insurgency and Coronavirus is ongoing after they participated in a viral video challenge in...
Rivers Govt Mourns Member Of Taskforce Who Was Attacked At Demolished Hotel, Converts Site To Primary School
The Rivers State Government Wednesday announced the death of a member of its Taskforce on COVID-19 attacked by hoodlums at the demolished Prodest Hotel in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, who though did not mention the name of the victim, said he died from injuries he sustained during the incident. Nsirim, who...
NAFDAC Reacts To Claims Of Herbal COVID-19 Remedies
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has reacted to claims of the herbal COVID-19 remedies. The agency said that all claims of herbal COVID-19 remedies are domiciled in either the conventional news media or social media. In a statement by the Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye said that they only received an application from one...
Bala Lau Demands ₦100 Million From Sahara Reporters For Reporting His Death
The national leader of the Jama’at Izalat al Bid’a Wa Iqamat as Sunna (JIBWIS), also known as the Izala Society, Sheikh Bala Lau, has demanded ₦100 Million compensation from Sahara Reporters for announcing that he had died. They had reported (on May 10th) that Sheikh Bala Lau had died and that social distancing guidelines were not adhered to at his...
COVID-19 Vaccine Won’t Be Ready Until 2021 – PTF Boss
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha has urged Nigerians to abide by the PTF guidelines to fight COVID-19 as a vaccine won’t be ready until 2021. Mustapha said, “Ordinarily, from the little literature I have read on COVID 19, we are not expecting any vaccine to be on the shelves until towards the end of...
FG Approves Hazard Allowances For COVID-19 Health Workers
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said the Federal Government, FG had signed a deal approving hazard allowances for health workers involved in the COVID-19 containment. He said the agreement had been forwarded to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed. Ehanire noted that the Nigerian Medical Association and other stakeholders were present at the signing of...
Pathologists Deployed To Probe Strange Deaths In Bauchi, Jigawa, Others – Ehanire
The Minister for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has deployed pathologists to probe the strange deaths in Bauchi, Jigawa and other states where strange deaths were recorded recently. The Federal Ministry of Health assembled and trained pathologists from Sokoto, Bauchi, Jigawa, Katsina and Kano states who were thereafter sent to probe the strange deaths in the states. He said, “With regard to...
PTF Advise Governors To Suspend Interstate Movements Of Almajirai
The Presidential Task Force, PTF also advised governors to suspend interstate movements of Almajirai so as not to frustrate efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Northern Governors’ Forum, in a statement issued after its meeting on April 21 unanimously decided to ban the Almajirai system of education. They decided that the children should be sent back to their parents or states...
