The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured the September 19 and October 10 dates for Edo and Ondo governorship elections remain unchanged despite the COVID-19 pandemic. It also said the timetable and schedule of activities for the elections stand. These were disclosed after a meeting on Tuesday where wide ranging issues, including the coming […]
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Dr. Paul Ojeih Jr. is the first son of the late Prof. Paul Olisa Ojeih and Managing Director (MD) of Iris Medical Foundation. Ojeih Jr. is an alternative medical practitioner with 22 years of cognate experience in Phyto Organic Drugs and Herbalogy. The writer and researcher with core interest in viral and infectious diseases said […]
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Kano State Government has reviewed the lockdown imposed by the Federal Government and extended on Monday by two weeks as prevention for the spread of coronavirus Special Adviser on Media to the governor Salihu Tanko Yakasai said after a meeting between the governor and religious leaders in the state: “Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has accepted […]
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The Oyo State Police command on Monday paraded suspected kidnappers of the twins of the popular Ibadan Islamic cleric, Mr Taofek Azeez Akewugbagold. Commissioner of Police Shina Olukolu, while parading the suspects in Ibadan, said a substantial part of the ransom they collected, a gun, two vehicles and one motorcycle were also recovered from the […]
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Two men, aged 33 and 30, have been arrested with suspected human bones in Delta State. Police said they were suspected ritualists pretending to be mentally unstable. Police Commissioner Hafiz Inuwa told reporters in Asaba, the state capital, on Monday that his men acting on a tip-off arrested the suspects at their hideout under the […]
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Two groups protested on Monday in Benin, the Edo State capital. One was in favour of All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole. The other was against the one-time governor. The pro-Oshiohmole protest was staged by members of the Idiogbe Solomon-led Edo State Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Good Governance and Internal Democracy. […]
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World pays heavy price for ‘little unity’ on virus, says UN chief China pledges $2b to fight virus Macron, Merkel to join forces Global health leaders are pushing for an independent review of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic at the UN’s World Health Assembly. Yesterday’s virtual meeting brings together envoys from 194 member states […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the weekend urged religious leaders to sensitise residents on measures to curb the spread of coronavirus and stay safe. He said their role is very vital because many of the residents in the state worship under them either as Muslims or Christians and they could help contain community transmission […]
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The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, has said that the police are still searching for Michael Okhide, the boy who allegedly stabbed his father and mother to death in Ejigbo area of Lagos State. The suspect had been declared wanted by the police since the incident occurred. Elkana told newsmen […]
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Findings suggest world’s malaria-endemic regions fare better Health experts stress effects of diet, climatic, social factors The predictions were sombre and the statistics scary. A calamity of immense proportion would hit the continent, leaving it worse off than other regions of the world. But months since COVID-19 struck, Africa with its notorious poor health infrastructure […]
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