Alaafin of Oyo’s queen Ajoke’s marriage intact

Ever since  Olori Badirat Olaitan Ajoke tied nuptial knot with revered octogenarian and monarch, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, she has not failed to show the world that she was properly trained and nurtured for royalty all her life. The Marketing graduate of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, oozes royalty with blue blood flowing […]

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Ondo NURTW warns: We’ll sanction drivers who flout curfew

Ondo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has threatened to sanction any of its members caught violating the dusk till dawn curfew ordered by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN. Akeredolu had imposed the curfew to curb the spread of COVID-19 after a third person tested positive in the state. He said […]

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Virus spread to all states likely, NCDC warns

Inter-state travels worsening transmission, says PTF Sokoto, Ebonyi, Abia, others: We are ready to battle it States yet to have coronavirus pandemic cases should brace UP for it, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned. The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 also on Thursday said community transmission of the virus is now prevalent, […]

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Katsina imposes lockdown, bans gatherings, weekly markets, prayers

Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State, Thursday night ordered a total lockdown of Dutsin-ma Local Government Area with effective7: 00am on Friday, April 17, 2020. The Governor also directed the closure of all major weekly markets across the state and all weekly congregational prayers including the annual Ramadan Tafsir and all other public gathering […]

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Trump says travel restrictions top priority as U.S. prepares to reopen

U.S. President Donald Trump has said border control and travel restrictions would be top priority as the country prepares to reopen its economy after a costly coronavirus shutdown. He said during his daily news briefing on COVID-19 at the White House on Thursday where he announced a three-phased plan for the reopening process. “As we […]

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Backing Trump, U.S. Republicans call for WHO chief to resign

Republican U.S. lawmakers echoed President Donald Trump’s criticism of the World Health Organization on Thursday, with some suggesting he withhold aid until the U.N. agency’s director general resigns while others called for an international investigation of its handling of the coronavirus. Seventeen of Trump’s fellow Republicans on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee wrote […]

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Minister says no sufficient isolation centres for over 2,000 Nigerians awaiting evacuation

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said the planned evacuation of Nigerians from foreign countries will be staggered as the number of interested persons is high. The government had concluded plans to bring back Nigerians from the United States, United Kingdom, China, United Arab Emirates and other countries on account of the coronavirus […]

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China raises Wuhan death toll as US plots re-opening

A man is tested in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged AFP / Hector RETAMAL The Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged raised its death toll by 50 percent on Friday, revealing the ground zero of the global pandemic had been much worse hit than Beijing had previously reported. The revision […]

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Ekiti circulates photos of convicted rapists

Ekiti State Government has publicly shamed two convicted sex offenders in its renewed onslaught against rape and other sexual offences to serve as deterrence to others. It pasted the photographs of the two convicted sex offenders, Basiru Adeyanju and Abiodun Olusola, in public places in the state and as well on various online platforms for […]

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