Controversial musician Afeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley on Thursday agreed to shoot a video against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in collaboration with the Lagos State Government. Marley told an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos via an April 9 letter that he would make the video atContinue Reading
The Lagos State Government has discharged seven coronavirus patients from its isolation centre in the state. This development was disclosed by the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, via his Twitter handle on Thursday. He said “Good people of Lagos, “I bring you awesome news from IDH, Yaba, which is as aContinue Reading
The charges against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) politician Babatunde Gbadamosi, his wife, Folashade, and musician Afeez Fashola (a.k.a Naira Marley) were dropped by Lagos State when they appeared in court for prosecution. Gbadamosis and Fashola were charged with flouting the Movement Restriction and Stay at Home Order of President MuhammaduContinue Reading
Nigeria’s former finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has apologised for sharing a fake picture commending the Rwandan President for his government’s style of palliatives’ distribution. As COVID-19 outbreak continues to have harsh effect on citizens, countries across the world have offered food items to citizens to cushion the effect of theContinue Reading
The National Examinations Council has said it has not postponed the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination and Basic Education Certificate Examination due to the coronavirus pandemic. The council said it was studying the prevailing situation in the country and would postpone the exams if there was any need. Both theContinue Reading
Gov. Ben Ayade visited Cross River Border unannounced in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The border post which is a boundary between Cross River and Akwa Ibom is in Odukpani Local Government Area of the state. Speaking to newsmen during the visit, Ayade said :”we decided to stop overContinue Reading
Chadian President, Idriss Deby, has called on the Boko Haram’s factional leader, Abubakar Shekau, to surrender or be killed inside his Dikoa hideout. This is coming days after President Deby led the Chadian Army in an offensive against the terrorists which saw about 100 of them killed. In a stateContinue Reading
Members of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 are in Lagos. After a briefing at the Lagos House, Ikeja, they set out with Lagos State government officials to tour health facilities, including the isolation centres at the Onikan Stadium on Lagos Island and Gbagada, Lamos mainland. They are billedContinue Reading
A former lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against inviting Chinese doctors to Nigeria amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Recall that the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, had last week disclosed that a special cargo aircraft will leaveContinue Reading
Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma, has sent additional donations, including 500 ventilators to 54 African countries to help fight coronavirus. Ma disclosed via his Twitter handle that the new donations also include 200,000 suits and face shields, 2,000 thermometers, one million swabs and extraction kits as well as 500,000 gloves. TheContinue Reading
