COVID-19: Rivers arrests 22 ExxonMobil workers for violating restriction order
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt RIVERS State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday announced the arrest of 22 workers of ExxonMobil who allegedly entered the state in violation of the State Executive Order. Wike, who spoke during a live broadcast in Port Harcourt disclosed that the oil workers were apprehended on Thursday by security personnel along the…
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Nothing sensitive was destroyed in fire – INEC
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission has doused apprehension over the fire incident which gutted its offices in Abuja with an assurance that reports of party primaries and conventions remained intact. The commission said that apart from some office furniture and equipment, nothing sensitive was destroyed. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information…
Infidelity: Husband bathes wife with pepper-laced hot water
Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo A 27-year-old man, Adeniyi Akinde, has reportedly bathed his wife, Deborah, with hot water laced with pepper, while she was sleeping over suspicion of infidelity. The incident happened on Tuesday around 12.30am in the Oke-Owu area of Modakeke, Osun State, where the couple resides. The victim was said to have been rushed…
Taraba clash: Violence never settles problems ― Buhari
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday evening said that the renewed communal clash in Taraba State was disturbing. President Buhari who condemned the latest ethnic violence in the state which left a large number of people dead said that violence was never the option to settle disputes. Reacting to the incident, Buhari said that…
Turning COVID-19 tragedy into opportunity for new Nigeria ― Emefiele
As many people are now aware, the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19) in China has rapidly permeated and profoundly changed the world. While this crisis is first and foremost a public health issue, which has claimed the lives of over 123,600 people worldwide, and counting, the economic damages are unprecedented on several fronts:…
Children killed as air force ‘accidentally bombs’ Borno village
At least 17 people were said to have been killed when a fighter jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force fired a bomb on Sakotoku village in Damboa local government area of Borno state. Residents told TheCable that those killed included women, and children who were said to be playing under mango trees. The air…
Police deploy special forces in Lagos, Ogun, arrest 191
following the upsurge in criminal activities in some communities in Lagos and Ogun states, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of additional intelligence and operatives to strengthen security and bolster public confidence in the affected areas. They include the Police Mobile Force, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Intelligence Response Team and…
Patience Jonathan’s Abuja hotel to be converted to isolation centre
A hotel belonging to Patience Jonathan, former first lady, will be converted to an isolation and treatment centre for COVID-19 patients, according to TheNation. The hotel, said to be located in Abuja, is reportedly under interim forfeiture secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2018. The newspaper quoted a source as saying…
Buhari to address Nigerians today
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will address Nigerians at 7pm today (Monday). The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this known in a statement. Though the statement gave no hint on what the President would be speaking on, The PUNCH gathered that it may not be unconnected…
‘Robbers’ attacking residents of Agege, Mangoro, Iyana Ipaja
There is panic in Mangoro, Ogba, Agege, Iyana Ipaja and Dopemu areas of Lagos as suspected hoodlums are robbing residents. In what appeared like a coordinated operation, the hoodlums were said to have arrived in okadas and buses, armed with different kinds of weapons. Residents who spoke with TheCable said the suspects looted food stores…