Despite claims of herbal cure, Madagascar records first Covid-19 death
A 57-year-old man, who developed complications after testing positive for Coronavirus, has reportedly died in Toamasina, a city in Madagascar. The spokesperson for the Covid-19 operational command center, Hanta Vololontiana,…
Ganduje queries FG’s suspension of school feeding in Kano
Kano Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has raised concern over the sudden suspension of the Federal Government’s homegrown school feeding program; wondering why feeding of millions of pupils in over 4,900 public…
Dangote truck trafficking 27 Almajirai to Southeast impounded, governors alarmed
Governors of the Southeast region yesterday expressed concern about the movement of Almajirai concealed in food and cement trucks into the Southeast region. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Enforcement…
N4.3b found in secret account was appropriated, says Ondo government
After much prevarication amid feigns of denial; and contrary to reports that Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State didn’t appropriate the N4.3billion found in a secret bank account, the state…
EFCC donates fortified Allison- Maduke property as COVID-19 isolation center
The anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday handed over a property forfeited by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, to the Lagos State government for…
Revenue drops by N174bn in April as FG, States share 606bn
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) yesterday distributed a total of N606.196 billion as April allocation to the federal, state and local governments, representing a N174.73 billion shortfall when compared…
EFCC arraigns two Chinese over N100 million bribe
The Sokoto zonal office of the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), yesterday, arraigned the duo of Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi, both Chinese, before Justice…
Stop revealing details of treatment drugs, FG warns COVID-19 survivors as care hit 5445
On the same day, 288 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed nationwide, taking the tally to 5445, with 171 deaths and 1320 discharged, the federal government pleaded with Coronavirus survivors to…
Ondo rocked by recriminations over N4.3b slush fund scandal
The controversy over which administration opened a secret account and stashed a jaw-dropping N4.3 billion, intensified yesterday with the Ondo State House of Assembly vowing to unravel the mystery behind…
WHO warns Covid-19 may never go away as Nigerian cases surpass 5,000
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the coronavirus (COVID-19) “may never go away.” It, therefore, warned against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and called…