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The former Governor of Abia state and present senator representing Abia North Senatorial district, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been released from the Kuje Correctional Facility in Abuja. The senator was convicted For allegedly looting N7.65b belonging to Abia state in December of 2019 by the Federal High Court in Lagos, and was serving a 12-year sentence. On Tuesday 2nd June 2020, Justice Mohammad Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos State ordered the release of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, however a retrial of his case was ordered. It was gathered that he was released at about 7:30 pm…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has released information showing the Local Government Areas (LGA) with the highest COVID-19 infections recorded. The data shows twenty local government areas with the most infections out of the 774 local government areas in the country. These twenty Local Government Areas are spread across eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Lagos state has the most Local Governments, with the state represented by 11 Local Governments. Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, Borno, Edo, Ogun, Jigawa, and the FCT. The LGAs In Lagos are; Lagos Mainland – 1,274 casesMushin – 458Eti-Osa – 403Alimosho – 239Kosofe…

NAF History was made by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) as they conducted an operational Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission carried out by a crew of only females. The Mission was conducted on the 28th May 2020 by Flying Officers Oluwabunmi Ijelu and Genevieve Nwaogwugwu as Captain and Co-Pilot, respectively, with Sergeant Njoku Patience as the Airborne Tactical Observation System (ATOS) mission operator and Lance Corporal Shawulu Godiya as the onboard technician. They used the Beechcraft KingAir ISR aircraft to conduct the mission. Air Commodore Ibikule Daramola who is the Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian…

The Nigerian Federal Government has revealed a list of five airports that will be opened from the 21st June 2020 according to directives. The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu revealed this in a circular he signed and passed on to airlines in the country. Captain Musa Nuhu also revealed that the Nigerian airspace is still closed to international commercial flights from that 21st still. He listed the airports that will be opened are in the following states; Rivers State, Lagos State, Kano State, Imo state and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). List Of Airports…

Apostle Johnson Suleman, the President of Omega Fire Ministries and CEO of CelebrationTV Network has promised to give the sum of one million nairas to anyone with information that would lead to the capture of those involved in the rape and murder of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa. Vera Uwaila was a 22-year-old 100 level student of the University of Benin who was raped and murdered by unknown men when she went to read in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) premises in Benin city. Apostle Johnson Suleman had earlier condemned the killing of Miss Vera Uwaila, calling for justice to…

The Minister of health, Osagie Ehanire has said that the Nigerian Government has handed the touted cure of COVID-19 by Madagascar, the COVID organics to the Ministry of Health. The Minister said this during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing by the team on Monday in Abuja, he said the NAFDAC has also gotten samples of the COVID organics. “The Madagascar herb has been transferred to the Ministry of Health, NAFDAC has collected samples, the NIMR will also receive samples as well as the Ministry of Science and Technology for evaluation.” The minister of state for health, Olorunnimbe Mamora…

The Chinese Medical team that came into Nigeria amidst much controversy is reportedly still in the country. This is according to the Chinese Embassy and the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). The Nigerian Government had previously suggested that the Chinese medical team had been sent back to China, according to the ministry of foreign affairs. Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde had also shared a picture of her husband, Matthew Ekeinde, in an aircraft with the Chinese people, supposedly flying them back. Osagie Ehanire who is the Minister of Health had also said the medical personnel are not guests of the federal…

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) has issued new guidelines for the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions imposed by the president. The PTF chairman, Boss Mustapha disclosed the new guidelines in the daily COVID-19 Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing in the Abuja. The chairman pointed out that in this phase of easing COVID-19 lockdown,the nationwide curfew will remain in place, but the timing would be relaxed further to 10 pm through 4 am. The banks are now allowed to open up full operations, with regular working hours restored. Places of worship are now allowed restricted opening to only regular…

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has sent more support to the Edo State Police Command to assist in the investigation to the death of 22-year-old Vera Uwaila Omosuwa. It was reported that Miss Vera Uwaila Omosuwa, a 100-level student of the University of Benin had been reading in RCCG, Edo Province 10, Ikpoba Hill, Benin, on the 27th May when she was struck on the head by some men who raped her and left her for dead in the church premise. She was rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital where she died after narrating what she…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has detained a man, aged 43 years for reportedly committing rape on his daughter aged 15 years in Lugbe, Abuja. Mr Bala Ciroma, who is the FCT Commissioner of Police disclosed this to newsmen at a briefing in Abuja, saying the suspect involved was not having any mental issues and confessed to his crime against his daughter on being carried out on several occasions. The police commissioner also said that 12 suspects connected to kidnapping were arrested around the Kwali, Bwari and Abaji areas of the FCT. A total of seventeen rounds of…

The Nigerian federal government has announced its intention to use hotels and schools in the country as isolation centres as the country faces a shortage of bed spaces due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. The minister of health, Dr Ehanire Osagie made this known to newsmen during the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 in Abuja. The minister disclosed that the COVID-19 patients were categorized on four different levels based on the severity of their symptoms from those in quarantine with zero to mild symptoms up to those that are in need of an intensive care…

The Nigerian Navy has received the delivery of a brand new AW139 aircraft from Leonardo’s Helicopters in Italy after it was ordered since 2016. The AWS aircraft which was arrived and was announced ny the Nigerian Navy’s Rear Admiral Ifeola Mohammed who is the Navy’s chief of Policy and Plans. he said that the Navy’s new aircraft acquisition is currently being inducted. The Nigerian government had ordered four AW139 air crafts to be configured for corporate transport and search and rescue (SAR) missions in 2016 from AgustaWestland, which is now known as Leonardo Helicopters. The aircraft was seen undergoing test…

A high court sitting in Akure, Ondo state has sentenced a pastor to be hanged to the death. The Pastor, Kolawole Samson was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of a middle-aged man named Ayo Olaniyi in his farm within Oke-Igbo axis in Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of Ondo state. The trial judge, Justice Ademola Bola pronounced pastor Kolawole Samson guilty of the death of Ayo Olaniyi after using a cutlass to inflict an injury on him that led to his death in the farm settlement at Gberinlegi village in 2016. The state’s attorney-general and the state’s commissioner of…

The president of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved for the appointment, Dr Ya’u Usman Idris as the Director-General of Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRC) The Minister of State for Petroleum, Hon Timipre Sylva made this announcement of the new appointment in a statement Mr Garba Deen Muhammad, who is his SA on Media. The minister in his congratulatory message said, “The Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum (HMSP) H.E. Timipre Sylva has today, 28/05/2020, disclosed the appointment of Dr Ya’u Usman Idris as the Director-General of Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRC).” “In a letter conveying the approval of President…

The Government of Abia State has declared a COVID-19 patient to be wanted after he escaped from a treatment centre in the state. Chief John Okiyi-Kalu who is the Abia state commissioner of information made this known in a statement released on Thursday, saying the patient whose name is Emmanuel Ononiwu had declined to be isolated and treated. The commissioner said, “Ononiwu, a resident of Aba, escaped from a temporary holding facility in the city prior to his movement to an isolation centre after he was informed of his COVID-19 status, If seen anywhere, please report to the nearest security…

`The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Sokoto State has penalised a total of 17 corp members of the Batch B stream 1 in the state. Mr Philip Enatonme Enabuere who is the Sokoto state NYSC coordinator made this known in Sokoto on Thursday, during the passing out parade of the batch B stream 1. The coordinator pointed out that seven of those corp members are to repeat the whole service year while the other ten has an extension of between two weeks to four months added to their service. According to the NYSC coordinator, the state lost one of its…

The Minsterial task force team of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on the enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions in Abuja has arrested eight people caught violating the lockdown order. The Chairman of the task force team, Mr Attah Ikharo gave this announcement to reporters on Thursday evening in Abuja, saying the violators were arrested in Kubwa and Dutse Alhaji districts of the FCT, pointing out that the defaulters would be arraigned in mobile courts subsequently. Mr Attah Ikharo noted that one of those caught defaulting claimed to be a soldier in the hope of intimidating the policemen, and after much…

The Lagos state ministry of health (LSMOH) has announced that the state has released more COVID-19 patients after successfully testing negative to the virus twice consecutively. The Lagos state’s health ministry made this known in an update released on its social media page on Twitter. The tweet pointed out that the state had released 87 patients to reintegrate into society after full recovery. Of those patients, 40 of them are females and the other 47 males, all the patients are Nigerian Nationals, with no foreigners among those released. Of the 87 patients, 26 of them are from the Yaba Infectious…

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF) has approved the use of herbal mixtures for the treatment of coronavirus pandemics in the country. Saying this at the daily presidential task force briefing was the chairman of the team, Boss Mustapha. The chairman pointed out that three herbal drugs were approved and validated by the team and then sent to other relevant authorities for testing and further approval. You recall that while the WHO had earlier stopped the trial of hydroxychloroquine for use as a treatment for the COVID-19 pandemic, the NAFDAC said they would keep on with their own trials.…

An Anambra State pensioner, Sir Benjamin Ezeokeke has donated all of his pension to the Anambra State Government in support of the fight against COVID-19. Sir Benjamin Ezeokeke who is a retired secondary school teacher wrote this in a letter he addressed to the state government in which he also wrote his pension identity card number, telling the government to use his pension as his own contribution in the fight to combat against the virus in Anambra state. The pensioner wrote, “This is to commend and encourage Governor Willie Obiano in his efforts in cushioning the hardships posed by the…

A ghastly accident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Rimin Gata in Ungoggo Local Government Area of Kano State. The ghastly accident was said to have occurred between a tipper farkas and a golf car and involved ten passengers, with five of them dead and the other five injured but still alive and had been rushed to the hospital for treatments. The information was confirmed by the Kano State Fire Service Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Muhammad Saidu. The PRO identified the victims of the ghastly accident that were in the hospital but said they were yet…