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Missing Cooking Pot Violence Claims Four Lives In FCT

Police arrest
The police have arrested nine persons for alleged involvement in a wave of violence that claimed four lives, including a pregnant woman in Ungwan Tiv village, Lugbe, a satellite townRead More

Maryam Sanda Not Granted Presidential Pardon – NCoS

Maryam Sanda and late husband
The Nigerian Correctional Service has debunked rumours that a death row inmate, Maryam Sanda, was granted presidential pardon last Thursday, alongside seventy (70) other inmates of the Medium Security CustodialRead More

Coronavirus: Buhari Extends Lagos, FCT, Ogun Lockdown For Another 14 Days

President Muhammadu Buhari
In his address to the nation, on Monday, April 13th, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari spoke on Nigeria’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19) and measures put in place by the Federal GovernmentRead More

It’s Hard To Survive Lockdown Without Daily Income – Street Traders, Hawkers

Street trading
Lockdown caused by coronavirus pandemic is disrupting economy at different scales across the globe with several income-yielding activities being at their lowest ebb. While big firms have devised some modelsRead More

Coronavirus: FG May Extend Lockdown As Cases Rise To 305

L-R: Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu; Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Control of COVID-19, Boss Mustapha; President, Maj Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd); Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, during a meeting on control of Covid-19, in Abuja.
There are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari may extend the lockdown order in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory. This came after the Chairman of the Presidential TaskRead More

Lockdown: Soldiers Pursue Errant Abuja Residents With Rod

Abuja, Nigeria
There was tension in Abuja on Wednesday, April 8th, 2020, as soldiers deployed to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown order unleashed terror on residents. The soldiers, who took over the boundaryRead More

FCT, Lagos, Ogun Communities Defy FG’s Lockdown Order

Keke operators and commercial drivers at Iyana-Iba
Residents of some communities in the Federal Capital Territory, Ogun and Lagos states on Sunday, April 5th, 2020 violated President Muhammadu Buhari’s lockdown order. On Saturday, April 4th and Sunday,Read More

Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms Five New Cases In Nigeria; 3 In Bauchi, 2 In FCT

214 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reported in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Saturday, April 4th, 2020 confirmed five new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria Of the five new cases, three (3) wereRead More

Police Arrest Six For Selling Cocaine In Abuja

Six men suspected of selling cocaine and rohypnol in the Federal Capital Territory
Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested six men, suspected of selling cocaine and rohypnol in the Federal Capital Territory. Cocaine weighing about 15 grams andRead More

Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms Ten New Cases In Nigeria; 7 In Lagos, 3 In FCT

184 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, April 2nd, 2020, confirmed ten new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Of the ten new cases, seven cases wereRead More