Ifeanyi Asiatugbulam appears to be an incorrigible kidnap suspect. While he was still at large and wanted for his criminal escapades, he was still busy plotting and executing more kidnap operations. Asiatugbulam was also popular for evading arrest and escaping from captivity. after two years of fleeing from the law, he must have assumed himself […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state earlier today tested positive to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the globe. This is also as the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) reached out to the governor wishing him a speedy recovery. Characteristic of Governor El-Rufai, he announced the outcome of his COVID-19 test today through a short video […]
…Journalist assaulted for taking picture of hotel There was palpable tension in Owerri over a suspected case of the COVID-19 which may have been traced to Owerri. As at Saturday afternoon, indications were rife that contact tracing of a COVID-19 case may have led security officials to a hotel in Owerri. Security agents as at […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a nationwide manhunt for 4,370 “persons of interest” as part of measures to combat the spread of the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The move is designed to track down all persons suspected to have had contact with index cases of the virus. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji […]
.By Ben Elumah The biggest tragedy suffered by the state of Imo in the last 10 years, is the elevation of persons who had no business in public office to positions of responsibility in government. It is an extreme error to offer serious positions of responsibility to persons who neither have the discipline nor the […]
Imo House of Assembly Speaker, Dr. Chiji Collins, at their last plenary Wednesday ordered the Honourable member representing Nkwerre state Constituency, Hon. Obinna Okwara out of the Chambers for sneezing repeatedly. Okwara had been sneezing intermittently, with other members darting furtive glances at one another apparently wondering if they were safe. At a point, the […]
It was a glimpse of a glow of a cigarette behind the shutters of an abandoned house that led Italian police to the crime boss they had been tracking for more than a week. Officers had stopped a man on the street in the remote Calabrian village of Bruzzano Zeffirio, at the southern tip of […]
Barely 48 hours after about 50 Nigerian soldiers were brutally mowed down in a Boko Haram ambush, another team of 20 security personnel have reportedly been killed by bandits. A joint security patrol team compromising officers and men of the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Police Force and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps exchanged heavy […]
A loss of a sense of smell or taste may be a symptom of COVID-19, medical groups representing ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists have warned. Citing a growing number of cases around the globe, the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and ENT UK each issued warnings about patients who tested positive for the new coronavirus with the only […]
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has said the human costs of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are already immeasurable. She also disclosed that nearly 80 countries are requesting for its help. The IMF boss who said this in a podcast posted on the Fund’s website, pointed out that, the Washington-based […]
