The Anambra State Government yesterday announced the introduction of curfew in the state to help check the spread of COVID-19 virus. The curfew which will last from 9pm to 6am daily, will start on Monday, 8th February, 2021 until further notice. Announcing the new COVID-19 preventive measures, the Secretary to the state government, Professor Solo […]
•Herdsmen: We are discussing with CBN for security funding ― Cassava farmers •Amotekun flushes out 37 herdsmen, 5,000 cows from forest reserves, streets in Ondo Ibe Pascal Arogorn Three farmers have reportedly been killed by suspected herders at the small town of Ugo in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State while farm produces worth […]
Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser To The President on Media and Publicity, has shared an experience on how President Muhammadu Buhari elevated Yakubu Pam, former Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Plateau State, who was allegedly denigrated by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. In his weekly article, the Presidential Spokesman recalled an encounter between […]
*We were not aware of his presence, action— EFCC A yet-to-be-identified man, on Thursday, jumped from the 7th floor of 1004 Estate in Victoria Island, Lagos State, as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, extended their operations to the estate. Though details of the operation could not be ascertained, it was gathered […]
Elijah Ode, a barber in Kano widely reported on Wednesday to have been arrested for blasphemy, was arrested for a different offence, the police said. Police PRO in Kano, Abdullahi Haruna said the man was arrested over an alleged rape. He told a P.M.NEWS special correspondent in Kano it was some people who wanted to […]
Constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome has described as unconstitutional and illegal the tenure elongation of Mohammed Adamu as Inspector General of Police, saying that as it is, Adamu is a retired Inspector General of Police illegally occupying that office. Ozekhome said this when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today to […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says Nigerians have now realised that voting the All Progressives Congress (APC) into power is a mistake that must be corrected in 2023. The governor stated this in Yola, the Adamawa State capital where he inspected an overhead bridge and an underground subway being constructed by the governor of […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,340 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 136,030. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday. “1340 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; FCT-320 Lagos-275 Rivers-117 Oyo-100 Akwa Ibom-57 Ogun-51 Ebonyi-48 Benue-44 Adamawa-42 Imo-38 Kwara-35 Gombe-32 Kaduna-31 […]
A renowned Islamic Scholar Sheikh Dr Ahmed Mahmoud Gummi has said that “ what is currently happening in Zamfara is insurgency and not banditry” . Gummi, who briefed Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State at Government House today, said the bandits have completely turned into insurgents following the bad treatment from the people of the […]
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, on Thursday night, said there was nothing wrong with President Muhammadu Buhari nominating any citizen, including the immediate past service chiefs, for the position of an ambassador so long as such a person remained acceptable and worthy of the office. NEF’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, stated […]
