E-Money: Two years after, SARS tracks down fleeing kidnap suspect

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…

VIDEO: El-Rufai tests positive to COVID-19, as CUPP prays for governor’s recovery

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…

Contact Tracing: Panic, as DSS lock-down hotel, occupants over suspected COVID-19 case

…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…

COVID-19: FG frantic, launches manhunt for 4,370 suspects

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…

No madam, mediocrity can’t justify corruption

.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…

COVID-19: Imo Speaker bars legislator from plenary for sneezing

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…

COVID-19: How pandemic is squeezing the Italian mafia

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…

Again, Nigeria loses 20 security operatives to bandits in bloody exchange

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…

NEW SYMPTOMS: If there’s sudden loss of smell or taste, it may be COVID-19

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…

COVID-19 Fallout: 80 countries seek financial help from IMF

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…

COVID-19: It’s time to shut down, CUPP tells Governors

Barely 24 hours after it served an advisory on 17 governors to self-isolate themselves, the Coalition of United Progressive Parties (CUPP) which has kept abreast of the emerging developments in…

Operation Rewired: Wanted female FBI suspect, ‘Jay Jay’, bags two-year jail term

The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a fugitive suspect, Joan Uruvbu (alias Jay Jay) on a two-count charge bordering…

US Surgeon-General on COVID-19: “This week, it’s going to get bad”

Monday, the Surgeon General of the United States, Jerome Adams, MD, said on the ‘Today Show’ that this week could get bad for many Americans who will face a growing rise of COVID-19 cases…

COVID-19: CUPP wants Bayelsa Governor, 16 APC Governors, others tested to curtail spread

…Wishes Kyari speedy recovery The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has drawn up an advisory list of top government functionaries that may have made contact with the Chief of…

INVESTIGATION: “Nigeria has less than 500 ventilators for COVID-19 patients”

As the COVID-19 infection spreads to six states in Nigeria, with fear that the infection could get worse, highly-placed health workers have said that the nation does not have up…