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CAN: For Nigerians, herdsmen are more dangerous than COVID-19

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Anambra chapter has again lamented the incessant killings of innocent citizens in the country by suspected herdsmen. The group asserted that as far as most Nigerians were concerned, the menace of herdsmen is worse than the dreaded coronavirus ravaging the entire globe, regretting that Christians were the worst hit. […]

Imo: Irate youths smash Uzodinma’s official vehicle

Angry youths of Mmahu community in Egbema, the Ohaji-Egbema council area of Imo state Sunday exceeded the bounds of decency when they smashed the official vehicle of the Imo state governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma. Uzodinma had visited the village in response to a distress call to a violent restiveness in the wake of the death […]

Imo: Why 27 General Hospitals couldn’t save Emenike

The night was thick with trepidation and the feeling of helplessness, asphyxiating. From anxiety, it was utter gloom as loved ones waited with bated breath. Eventually, the long wait had come to an end with the shattering pronouncement by the doctors that Ndubuisi Emenike was dead. Then the wailing began; tears flowed freely as even […]

Rep to FG: You are not prepared to fight Coronavirus

House of Representatives member, Dagomie Abiante (PDP, Rivers) has expressed doubt in the preparedness of the Federal Government to battle the widely spreading Coronavirus infection. Contributing to the motion for the lawmakers to proceed on recess over fears of Coronavirus, Abiante recalled that a motion to bring back Nigerians stranded in China was thrown out […]

Suspect caught with mini coffin, as EFCC nab six ‘Yahoo Boys’

A 38-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Azeez Adebowale, has been arrested with a mini coffin containing fetish materials found in his possession, when his house was raided by operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 2, 2020. Adebowale, who claimed to be using the coffin as a […]

SERAP to Sanwo-Olu: Obey judgment, stop compulsory blood donations from patients in Lagos hospitals

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open to the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu urging him to use his leadership position to “instruct the Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi to immediately, fully and effectively enforce the judgment stopping all Lagos hospitals and health facilities from demanding compulsory blood donations from any patients […]