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Benue NUJ chairman, Victoria Asher is dead
State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benue State Council, Comrade Victoria Asher is dead. Comrade Asher died Saturday, January 30th at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi following complications from Cesarian Section (CS) where she was...
Ekiti orders compulsory COVID-19 test for catarrh, cough patients
Ekiti State government have ordered Public and private hospitals to henceforth test all patients with fever, cough, catarrh and the likes for COVID-19. The state commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Oyebanji Filani who gave the directive...
Former FRCN DG, Ben Egbuna is dead
A former Director General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Ben Egbuna is dead. The veteran journalist and broadcast media administrator passed away on Friday. Born on July 13, 1949, Egbuna was the golden voice of...
Retired Commissioner of Police, Yomi Onashile dies of COVID-19 in Ibadan
A retired Commissioner of Police, Yomi Onashile, has died of COVID-19 complications while receiving treatment at Isolation Centre at Olodo, in Ibadan, Oyo State. Onashile, a resident of Ashiru Estate, Adeoyo Road, died at about 10:00 a.m., on...
Court orders release of El-Zakzaky’s wife
A High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered the release of Zeenat, wife of Shiekh Ibrahim Elzakzaky, the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN for COVID-19 treatment. It will be recalled that last Thursday, Mohammed, son of...
Arrest Tinubu, Akeredolu over Ultimatum to Fulanis, Northern Patriots Assembly tells Police
The Northern Patriots Assembly (NPA) has called on the Police to arrest former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu over vacation order issued to Fulani herdsmen in Ondo. The NPA, which made this known...
National Assembly postpones resumption over APC registration exercise
The resumption of National Assembly which was initially scheduled for January 26 has been postponed till February 9. This was contained in a statement released by the clerk to the National Assembly, Ojo Olatunde Amos. Amos said the postponement is to enable...
