The Federal Capital Territory enforcement team on Saturday disrupted a wedding reception at Police Quarters at Wuse Zone 6 in Abuja. It was learnt that the enforcement, acting on a tip-off, stormed the venue and “dispersed” the hosts and guests…
Lagos NYSC coordinator to engage Corps medical practitioners
Lagos State National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator, Mr Eddy Megwa has said corps medical practitioners serving in the state would be engaged to chart ways towards containing the spread of COVID-19. Megwa, in a statement, said: “Further to the…
COVID-19: Doctors, nurses flee as suspected cases hit Lagos hospital
There was pandemonium at the Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos, on Thursday when four white men suspected to have coronavirus were brought to the emergency ward of the hospital for treatment. According to sources at the hospital, the men said to…
Lagos task force chair, Egbeyemi, others to be disciplined
If the directive of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on the excesses of officers enforcing the state-at-home order in Lagos State, is anything to go by, then the chairman of the state Task Force, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi and…
Sanwo-Olu congratulates Asiwaju at 68
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his 68th birthday. Sanwo-Olu in a message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, described the former…
Akure Explosion: Obi sympathises with government and people of Ondo
Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, has expressed shock over the explosions that rocked Akure, the capital city of Ondo State, yesterday, Saturday, March 28, 2020. This was contained in a statement released by his…
*Lagos task force chair, Egbeyemi, others to be disciplined (Guardian) *COVID-19: Doctors, nurses flee as suspected cases hit Lagos hospital (Punch)
Lagos task force chair, Egbeyemi, others to be disciplined (Guardian) If the directive of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on the excesses of officers enforcing the state-at-home order in Lagos State, is anything to go by, then the…
Dangerous love: Growing up Lesbian in Nigeria – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Embracing My Shadow: Growing up Lesbian in Nigeria by Unoma Azuah; Beaten Track Publishing; 2020; 218pp It takes tremendous courage for a Nigerian woman to engage in an open love affair with another woman. The act of damning all consequences…
*COVID-19: Lagos task force destroys goods of traders defying ban (Punch) *Lagos Pipeline Leakage: NNPC shutdown supply, deploy excavators from Mosimi (Vanguard)
COVID-19: Lagos task force destroys goods of traders defying ban (Punch) Policemen attached to the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit are in the eye of the storm after forcibly shutting down shops that defied…
FirstBank: Our branches are open nationwide
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has said that some of its branches will be open and offering skeletal services nationwide during the partial lockdown in several states occasioned by the coronavirus outbreak. A statement by FirstBank’s Group Head, Marketing &…
