Nigeria now has 242 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bringing the new tally to 4,641, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC Monday night confirmed the new cases bringing the number in the country to…
Nigeria’s confirmed coronavirus cases now 873
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday said Nigeria now has 873 cases of coronavirus after recording another 91 in the last 24 hours. “As at 11:25 pm 22nd April there are 873 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in…
Agbakoba, others seek nationwide lockdown
Senior lawyers praised the efforts made so far by the Federal Government to contain the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. They agreed with President Muhammadu Buhari that steps taken to curtail the pandemic, particularly the extension of the…
Military deployed in battle against Lagos, Ogun gangs
A hard time awaits criminals who have been terrorising residents of Lagos and Ogun states following the COVID-19 lockdown. The Army, Navy, Airforce and Directorate of State Services (DSS) operatives will join the Police on the offensive against the miscreants.…
Soyinka reacts to Buhari’s Covid-19 lockdown order, questions legality of action
Professor Wole Soyinka has frowned at the Sunday lockdown order on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states by President Muhammadu Buhari to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. The Nobel laureate in a Monday…
Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo assemblies pass Amotekun bill
The Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ondo Houses of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps bill into law. The bill seeks to unify the proposed law guiding the security outfit (Amotekun) jointly established by the…
Suspected smugglers kill Customs officer, injure another in Ogun (Punch)
Some suspected smugglers have killed a Customs Assistant 1, Hamisu Sani, and injured another officer, Tijani Michel, at the Asero area of Abeokuta, Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the operatives attached to the Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area Command,…
Ogun policemen assault two women, go after reporter (Punch)
Two women have been beaten to a pulp by the men of the Ogun State Police Command attached to the Lafenwa Division in Abeokuta, the state capital. The video of the women, which was posted on www.nairaland.com on Thursday, showed the bloodied…
Suspected vandal found dead inside Ogun NNPC pipeline (Vanguard)
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogun Command, on Sunday said it recovered the body of a 45-year-old man, in the middle of NNPC’s Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) pipeline at Gbaga Axis, Ogijo, Ogun. The man was suspected…
Woman in court for slapping man in Ogun (Punch)
A 32-year-old woman, Oluwakemi Saheed, was on Thursday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State for allegedly slapping a man publicly. Gift, who lives at No. 12 Tolani St., Iyana-Iyesi near Ota, is facing a charge of assault. According…