Troops of Nigerian Army in conjunction with the Multinational Joint Task Force have successfully dislodged hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists from more than half of their operational camps within the Sambisa forest. A reliable military source at the Theatre Command in Maiduguri informed that the troops of Nigerian Army and MNJTF have successfully overran most of the terrorists operational camps in Kwalaram, Ngilewa, Sabon Tumbu, Bukarmairam, Wulgo that were located in the Marte and Gamboru Ngala axis of Borno State. Other camps of the insurgents that have also been brutally overran by Nigerian military include Durfada, Allafha, Timbuktu, Bulajibi…
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Cp Adie urges the police officers of ondo state to discharge their duties with compassion as well as showing display of true professionalism of trained officers. He said this in the letter below.
A former Governor of Abia State, Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu has remained in Kuje Prison because the judgement of the Supreme Court does not affect him. The Apex Court, it was learnt, did not issue any order for Kalu’s release because he did not file any application for such. The judgement only covers the Appellant, Mr. Ude Jones Udeogu, who challenged the propriety of a Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Mohammed Idris to try him. The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Correctional Service Mr. Jaafar Ahmed, has also refused to release Kalu because there was no any order from the Supreme Court.…
By Lucky Best Ogbes on May 11, 2020 The Independent National Electoral Commission has given further detail on the Ondo and Edo State gubernatorial elections. There have been fears that the electoral umpire might postpone the elections due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country. the Commission’s head of media and publicity committee, Mr. Festus Okoye in an Arise NEWS breakfast show in Abuja announced that the elections in both states would go on as scheduled. “we all know the challenges the country and indeed the world is facing with the coronavirus and the need to continue to…
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operations Thunder Strike and Whirl Punch in conjunction with the Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki, have killed 17 bandits in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Enenche said that several other bandits escaped with gun shot wounds in the joint operation that was conducted on May 7 at suspected bandits’ hideouts around Mashigi Galbi, Damba Community and Kabarasha Villlages in Gwagwada District. He said the operation was in continuation of efforts of the armed…
The World Health Organization, WHO, Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has said that the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to over 63,000 in the past 24 hours. The UN health agency gave the update on its official Twitter account on Monday morning. According to the tweet, COVID-19 has killed 2,283 people on the continent. “Over 63,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 2,283 associated deaths,” it said. The WHO African Region COVID-19 dashboard showed that South Africa is the highest in Africa with 10,015 infected cases and 194 deaths,…
The Osun state government has announced that a Lagos-based medical doctor has tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. This was contained in a statement on Monday and made available to POLITICS NIGERIA by the state Commissioner for Health, Rafiu Isamotu. According to the statement, the medical doctor came into Osun on Saturday to join his family. The commissioner, however, noted that the latest case brings the number of active cases in the state to four. He added that according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the state has recorded thirty-nine cases so far. The health commissioner…
The Republic of Madagascar has offered its herbal drug – COVID Organics (COV) – to Nigeria and other African countries. The drug is for prevention and cure of Coronavirus. Nigeria’s consignment has been sent to Equatorial Guinea from where it will be airlifted to Abuja. For ease of transportation, African countries were divided into zones leading to the freighting of Nigeria’s consignments to Equatorial Guinea. Nigeria’s COVID-19 positive tally moved to 4,399 last night with 248 new cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Lagos recorded 81 cases, followed by Jigawa State 35 and Borno 26 cases to top the…
According to Yemiefash, we have just recorded the first #COVID19 death in Ondo State. The patient who has been in the isolation centre died about 30 mins ago. https://twitter.com/yemiefash/status/1259718630830456832?s=12 Details shortly…..
A Former Nigerian Senator, Paul Wampana is dead. Wampana, who hails from Adamawa State died on Sunday in his Abuja residence. He was Speaker of the defunct Gongola State House of Assembly during the second republic. He was also minister of State for Public Health under the Shehu Shagari administration in 1983. He represented Adamawa North in the senate. He was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.