The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 350 new cases of Covid-19 in nineteen states and Abuja, as of June 4, 2020. NCDC said one hundred and two new infections were recorded in Lagos, with 34 in Ogun, 29 in Abuja, 26 in Borno, 23 in Kaduna, 21 in Rivers, 17 in Ebonyi and 16 in…
The Federal Government has set a new completion target of first quarter of 2022 for the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Also expected to be completed at the same time are the Second Niger Bridge and the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway. All three projects are funded under the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund. The Minister of Works, BABATUNDE FASHOLA, made this known…
Police in Abuja have arrested three brothers for allegedly kidnapping and killing a single mother of five children after befriending her on Facebook. Detectives have also recovered the decomposing body of the victim from a septic tank at a compound within Wumba District, Lokogoma, Abuja, where she was dumped. Force Public Relations Officer, FRANK MBAH, confirmed the…
Nigerians have been advised to prepare for increase in the cost of travels as a result of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, BOSS MUSTAPHA, made this known during a media briefing in Abuja. MUSTAPHA said government was not encouraging transporters to increase their charges. He said what…
…FG assures justice The Inspector General of Police has directed the Force Criminal Investigation Department to take over investigation of the rape and murder of an undergraduate female student of the University of Benin, VERA UWAILA OMOSUWA. The directive by IGP MOHAMMED ADAMU was confirmed in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, FRANK MBAH. It…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has complained about the misrepresentation of the number of Covid-19 cases in the country. With over sixty-five thousand samples tested so far, the NCDC has confirmed ten thousand, five hundred and seventy-eight Covid-19 cases in Nigeria. Currently, only about two percent cases have travel history; twenty-three percent are contacts of existing…