The Oyo State Government has ruled that no land in the state will be provided for cattle ranching. Governor Seyi Makinde said rearing of cattle is a private business. Governor Makinde made the clarification following criticism over his endorsement of the National Livestock Transformation Plan. However, in a message on his Twitter handle after a meeting with…
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State has ordered one Tom Godswill to be remanded at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre for allegedly defiling his sixteen-year-old daughter. The forty-seven-year-old man will remain in the Custodial Centre until March 22, when Chief Magistrate A.O Ajibade expects to have received an advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public…
Armed bandits have again attacked in Niger State, and kidnapped over fifty travelers along the Tegina-Minna Road. The latest attack comes less than three weeks after bandits abducted forty passengers on the same road in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. Also, bandits attacked Gidigori town in Rafi Local Government Area and kidnapped unconfirmed number of…
The number of new cases of Covid-19 recorded daily in Nigeria has continued to drop, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control yesterday confirmed four hundred and seventy-nine. However; Lagos State continues to lead with the highest number of confirmed cases, which the NCDC puts at one hundred and fifty-three. According to an update on the NCDC…
All is now set for the Federal Government to begin the vaccination of Nigerians against Covid-19. This is because the first batch of nearly four million doses of Oxford-Astrazena vaccine has arrived in Abuja. The vaccine doses were supplied to Nigeria through the Covax initiative of the World Health Organization. Those who were on ground to receive…
President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out amnesty for bandits, insurgents and other criminal gangs that have been terrorizing different parts of the country. President Buhari declared that they shall all be treated as criminals for the killing and kidnapping of innocent Nigerians. The position of the President was made known by his Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim…