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Fulani herdman attack a couple in Plateau State, Nigeria with machetes on April 26th on their way returning to farm leaving the husband with serious head injuries. The couple Mr. Yusuf Pam, 40, and his wife Mrs. Jummai Yusuf, were riding motorcycle from Kuru to Kwi when the herdmen ambushed them at Heipang after rainfall […]

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said on Friday at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja that the Federal Government would dispatch its technical teams to validate the claims by Kogi and Cross River states that they did not have COVID-19 cases. He said the initial team dispatched […]

Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ndam Lar on Wednesday said that 11 family members who had contact with a COVID-19 patient have been traced and placed on supervised isolation. Speaking to journalist in Jos the State capital, the Commissioner said “We have traced the family members of a who lives in Enugu State. We […]

Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, burst into tears on Thursday as he decried the tax burden on low-income earners in the state. “This is not Ben Ayade, this is not my nature,” the Governor said. “I am not wired for this insensitivity to a weaker person. I never knew that five years into office […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission has drawn up corruption-prevention guidelines for the management of relief funds by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Its spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, who unveiled the rules yesterday in Abuja, noted that they were in furtherance of the objective of the monitoring team recently raised […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday wrote a glowing tribute to make the tenth year anniversary since the demise of his boss and former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Jonathan who was vice president to Yar’Adua from May 2007 to May 2010, said the late president left enduring legacies for Nigeria’s democracy. Yar’Adua a two-term Governor […]