March 2020

Coronavirus - UI Suspends Foreign Conferences, Trips

Coronavirus: Uni-Ibadan Suspends Foreign Conferences

March 13, 2020 3:42 pm

Authorities of the University of Ibadan (UI), has said a monitoring team which will ensure compliance on precautions to contain the spread of Coronavirus, also known as Covid 19, has been set up by the university.

The institution in a statement signed by the Director, University Health Service, Dr. Aderonke B. Ajav, a copy of which was obtained by DAILY POST on Friday, added that the monitoring team will go round to ensure compliance.

The institution in the statement dated, 12th March 2020, said that it has suspended till further notice all international conferences to be hosted by the school,

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Ohanaeze - Buhari Should Change His Economic Team

Ohanaeze: Buhari Should Change His Economic Team

March 13, 2020 3:42 pm

The apex Igbo socio-cultural youth organization, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has expressed concern on the dwindling oil price in the nation’s economy.

The Igbo group solicited for the engagement of competent hands to help President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government manage the economy, positing that the Economic Team constituted by Buhari has run short of ideas and would further ground the economy of Nigeria.

Read Also: Kanu Tackles Ohanaeze Over SOS Letter To IGP

OYC, in a press release signed by the President-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro and Secretary-General, Okwu Nnabuike on Friday, also begged South East Governors to channel their

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Bandits Massacre 11 Yansakai Security, Steal 1200 Cattle

Bandits Massacre 11 Yansakai Security, Steal 1200 Cattle

March 13, 2020 3:39 pm
Gunmen, suspected to be armed bandits, at the wee hours of Friday, stormed Katsira community, in Wanke district of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara state, killed eleven members of a local security group, Yansakai, injuring many other people.

Eyewitness accounts said the armed bandits stormed the village and rustled over 1200 cattle and left the scene of the crime, saying that the Yansakai men decided to trail them to recover the rustled cattle.

Speaking further, the villagers said as the Yansakai men cornered the armed bandits, there was fire for fire operation between the armed bandits and the

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Sanusi Regains Freedom, Leaves Nasarawa With El-Rufai

Sanusi Regains Freedom, Leaves Nasarawa With El-Rufai

March 13, 2020 12:38 pm
Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi has finally departed Awe area of Nasarawa State.

Sanusi left his “exile residence” in the same vehicle with the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai on Friday.

Read Also: Court Orders Sanusi’s Immediate Release From Confinement

Recall that El-Rufai had earlier visited the deposed Emir where they had a closed-door meeting before heading for Jumaat together.

It was however, not clear where Sanusi was headed to as at the time of filing this report

Meanwhile an Abuja Federal High Court had earlier granted an interim order releasing Sanusi from detention.

Justice Anwuli Chikere granted

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FFK Reacts To Attack On President Buhari

Fani-Kayode Reacts To Attack On President Buhari In Kebbi

March 13, 2020 12:37 pm

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the alleged attempt attack on President Muhammadu Buhari by a young man in Kebbi State.

The incident happened at the Argungu International Agricultural show and Cultural Festival in Kebbi State.

As Buhari went around the arena, inspecting rice pyramids on display, and taking photographs with farmers, the young man rushed past the security and rushed towards the President but it was not clear what his intentions were.

Many who have seen the video, including the former Minister of Aviation, believe the young man was on a

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What Prompted The Recent Arrest Of Saudi Royals

What Prompted The Recent Arrest Of Saudi Royals

March 13, 2020 10:54 am

To many observers, the detentions appeared to be Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) latest effort to consolidate power by targeting two of the royal family’s most influential members, Prince Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz, the youngest brother of King Salman, and Mohammed bin Nayef, the former crown prince and interior minister.

The two senior royal family members were detained on Friday, according to

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Iraq Summons US, UK Ambassadors Over Air Raids

Iraq Summons US, UK Ambassadors Over Air Raids

March 13, 2020 10:53 am

“The foreign minister held an emergency meeting in which the ministry’s undersecretaries, advisors and official spokesman discussed the measures regarding the recent American aggression. He has ordered the summoning of the United States and British ambassadors to Baghdad,” a spokesman said in a statement.

It came after Iraq’s military said at least one civilian and five security personnel were killed in the US raids, which it denounced as a violation of sovereignty and a

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Kenya Bans Public Events After First Case Of Coronavirus

Kenya Bans Public Events After First Case Of Coronavirus

March 13, 2020 10:53 am
Kenya has banned all major public events after confirming its first case of the new coronavirus in a woman who had returned to the country from the United States, the health minister said on Friday.

Kenya, the richest economy in sub-Saharan Africa and a major hub for global firms and the United Nations, is the 11th country in the region to confirm a case of COVID-19, bringing its total reported cases to 39.

Mutahi Kagwe, Kenya’s health minister, told a news conference the government had suspended all public gatherings, sporting events, open-air religious meetings and “all events that are of

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Stop Bribing Judges With Cars – JASUN Too Executive

First Bank Robbery: Judge Absent At Trial Of Staff

March 13, 2020 10:53 am

Ajoke Adepoju, the judge of the FCT High Court, Wuse, presiding over the trial of suspects charged with the First Bank Mpape branch failed robbery, was on Friday absent.

Police had announced that the mastermind of the robbery was Larry Ehizo, 30, a staff of First Bank.

Court Registrar told counsel to parties that Justice Adepoju traveled and will be available on March 20.

Ehizo, Princewill Obinna, Elijah David, Timothy Joe and Ernest Ewin, are facing five counts bordering on armed robbery and possession of locally made pistols.

The defendants all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The court at

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I’m Not A Weak Governor – Diri Warns Trouble Makers

I’m Not A Weak Governor – Diri Warns Trouble Makers

March 13, 2020 10:52 am

The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has declared that his government is not a weak one, warning that nobody should take laws into their hands under any guise.

The Governor who also stated that any form of lawlessness will not be condoned in the state accused the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and the Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva of creating the post Supreme Court Judgement’s violence that led to the destruction of key Peoples’Democratic Party (PDP) faithful property in the state.

Diri mentioned this yesterday during the inspection visit to …

Nigeria’s Second Coronavirus Case Tests Negative

Nigeria’s Second Coronavirus Case Tests Negative

March 13, 2020 10:52 am
Nigeria’s second case of Coronavirus has begun to test negative for the virus and will soon be released to go home.

The latest update in Nigeria on the coronavirus pandemic was released by the federal ministry of health

Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, who revealed this on Friday said Nigeria has recorded success in tackling the Covid-19 virus.

Read Also: Coronavirus In Nigeria: Lagos Govt Declares Two Wanted

Ehanire explained that the second case who had contact with the Italian citizen had initially tested positive to the virus but has now begun to test negative after isolation and

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Lagos Govt Meets With Uber, Taxify Operators, Gives New Directives

Lagos Govt Begins Mass Fumigation Against Lassa Fever

March 13, 2020 10:52 am
The Lagos State Government on Friday began an eight-week massive disinfection and fumigation of about 27 model colleges with hostel facilities, abattoirs and slaughterhouses, agricultural produce markets as well as regular markets in the State.

The Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, said the fumigation exercise is aimed at preventing the outbreak and spread of Lassa Fever in Lagos State through rats.

He listed the Model Colleges to be fumigated to include the Lagos State Senior and Junior Model Colleges, Meiran; Lagos Senior and Junior Model Colleges, Igbookuta; Civil Service Senior and Junior Model Colleges, Igbogbo; Oriwu Senior and Junior

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