The Nigeria Police Special Tactical Squad (STS) has smashed a two-man car stealing gang led by one Bashir Isiaku, aged 34, notorious for stealing cars from the car park of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). The arrest of Bashir, a graduate of one of the Federal Polytechnics, came after painstaking efforts and investigations by…
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United Nation To Run Out Of Money By End Of Month
The United Nations could run out of money by the end of the month as it faces a near-unprecedented funding crisis, the secretary-general has warned. Almost a third of member states have not paid their annual dues leading to a £1.3 billion black hole, António Guterres said in a statement on Tuesday. The shortage of cash has meant vital…
Buhari Praises EU For Giving Nigeria N21bn To Fight COVID-19
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the European Union for donating the sum of N21 billion (€50 million) to support Nigeria’s efforts at controlling the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Receiving the EU delegation to the country, led by Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, President Buhari said the donation would go a long way in supporting Nigeria’s…
Sanwo-Olu Focuses On Security Amid Lockdown Extension By President Buhari
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reacted to the decision of the presidency to extend the lockdown due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic with emphasis on security. His words: Dear Lagosians, yesterday H.E President Muhammadu Buhari announced a 2 weeks extension of the lockdown. This was a tough decision but like we have…
IMF Grants Immediate Debt Relief To 25 Countries
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has announced immediate debt relief to twenty-five countries following the Coronavirus pandemic. The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, in statement issued by the global financial institution said: “Today, I am pleased to say that our Executive Board approved immediate debt service relief to 25…
President Buhari Approves COVID-19 Lockdown Extension
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the extension of the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun and the FCT, using the Quarantine Act of 2004. It is called COVID-19 Lockdown extension. The effective date is now 14 April, meaning the second phase of the lockdown will end on 27-28 April.
60 Statements By President Buhari As He Extends Lockdown In FCT, Lagos And Ogun By 14 days
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal…
Inspector General Of Police Deploys Intervention Squad To Lagos, Ogun
The Inspector General of Police, M.A Adamu, NPM, mni, has ordered the immediate deployment of additional intelligence and operational assets of the Force, comprising Police Mobile Force (PMF) Units, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Special Tactical Squad (STS), to Lagos and Ogun States to strengthen security and bolster public…
President Buhari To Address The Nation
President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation Monday, April 13, 2020 at 7pm. According to a statement from Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, television, radio and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of…
COVID-19: Patience Jonathan Turns Her 200-Bed Hotel To Isolation Centre
The wife of Nigeria’s former President, Patience Jonathan has donated her 200-bed hotel as COVID-19 Isolation and treatment centre. The Abuja hotel, which is believed to be worth about N2 billion, is under interim forfeiture secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the court on April 30, 2018. The former First Lady,…
Police Inspector Arrested For Extortion In Lagos
The Police officer attached to Ago Palace Way Division in Lagos seen in a viral video counting his proceed from extortion has been arrested by the Command. Inspector Taloju Martins’ escapade was posted by popular Nigerian rapper Ruggedman where he was seen counting money alleged to be a bribe he collected from one of those…
Pregnant Woman Dies Of Coronavirus In Lagos
Residents of Ogbomosho have been left panicking after a pregnant woman was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) at the Ayinke House, after she had passed on. According to reports, the victim was said to have delivered a baby at Alimosho General Hospital few weeks ago; held a naming ceremony for her child; developed womb…
Police Command In Ogun State Apprehend 150 Suspected Hoodlums
Ogun State Police Command have arrested about 150 suspects in relation to the recent spate of crimes which caused tension for residents within the Agbado Ijaiye, Sango, Ijoko and Ifo axis. According to the Governor of the state Dapo Abiodun on Facebook the state will not tolerate crime under any guise, hence, we immediately directed the…
COVID-19: What President Buhari Said About Lockdown
Full Text: *I wholeheartedly thank all Nigerians for your patience, resolve and strong determination to defeat the Covid-19 outbreak.* We realize that today, there will be sons and daughters unable to visit their parents, and elders that are isolated from young ones. And there will be those who live day-to-day, eating as they earn, and…
Lagos-Ogun Police Comb Suburb Areas In Search Of Hoodlums
Police respond to SOS request in #Alagbado, due to the recent outcry by residents of Lagos-Ogun about the increase in crime rate within some suburb region Ijoko, Dalemo, Saka, Akinde, Ijaiye, Ojokoro, Kollington, Alakuko, Abule, Alagbado, Jankara, Ahmadiya e.t.c where the hoodlums have consistently been on rampage. Today, Easter Sunday, 12 April, 2020, the Commander…
Man Arrested For Stealing New Born Baby’s Placenta In Ogun
Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Joshua Abraham for stealing a new born baby placenta. The 43-year-old suspect was arrested following a report made by one Raliha Zakara the grandmother of the baby at Ibafo police station. According to Mrs Zakara, the suspect who is her close neighbor came to the hospital where her daughter was…
Google And Apple Team Up To Build COVID-19 Mobile App
Google and Apple unveiled a joint initiative Friday to use smartphones to trace coronavirus contacts to battle the pandemic. The move brings together the largest mobile operating systems in an effort to use smartphone technology to track and potentially contain the global COVID-19 outbreak. Smartphones powered by Apple software and Google-backed Android operating system would…
Ex-Finance Minister, Okonjo-Iweala Gets IMF Appointment
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has named a former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a member of its External Advisory Group. IMF’s Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, announced Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment into the 12-member team on Friday in a statement. According to the statement, the new group will provide perspectives from around the globe on…
Ogun State Police Command Arrest Hoodlums In joju, ijoko, Agbado Area
Ogun State Police Command have apprehended five hoodlums in ijako area of Sango Ota, after gathering intelligence reports. This was in compliance with the directives of the commissioner of police, the teams moved into the area and embarked on aggressive and intelligence based patrol of the entire area of Ifo, Owode ijako, joju, ijoko and…
COVID-19: ICPC Sets Up Team To Monitor Spending Of Donated Funds
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has set up an independent team to monitor expenditures from the COVID-19 Special Intervention Funds. Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, a spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. She noted that the ICPC set up the COVID-19 Funds Monitoring Team in the…