It was originally meant to be a gathering of Nigeria’s ecclesiastical hierarchy, as Head of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, offered his Formal Exit Thanksgiving Service on 22nd March, 2020. However, due to the global Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic, and in compliance with Government directives, Church authorities, opted for a lowkey worship service while on 25th March, 2020, the ‘Formal Presentation’ of the New Primate held in Abuja, involving few senior clergy and church legal persons. Dr Nicholas Okoh, had sometime in the past, exited honourably from top position in the Nigerian Army Chaplaincy. This second…
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Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) in Plateau State has sacked 25 doctors working with the health institution. We gathered that the news about the disengagement of the resident doctors was causing panic at the hospital, which is one of the isolation centres for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in the state. Concerns were raised about the treatment of quarantined inmates when the president of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), JUTH branch, Dr. Stephen Lukden, confirmed the development to journalists in Jos yesterday. Lukden said, “It is true; 25 residents received letters of termination of their residency training and…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has denied endorsing and ordering Madagascar tonic, also called Covid Organics (CVO) for the treatment of the coronavirus pandemic. Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina had last month officially launched the CVO, a herbal mixture developed by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research, claiming that it could prevent and cure patients suffering from the novel coronavirus. However, ECOWAS in a statement on Thursday said it was aware that several claims of a Covid-19 cure have been made in different parts of the world, but insisted that it can only support and endorse products that…
The Military High Command said yesterday that the combined operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria across troubled spots in the country resulted in the killing of 343 terrorists in the North-east and 153 armed bandits in the North-western part of the country in the last two months. It said troops discovered 61 illegal refineries, recovered over three million litres of stolen crude oil and petrol from illegal oil bunkerers during naval operations in the Niger Delta region while 18 hostages and 17 kidnapped victims were liberated within the period under review. At a media briefing in Abuja, Coordinator, Directorate…
Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), North-central Zone, Rev. Israel Akanji, has joined other Nigerians to criticise the proposed Control of Infectious Disease Bill, which seeks to compel Nigerians to embrace vaccination and other prophylaxis against COVID-19. Akanji, who is a Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church in Abuja, spoke against the proposed bill yesterday, during an interview on Arise Television. According to him, the bill gave so many powers to the Minister of Health and the Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which would negate the constitution and the fundamental human rights of Nigerians. He,…
Leader of the gang that allegedly killed three university students in Rivers State, Bright Iheachi, aka Nelly, on Wednesday said he ordered their killing because one of them ran away with his N4 million. At the parade of the five-man gang in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Wednesday, Iheachi said their target was Nelson Nwafor who fled to Ghana with his N4 million share of an undisclosed deal they struck last year Iheachi said, “I was the person that ordered my colleagues to kill the three of them, but it was Nelson that I had wanted them to kill,…
Private school operators are asking parents to pay for e-learning while schools are physically closed. However, many parents are complaining about their unwillingness to pay for online classes now and still have to pay for third term when schools resume. Although government has said schools cannot start the third term formally online, there has been no restriction to engaging pupils online. During a webinar with parents and educators on Sunday, Lagos State Education Commissioner Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo said payment for e-learning services rendered by schools should be negotiated between parents and school managers. “There are between 18,000 and 24,000 private…
The scale of the looming financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been revealed by Minister of Finance Mrs. Zainab Ahmed. The Federal Government, the states and the local government councils have lost massive projected revenue which will affect their plans for this year. Many states may be unable to meet their critical obligations, including payment of workers’ salaries, following the huge reduction in their revenue inflow from the Federation Account. The states expecting to share N3.3 trillion this year will not have more than N2.1 trillion. The councils, which were projected to share N2.5 trillion will not get…
Another Professor at the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has died on wednesday. Prof. Monsuru Emiola died at the university clinic after a brief illness. We gathered that Prof. Emiola, a senior lecturer with the Physical and Health Education Department, Faculty of Education, was an indigene of Oyo State. The source said the late lecturer was a devoted Muslim. He is survived with a wife and children.
A nonagenarian simply identified as Pa Olasupo has begged the police to keep his son in a correctional centre as long as necessary after allegedly stabbing a neighbour with a knife. Oladimeji Supo, 37, was ordered to be remanded following his arraignment on Wednesday for assault and theft before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State. Pa Olasupo, on the court premises, said his son was very tempestuous and given to violence. He said, “I have sacrificed a lot for him. The court has done what is right. I am not interested in his bail. Enough is enough. I…