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There was tension in Kasuwar Barchi Market, Kaduna on Sunday as the state government issued a three-day notice to the traders to vacate their shops. Kasuwar Barchi is a famous market in the North due to its large concentration on secondhand foreign textile materials. The market, according to its union leaders, has over 15,000 traders, including those who own shops …

…FG promises N36m as four scientists present solutions to disease Abuja—The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said yesterday that 23 suspected cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been identified in Edo, Lagos, Ogun, FCT and Kano states, including the index case in Lagos. This came as four scientists weekend laid claims to have found solutions to Coronavirus and Lassa fever, …

Nigeria’s Conservator-General, National Park Service (NPS), Ibrahim Goni, has advised Nigerians to stop eating bush meat. He said people should rely more on alternative source of animal protein such as animal husbandry, fishery, rabbitry and others to help improve on the wildlife population. Goni spoke at the weekend during the celebration of World Wildlife Day 2020, which had: ‘Sustaining all Life …

All suspected cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), whose samples were sent for analysis at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State of Nigeria, have tested negative, the state government said on Sunday. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, in a statement, said the state government has ensured that measures for testing, tracking and diagnosis of …

In a rare move since the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress in Edo State began, the state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has distanced himself from a statement on Friday by his Media Adviser, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, berating governorship hopeful, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi Obaseki spoke through his Special Adviser on Political and Community Matters, Chief Osaro Idah who wrote in …

• Killers slit her throat, stomach, heart –Villagers •I don’t know why my daughter was cruelly murdered –Dad Sixty-six-year-old Abiodun Ohiole wholly enjoyed the fufu (staple food) and delicious soup served him by his 20-year-old daughter, Glory, that Saturday at Imwena quarters (near Saint Joseph Catholic Church) in Otuo community in the Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State. It was …

Around 70 people were trapped after the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China on Saturday evening, officials said. At least 38 people have so far been rescued from the rubble of the 80-room Xinjia hotel in coastal Quanzhou city, said the local government. Footage circulating on microblogging platform Weibo showed rescue workers combing …

The Federal Government says there is no new fresh case from 61 contacts of the index case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, at a media update on COVID-19 in Abuja on Friday, said the contacts had been monitored since the announcement of the first confirmed case. The virus was brought into the country …

Governors of the six states in North-east Nigeria on Thursday held an unusual regional meeting in Gombe State where they discussed the prevailing security and socio-economic challenges facing their zone. The governors asked their attorneys general to meet with security agencies and work out an approach to enhance regional security within the ambits of the law. The governors of Adamawa, …

Two persons are feared dead and several others injured in Ologbo, Ikpoba-Okha local government area as a result of a clash between Itsekiri and Bini youths in oil-rich Ologbo community in Ikpoba-Okha local government area. The entire community was deserted when journalists visited the community Friday as soldiers were sighted patrolling the place. Commercial activities were paralysed as hostilities resumed …