Teachers in the West African state of Mali went on strike Tuesday, the first day schools reopened after being closed for two months, over fears of inadequate protection against coronavirus. Details of the number of students affected were unavailable, but seven teachers’ unions are striking, officials said, in a move that will hit public primary […]
The Federal Government has said the duration for each church service must not be more than an hour, Bluebloodz.com has learned. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, stated this on Tuesday during a briefing in Abuja. Aliyu while rolling out guidelines for the reopening of worship centres said, “Churches to […]
A young woman was raped and murdered on Monday night, June 1, in her home in Ibadan and Twitter users are calling for justice for her. #JusticeForBarakat began trending this morning on Twitter following the rape and murder of Barakat Bello in Akinyele, Ibadan. Barakat was a Science Laboratory Technology ND1 student of the Federal College […]
Governor Godwin Obaseki has been handed an interim order by a federal high court in Abuja from arresting and prosecuting Adams Oshiomhole, his predecessor and the national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The court granted the order after a panel was set up by the Governor to probe the construction of the Edo specialist hospital […]
Nigerian Davido has been pictured using crutches after he fractured his left leg. His lawyer, Bobo F. Ajudua shared photos of the singer grappling with crutches while wearing a medical walking boot for broken foot. He wrote in his caption: ‘How some people chose to enter June. Nawa. At some point yesterday we were literally thanking God there […]
Dr. Hu Weifeng, one of the Chinese doctors in Wuhan whose skin turned dark after Coronavirus damaged his liver has died after a five-month fight. The doctor and his colleague Dr. Yi Fan contracted Covid-19 in January while they were treating patients with the killer bug at Wuhan Central Hospital. After battling with the disease for five months, […]
The federal government of Nigeria on Tuesday June 2, made a clarification on lifting of the ban on religious gathering. Sani Aliyu, the national coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19 who spoke at the daily briefing today said it is safer for people to worship at home in spite of relaxation of the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s $5.513 billion external loan request to finance the revised 2020 budget, has been approved by the senate. Though the senate stood down a component of loan which the federal government said will help in execution of its priority projects and for projects to support State Governments in stimulating their economy which has been adversely […]
Legendary Reggae star, Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly known as Majek Fashek died in New York on June 1 It has now been revealed that he died after battling with cancer for almost a year, according to source. The news of his death was announced by controversial artiste manager Joy Tongo. Majek Fashek’s manager, Uzoma Day Omenka […]
The Central African state of Equatorial Guinea has told the WHO’s representative to leave, accusing her of “falsifying” the country’s tally of coronavirus cases, according to the government and the UN health agency. In a document dated May 26 seen by AFP on Tuesday, the foreign ministry asked the World Health Organization’s regional office in […]