The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operations Thunder Strike and Whirl Punch in conjunction with the Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki, have killed 17 bandits in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Enenche said that several […]
There was traffic gridlock on Monday on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway at Zuba, as security men enforce the interstate travel ban in the Federal Capital Territory. see photos- The FCT Administration had on Saturday, May 6, vowed to enforce strictly the ban on interstate travel and other guidelines regulating the easing of the lockdown as part […]
The founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, has advised the Federal Government against waiting till all towns and villages in the country are free from COVID-19 before reopening schools. The ABUAD founder, who, in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Monday, said schools nationwide were “hurriedly” closed down by government fiat on […]
At least 10 doctors and nurses working at the Gwarinpa General Hospital, Abuja, have been asked to go into self-isolation after a patient who was being prepped for surgery tested positive for COVID-19, Bluebloodz.com reports. This is just as four doctors in Wuse District Hospital have also gone into isolation following exposure to two Covid-19 […]
Liberian President George Weah has said he will partially lift restrictions on praying in mosques and churches aimed at curbing coronavirus while extending a lockdown in the capital Monrovia. In a statement on Friday, the former international footballer said emergency measures announced in April would be extended for two weeks in the West African nation. […]
Manchester United legend Gary Neville has advised the club against spending £20m on striker, Odion Ighalo. The ex-Super Eagles striker, who is on loan from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua, has been in good form since moving to England in the January transfer window. He has scored four goals for United in eight appearances in all […]
Saudi Arabia’s finance minister has revealed that the kingdom will triple its Value Added Tax and halt monthly handout payments to citizens in new austerity measures amid record low oil prices and a coronavirus-led economic slump. The measures, which could stir public resentment with the cost of living rising, come as the petro-state steps up […]
The Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Justice Ishaq Bello, has directed the courts under the FCT judiciary to reopen for regular sittings Today – Monday. Justice Bello, who issued this directive in a Practice Direction on May 8, however, directed judges and magistrates in the FCT judiciary to […]
A prophetess, Evelyn Owoleke, has been arrested in connection with the death of one Seun Olorunto during childbirth at the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Bayo Ajao Street, in the Aboru area of Lagos State. Bluebloodz.com gathered that Olorunto was to be delivered of her baby in the church but allegedly bled to death. The state […]
A Naval officer identified as SM Ahmadu reportedly fled from a Coronavirus isolation center in Oghara, Delta state owing to absence of weed popularly called “IGBO” for his personal consumption . The naval officer who was brought to the isolation center on May 1, 2020, escaped from the faciIity on Saturday, May 9 after threatening doctors and nurses with a […]