Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, a former White House butler who served 11 US presidents from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Barack Obama has died of Coronavirus at 91. His granddaughter, Jamila Garrett confirmed to Fox News that Mr. Wilson’ died on Friday, May 15. Wilson Roosevelt Jerman was one of the longest-serving employees, beginning his five-and-a half-decade […]
A pregnant woman who was in labour died today after she was allegedly delayed by police officers for not wearing a face mask in the Ogun Waterside local government area of Ogun state. According to reports, the deceased, Waidat Adedeji, went into labour and was being rushed on a motorcycle by one of her children to the […]
The Kogi state government has been accused of frustrating health officials’ effort to test patients who have COVID-19 symptoms in the state. President of the Association of Resident Doctors, FMC Lokoja, Agwu Nnanna who lamented over the lack of adequate testing in a statement made available to newsmen last night, said the current state of things in the state […]
The Rwandan government has taken delivery of 5 humanoid robots which can screen and deliver foods and drugs to those suffering from Coronavirus. BBC reported that the country’s health minister, Daniel Ngamije made the announcement on Tuesday May 19. He also disclosed that the robots were brought in to reduce the exposure of health workers to COVID-19 patients. Ngamije said; […]
Kinsmen of a famous writer, Chimamanda Adichie, on Monday lost a motion to amend an application in a land dispute between the Abba and Ukpo communities in Anambra State. Adichie had several times alleged that a certain oil magnate in Ukpo was masterminding the takeover of her kinsmen’s land. Some indigenes of Abba community had […]
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has donated two motorised modular fumigators to the Edo State Government in support of the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Elejesi of Ife land, Oba Babatunde Awosunle, who led other members of Ooni COVID-19 team, to the Government House in Benin, announced the […]
Boko Haram fighters have attacked Dapchi town in Yobe State in no fewer than five vehicles, prompting the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole to deploy military jets which killed scores of the terrorists. The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, made this known on Tuesday, saying that the military scrambled two helicopter gunships to bomb two […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Tuesday said he would patrol the Kano – Kaduna boundary during the eid-el-fitri so that nobody from Kano State would sneak into his state. The governor said it was part of measures to check the spread of the deadly coronavirus into the state. The eid-el-fitri which marks the […]
Prince Otto of Hesse has been killed in a tragic Ducati motorbike crash in Germany. The 55-year-old died in a horror smash near Lindau and Lake Constance, in the southern state of Bavaria, on Sunday, May 17. He reportedly crashed his €20,000 motorbike into the guard rail near Lake Constance. The cause of the accident is […]
