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Police arrests man, wife for using son for ritual

Ogun State Police command has  arrested a herbalist, Lajuwon Ogunleye and his wife Adetutu Apalaya, for conspiracy and murder of their seven-year -old son, Pelumi Apalaya, for ritual purpose. Also arrested along with the couple is one Fatai Sefiu in…

Raymond Dokpesi tests positive for COVID-19

Chairman of DAAR Comminications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, has tested positive for coronavirus. He disclosed this in a short message to members of staff in Abuja, AIT reported on Monday evening. Dokpesi was said to have been self-isolating in the…

Coronavirus kills top banker

A regional manager with First Bank PLC, Kano, Abdullahi Lawal, has died of a suspected case of COVID -19. Family sources said the late banker took ill on Friday and was initially admitted at a private clinic in Kano from…

PANDEF constitutes special Committee on COVID-19

The leadership of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has constituted a “Special committee on COVID-19, to liaise with the various PANDEF formations across states of the south south of Nigeria, and relevant stakeholders with a view to enlightening and sensitizing”…

62 prisoners regain freedom in Rivers State

As the number of infections from the novel coronavirus increase daily, the Rivers State Government has released 62 inmates from three prisons in the state. Performing the jail delivery exercise, the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Adama Iyayi Lamikanra,…