The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Tuesday 5th May 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 05/05/20
Read also
Taraba fleeing patient caught
By Fanen Ihyongo, Jalingo A woman, Mrs Talatu Idris, who escaped from a quarantine centre in Taraba State last week, has been apprehended. She was returned to the isolation facility in Jalingo, Commissioner of Health Innocent Vakai disclosed on Monday. Vakkai, who chairs the Task Force on Covid-19 in the State, said the fleeing woman …
Tambuwal seeks Buhari’s, PTF’s help
From Adamu Suleiman, Sokoto Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has sought the logistics and technical support of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to curb the spread of the virus in the state. The governor, who also imposed 8 p.m to 6 a.m curfew on the state as from on …
Anambra community intercepts 1,500 vehicles
From Nwanosike Onu, Awka Youths of Ebenebe community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State have intercepted more than 1,500 vehicles for violating the COVID-19 regulations on movement. The state government, last weekend, relaxed some aspects of its restriction on human and vehicular movements, leaving the boundary closed. The vehicles abandoned the Enugu-Onitsha …
‘Fleeing’ woman threatens to sue Edo govt
From Bisi Olaniyi, Southsouth Bureau Chief A woman, Amaka Okoro, who the Edo State government declared wanted for fleeing the state after allegedly testing positive for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), has threatened to sue the government. Governor Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a frontline governorship aspirant on the party’s platform, Pastor Osagie …
‘Ibeju-Lekki youths didn’t protest lockdown’
By Robert Egbe The Ibeju-Lekki People’s Forum has said the protest that resulted in mayhem and injuries in the area was carried out by non-resident miscreants. It said over “100 innocent youths” and not the police figure of 51, were arrested and detained “in retaliation”. The Forum alleged that police “went as far as entering …
Ekiti, Kaduna to motorists: comply or lose your vehicles
From Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti and AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Ekiti and Kaduna states’ governments have warned motorists against violating the lockdown regulations. They said drivers found violating the regulations would have their vehicles impounded and auctioned. Ekiti State’s new directive was contained in its COVID-19 Implementation Guidelines released yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, and signed …
Weeping ex-convict gets 30 months jail in Osun
From Toba Adedeji, Osogbo An ex-convict, Lekan Usman, has been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment for stealing phones, laptop. Usman was arraigned before an Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, on three-count charge for burglary, stealing, and for escaping from the hospital where he was being given first aid. The prosecutor, Mr. Rasaq Olayiwola …
101 drivers prosecuted for breaching border closure in Zamfara
By Sani Muhammad Sani, Gusau Some 101 vehicles have been impounded and their drivers prosecuted for flouting the border closure order in Zamfara State. Read Also: COVID-19: 23 vehicles impounded, 281 stranded in Niger The transporters were intercepted by a committee headed by the state Commissioner of Police Usman Nagoggo. They were found guilty by mobile …
Lagos’ first virtual court sentences killer driver to death
By Robert Egbe An Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced a driver, Olalekan Hameed, to death by hanging for the December 1, 2018 murder of Mrs Jolasun Okunsanya, 76, the mother of his employer, Adetayo. Justice Mojisola Dada delivered the judgment in the Lagos State Judiciary’s maiden virtual court session. The proceedings were …
Man stabbed to death over face mask in Onitsha
From Okungbowa Aiwerie, Asaba and Emma Elekwa, Onitsha A 22-year old man, Cletus Chisom was on Monday stabbed to death by a security guard at a market in Onitsha, Anambra State. The suspect, Ibuchi Nwoju allegedly stabbed the deceased in the chest with a knife following an altercation. The Nation gathered that the deceased came to the …
Read also
You can also check
