Day: May 12, 2020

Police IG orders probe of E-Money, withdraws police escort

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‌Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police, has ordered the probe of the Chairman, Five Star Group, Emeka Okonkwo aka E-Money, over his flamboyant lifestyle and flagrant abuse of police escorts. Okonkwo, who is the brother to musician, Kingsley Okonkwo aka K-Cee, was said to have drawn the ire of the police boss for using policemen like domestic servants. An order, it was learnt, was immediately issued to the Lagos State Police Command to withdraw the six policemen attached to E-Money. A top police officer said, “We received a signal from…

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Covid-19: Mauritius officially virus-free after total recoveries

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As of May 11, 2020, Mauritius has declared total recoveries from coronavirus infections. The island nation’s official COVID-19 page said 322 people had recovered out of the 332 confirmed cases so far. 10 people have since died. May 11 marked the fifteenth consecutive day that the no new case was recorded in the country. A lockdown, however, remains in place to contain the possible spread of the virus. Mauritius becomes the second Africa country to have declared virus-free status after infection. Mauritania weeks ago reported full recoveries (6 recoveries and…

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Osinbajo is the current chairman of our group, Association of Short People –El-Rufai

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Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna State Governor, on Monday said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is the current chairman of a group he called the Nigerian Association of Short People. The diminutive governor said with the equally short Osinbajo holding the position of the Vice President, “we are represented at the highest echelons of governance.” El-Rufai posted the message on his Twitter handle, @elrufai, while reacting to a video of an interview he granted a comedian popularly called Teju Babyface in 2010. In the video shared by Babyface via @Tejubabyfacetv, El-Rufai had while admitting his…

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Alberto Del Rio arrested for allegedly raping woman and threatening her son

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Alberto Del Rio, former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star has been arrested over the weekend for assaulting and raping a woman as well as threatening her child. Del Rio, 42, whose real name is Jose A. Rodriguez Chucuan was arrested on Saturday and charged with felony sexual assault. His bond was set at $50,000 after he was taken into custody at the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office in San Antonio. The woman accusing the professional wrestler presented police with photo evidence in the case, authorities said. The woman told police Del…

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COVID-19: FG, WHO to carry out drugs trial in FCT, Lagos, Kano, others

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Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, on Monday said the Federal Government and the World Health Organisation were carrying out COVID-19 drug trial in the Federal Capital Territory and fives states. Ehanire, who disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 press briefing in Abuja, listed the states as Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto and Kano. The minister confirmed that Nigeria was expecting a herbal drug, COVID Organic, from Madagascar. The drug was reported to have been used by the Indian Ocean island country to cure patients, who tested positive…

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