Category: COVID-19

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has threatened to re-impose the COVID-19 lockdown across the state if the cases of the infection continue to rise in the state. The Governor who was speaking during a live television broadcast from the Government House in Port Harcourt said the daily figures from the Nigerian Center for Disease […]

Ondo State Government has made COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for residents. It has given a two-week ultimatum for all eligible adults to take the jabs. The decision was taken at the State Executive Council meeting held in Akure on Monday, according to Commissioner for Information Donald Ojogo. He said: “All residents of the state must be […]

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that residents without proof of COVID-19 vaccination would be barred from public facilities and large gatherings. Mr Obaseki, who made this known during the flag-off of the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination in Benin, said only those vaccinated would have access to public places and large gatherings. […]

A federal high court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has granted an order restraining Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki; and the state government from restricting unvaccinated persons from attending mass gatherings from mid-September. Governor Obaseki had mandated people of the state to take the vaccine; warning that, as of September 15, anyone who has not been […]

The Police in Osun on Sunday confirmed the arrest and detention of two of its personnel in a viral video torturing a woman in Iwo, while enforcing the Covid-19 lockdown order in the state. DSP Yemisi Opalola, the Osun Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed the development in a statement in Osogbo. Opalola said the […]

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has ordered local government officials to flog residents of the state found moving around in public without wearing a face mask. Speaking at a stakeholder meeting on Wednesday, in Abakaliki, the state capital, Umahi reportedly said that it was important for residents to use face masks to halt the […]

”The incident happened when police operatives and members of the Civilian Joint Taskforce attempted to disperse traders who defied the lockdown in those areas. It was gathered that a fight ensued between the JTF members and the traders when the local vigilante group also joined to disperse the traders who converged at a temporary market […]

Security operatives in Calabar, have been accused of beating a taxi driver to death for carrying passengers who were not wearing face masks. In an evidenced-based video, one,  Ayebe Christopher took to his Instagram account to share, see here and write: “WHO said only wear Mask if you’re sick or taking care of a sick person […]

Two youths were on Tuesday shot dead at the New Tire Market Area of Nkpor, Anambra State by the Policemen enforcing the restriction movement over the Coronavirus pandemic. However angry residents of the area embarked on a protest against the shooting to death of two youths by Police over an argument. According to an eye […]

Hundreds of aggrieved women took to the streets of Sapele, Delta State on Wednesday in a peaceful protest to demonstrate their discontent with the extended two weeks lockdown on the state by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over the coronavirus pandemic. The protesting women anchored their grievances on the allegation that the Governor Okowa led government had […]

Tragedy struck in Ebem and Elu Ohafia of Abia State as the personnel of the Ohafia Police Station shot and killed a youth identified as Innocent Friday on Saturday. INDEPENDENT gathered that the youth was hit at the main motor park at the Ohafia Local Government Area of the state. Speaking to INDEPENDENT on the […]

Tragedy occurred in Rivers State, South-South Nigeria, on Wednesday when a female police sergeant was shot dead by another officer. A statement from the police spokesperson in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, identified the victim as Lovender Elekwachi, who was serving at Eneka Police Division, Port Harcourt. She was shot while on traffic duties at the Eneka […]