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The police in Plateau state say they arrested eight inmates who escaped from a correctional centre in Jos after it was attacked by gunmen. In a statement on Monday, Ubah Ogaba, Plateau police public relations officer (PPRO), said seven of the inmates were rearrested while one voluntarily surrendered himself. Gunmen invaded the […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is monitoring emerging evidence on the Omicron COVID-19 variant and its implication. The index case of Omicron was detected in South Africa on Tuesday and the World Health Organisation (WHO) had subsequently designated Omicron as a “variant of concern”, calling on global leaders to take […]

Canada has detected two cases of Omicron — the new highly infectious COVID-19 variant — in Ottawa, Ontario. According to a statement by the Ontario government on Sunday, the two cases were detected in individuals who had recently travelled from Nigeria. “Today, the province of Ontario has confirmed two cases of the […]

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 110 cases of COVID-19. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Monday. Thirteen persons arriving Netherlands from South Africa flights test positive for Omicron variant The new coronavirus variant Omicron has been detected in 13 people who arrived in the Amsterdam, Netherlands, on two flights from South […]

Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, says the Lagos judicial panel on police brutality was “illegal and a waste of time”. Keyamo made the comment on Sunday during an interview on Channels Television. The minister said the Lagos state government, which set up the judicial panel, lacks the power […]

Two police officers have been reportedly killed following an attack by gunmen in Anambra state. In a statement on Sunday, Ikenga Tochukwu, Anambra command spokesperson, said the slain officers were travelling with their colleagues when they were ambushed by the gunmen. He said the bodies of the slain officers were burnt […]

Gunmen attacked the correctional facility in Jos, Plateau state capital, on Sunday. TheCable understands that the gunmen invaded the facility around 5pm but security operatives were able to repel the attack. Gabriel Ogaba, spokesperson of the Plateau state police command, confirmed the incident. “Yes, some gunmen attacked the prison today,” Ogaba […]

The Indonesian government says it will ban travellers from Nigeria and seven other African countries over concerns about the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. No single case of Omicron has yet been reported in Nigeria. Travellers who have been to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini, or Nigeria for […]

Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has advised world leaders not to label or penalise African nations for new COVID-19 variants and mutations happening across the world. Adesina, one of the strong advocates of equity in vaccine distribution, said this in a series of tweets on Sunday in the wake […]