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Two Indonesian brothers have been arrested for allegedly murdering their 16-year-old sister over accusations of extramarital sex, police said Tuesday, a killing for which they could face execution if convicted. The men, aged 20 and 30, admitted that they attacked their sister with a log and a machete because she had sex outside of marriage, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, says he and his wife, Aduralere, have just been discharged after spending about two weeks in an isolation ward in Sagamu, Ogun State, for Covid-19 treatment. The medical doctor and politician, Okupe disclosed this in a Facebook post on Tuesday. […]
Continue ReadingA railway ticket officer has died from Covid-19 after a man who claimed to have the deadly bug spat at her and a colleague at London Victoria Station. Belly Mujinga, 47, was working at London’s Victoria Station in March when a man spat and coughed at her and a colleague. Within days of the incident, both women fell ill […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man who lives in Brazil, has died of complications from Coronavirus disease. The Nigerian man, Babafemi Adebayo, died at a hospital in Sao Paulo where he was being quarantined. Mr Adebayo had been in isolation for 13 days but died from complications on Monday, May 11. Prince Aderemi Abiodun, a member of Odudua […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Abia State, Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has remained in Kuje Prison because the judgement of the Supreme Court does not specifically mention his name for release. The Apex Court, it was learnt, did not issue any order for Kalu’s release because he did not file any application for such. The judgement only […]
Continue ReadingNollywood actress and Tinsel star, Chizoba Bosah Sam-Boye is dead at the age of 52. Chizoba who reportedly had a long battle with diabetes, stroke and high blood pressure, died on Sunday May 10, after complaining of ill health on Saturday May 9. Chizoba’s acting credits go as far back as the classic Nollywood film, “Living […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has announced that the Catholic Church in Nigeria has offered its 425 hospitals and clinics nationwide as isolation centres for Coronavirus patients. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, who is also the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, made the announcement on Monday, May 11. He […]
Continue ReadingThe American Grammy-winning soul singer and songwriter, Betty Wright, whose influential 1970s hits included “Clean Up Woman” and “Where is the Love,” has died at age 66. The singer died at her home in Miami on Sunday, many media outlets reported. Steve Greenberg of S-Curve Records told the New York Times, Wright had been diagnosed […]
Continue ReadingTwo police officers and wife of a popular business mogul were killed by daredevil armed robbers, who ambushed them at Okuokoko area of Okpe local government area of the state. The policemen, an Inspector, and a Sergeant, were said to have been escorting the couple who were conveying an undisclosed amount of money to their […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has spoken on the demolition of two hotels for flouting government lockdown order in Rivers State. The two hotels, Prodest Hotel in Alode and Etemeteh Hotel in Onne, in Eleme Local Government Area of the State were demolished on Sunday, on the order of governor Wike. Condemning the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has welcomed a baby girl with his 4th wife Saadatu. Sanusi’s son, Ashraf who confirmed the birth of his step-sister on Instagram said the former Emir’s second wife’s plea made Sanusi name the baby girl after his first wife, who took care of Saadatu while she was pregnant. […]
Continue ReadingSurajo Gatawa, the Commissioner for Land and Housing in Sokoto state, has died. According to Family sources, Gatawa died today Sunday May 10 and has been buried at his residence at Sama Road, opposite “Babban Tanki” Sokoto according to Islamic rites. The late Sokoto Commissioner was among the 26 commissioners Aminu Tambuwal, the governor, appointed […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Lagos state have arrested four persons for allegedly killing a househelp in the Bariga area of the state. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elkana, says: “Men of the Bariga Police station received a tipoff on May 9 that one Shade Moke, 41, conspired with three others on […]
Continue ReadingThe first batch of stranded Nigerians in the United States due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is on their way back home. It is the third batch of Nigerians to have been evacuated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The second batch of 253 Nigerians evacuated from the United Kingdom arrived the Murtala Muhammed […]
Continue ReadingA 30-year-old man identified as James Samuel, hanged himself in a classroom at Government Secondary School Gurku, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa. The body of the deceased was discovered on Friday, by one of the residents in the area, who is also a police officer serving in Abuja, who quickly reported the matter to […]
Continue ReadingA safari ranger had a lucky escape when the tent he was camping in was surrounded by a pride of hungry lions, who decided they fancied his boots for breakfast. Norman Chauke, 28, from Makuleke Limpopo, South Africa, works as a tracking instructor at an eco-training reserve. He was left stunned when the lions decided […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian nurse has died from coronavirus in the United Kingdom (UK) after spending five weeks fighting for her life on a ventilator in the intensive care unit (ICU). 51-year-old Onyenachi Obasi, who worked as a health visitor and nurse reportedly died on May 6 at the Queen’s Hospital in Romford. Ms. Obasi who had […]
Continue ReadingShocking revelations emerged during the week, that the sum of N100 million found in the bank account of the wife of late billionaire kidnapper, Collins Ezenwa, popularly known as E-money, which was suspected to be proceed of crime and was ordered to be seized and forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria, by the Federal […]
Continue Reading33-year-old woman in Nasarawa state, Janet Ekpe, has killed her husband of eight years, Sunday Ekpe, after she discovered he was allegedly having an affair with her best friend, Hellen, in Zumbagwe community in Karu local government area of the state. The Nation reports that Janet and Sunday had two children and seemed to be […]
Continue ReadingJustice Isiaka Isola Oluwa, a retired Judge of the High Court of Lagos State is dead. He died at the age of 102. The late judge who is remembered as the one who sentenced the Lagos socialite, Alhaji Jimoh Isola a.k.a Ejigbadero to death for murder of a farmer, Raji Oba over land disputes in […]
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