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Nasarawa is reported to be among states without a ventilator to help in the fight against coronavirus pandemic, but the state governor, Abdullahi Sule has bought 24 Toyota Hilux vehicles for state lawmakers, estimated at nearly N500 million, Daily Trust reports. There are 169 ventilators nationwide spread across only 16 states, Daily Trust exclusively reported […]
Continue ReadingCanadian police in Saskatchewan have declared four Nigerians wanted, while another one has been arrested. The Nigerians are wanted in connection with $2m romance scams. All the suspects are in their 20s. Multiple reports identified the Nigerians as Kelvin Awani, 24; Jonah Eigbuluese, 22; Joshua Ometie, 25 and Clinton Newton, 27. The police declared them […]
Continue ReadingThe Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC was gutted by fire. According to reports, the fire which began from the building behind the Press Centre inside the commission’s compound, started at about 12 noon today. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. Fire incidents are recurring too much in government offices […]
Continue ReadingThe Ex-wife of Oluwo of Iwo has accused the King of a number of things including rape and deception. Chanel Chin, who has lived in Canada all her life but is from Jamaica, said she met Oluwo when she came to Nigeria as a tourist with friends. She arrived the country in December 2015 and […]
Continue ReadingAll Progressives Congress (APC) Senator representing Borno south sentorial district, Ali Ndume, has accused the federal government relief committee on Coronavirus headed by Humanitarian minister, Sadiya Farouq of fraud and also called for its immediate disbandment. The senator alleged that the committee lacks the credibility to manage the huge resources at its disposal, as he expressed […]
Continue ReadingIkubabayeye, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi’s wife, Olori Badirat Ajoke Ola, has finally responded to the allegation that she slept with Fuji Maestro, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall ‘KWAM 1’. It was alleged that the Queen was sent packing from the palace over her alleged adulterous affair with KWAM 1 and the news was […]
Continue ReadingA staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has cried out after allegedly being brutalized by soldiers of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment in Akure, Ondo State who were effecting a lockdown order issued by the state government. The Engineer who disclosed that the incident occurred at Ondo Road where the NTA and the Barracks […]
Continue ReadingDirector General (DG) of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Thursday that countries that want to lift coronavirus restrictions must meet a row of conditions to prevent another surge of infections. In his weekly address to Geneva-based diplomats, Tedros said that easing social and economic curbs “must be done extremely carefully.” […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu, on Thursday, confirmed the arrest of four men suspected to have murdered Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba sociocultural group, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. According to a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, those arrested were Lawal Mazaje, […]
Continue ReadingSon of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the late environmental activist, writer and poet, Mr. Menegian Saro-Wiwa, has died of coronavirus in London. Menegian died on Monday after he was hospitalised following COVID-19 complications. Sister of the deceased, Noo Saro-Wiwa, made this known on Thursday through a Facebook post. Noo said her 1970-born brother had underlying health conditions before […]
Continue ReadingOyo State Police Command, on Tuesday, paraded a 34-year-old murder suspect, Abegunde Olaniyi, who killed an evangelist with the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Imole, Ibadan, Oyo State, Mrs Grace Ajibola. Olaniyi, who was described as an errand boy to the evangelist, said he first hit her with a wooden object and then strangulated her, and […]
Continue ReadingNigerian nurse who was 8-months pregnant has died and her husband has been accused of beating her to death. The woman, identified as Ms Anya Adaeze, aka Mummy David, was allegedly beaten by her husband, Olabode Oluwasanmi, in Akure, Ondo State. According to sources, the incident happened last week. The deceased was 8-months pregnant when the domestic […]
Continue ReadingA 15-year-old girl identified as Ummi Garba, has committed suicide by consuming rat poison in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa state in Nigeria. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, said the incident happened on April 4, at Kofar Gabas quarters. Jinjiri said the deceased had told everyone […]
Continue ReadingThe Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention plans to distribute a million COVID-19 test kits from next week to help the continent tackle a glaring shortfall in testing, its director, John Nkengasong, said Thursday. While South Africa has some 1,500 ventilators – breathing machines that can be essential to saving patients with serious COVID-19 -“there […]
Continue ReadingNigerian prolific composer, musicologist, pianist, and author, Professor Akin Euba has died less than two weeks to his 85th birthday. Professor Euba died on the evening of Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Dr. Akin Euba was Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh until his retirement in 2011. Euba’s scholarly interests include […]
Continue ReadingPopular Dugbe Market in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria known as the hub for transport and trading was engulfed by fire. The firefighters from the Oyo State Fire Service were called to the scene of the incident to put the fire out. The damage the fire did to the buildings in the market is colossal and […]
Continue ReadingA 41-year-old woman stripped naked and jumped on top of a police car following a court appearance for flouting Spain’s coronavirus lockdown. The woman was first arrested after neighbours alerted police to a woman streaking during the daily round of applause for emergency workers in the Costa del Sol resort of Torremolinos. She was filmed resisting arrest with her […]
Continue ReadingA billionaire and former People’s Democratic Party Governorship aspirant in the 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa state, Kenedi Okoko has been confirmed dead. The 43-year-old billionaire politician died while reportedly undergoing a liposuction surgery in Lagos yesterday, April 14. It was gathered that he died in the theater room in Lagos because of power outage, as the […]
Continue ReadingThe Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in Uganda has revealed that people living in institutional quarantine in Uganda have started having sex with each other. According to WatchDog Uganda, Permanent Secretary Diana Atwine made the claims during a recent interview on Radio talk show, saying most of the people quarantined at hotels now move to […]
Continue ReadingNational Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, enjoined Nigerian Government to render emergency sustenance relief to Nigerian households in a bid to cushion the effect of Coronavirus on them. He said the relief, which should be distributed to households, unemployed should be done via cash payment using their BVNs. […]
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