Deputy Commissioner of Police dies of coronavirus in Nigeria

Deputy Commissioner of Police attached to the Zone 5 headquarters in Benin, Edo State, Nigeria, Francis Bissong,  has died of Coronavirus. There was an information gathered from the Edo State Police Command, that Bissong, a lawyer from Cross River State, fell ill on April 14. The state Commissioner of Police, Lawan Jimeta, stated that contrary […]

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Governors planning a nationwide lockdown, where is Buhari? –Deji Adeyanju asks

A pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerians, led by its convener, Deji Adeyanju, has reacted to call by the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), on a two weeks nationwide lockdown amid the Coronavirus pandemic. The NGF had, in a communiqué issued after a teleconference meeting on Wednesday, demanded for a two weeks interstate lockdown in a bid to tackle […]

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Lebanese who puts up Nigerian woman for sale arrested

Lebanese government has arrested its citizen, Wael Jerro, who put up an advertisement for the sale of a Nigerian woman on Facebook. The suspect had placed a price of $1,000s on the domestic worker. Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Thursday announced that the suspect has been arrested. She, therefore, commended […]

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Coronavirus will be with us for a long time -WHO

The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has disclosed that Coronavirus will be around for a long time as most countries are still in the early stages of dealing with the deadly disease. During a virtual press conference on Wednesday night April 22, Mr. Tedros said: ‘Most countries are still in […]

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Kano state govt relaxes lockdown for Ramadan shopping as coronavirus cases increase

Even when Mecca and Medina lock their gates, Nigeria’s Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has relaxed the lockdown in the state from 6am to 12pm for today, Thursday April 23, to enable residents shop for Ramadan. This decision comes even as the state records more cases of COVID-19. Kano state currently has 73 confirmed cases […]

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Months after writing about depression and suicide, Nigerian lady kills herself (Photos)

A Nigerian lady, Adeleke Rachel Tioluwani has reportedly committed suicide 11 months after writing about depression and suicide on Facebook. According to the deceased’s friends who mourned her exit on social media disclosed that Tioluwani was facing lots of challenges which pushed her into depression and suicide. It was gathered that before her death, “Tioluwani […]

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23 female sex workers, 7 male clients arrested, to be quarantined at own cost

Twenty three female sex workers and seven of their male clients were Monday evening arrested at two brothels in Emali, Makueni County, Nzaui OCPD, Josiah Okumu, says. Okumu said 14 people (13 female sex workers and a male client) were found in Kilungu lodging, whereas 16 other persons (ten sex workers and six men) were […]

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Archbishop Samson Mustapha Benjamin arrested while protesting at Chinese embassy (Video)

The General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministries International, Archbishop Samson Mustapha Benjamin, was arrested on Tuesday April 21, while protesting at the Chinese Embassy in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Recall that a few days ago, some Nigerians living in China allegedly raised an alarm that they were being ejected from their homes and being forced […]

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Coronavirus: Ooni fumigates Ile-Ife, to donate N144m fumigators to 36 states

Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi on Tuesday fumigated Ile-Ife and its environs with newly invented locally made fumigators and drones as a part of proactive measures to battle the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world. The monarch stressed that the magnitude with which the pandemic had been crippling the globe called for deployment of creativities […]

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Federal Att. Gen. rolls out plans for online proceedings in Nigerian courts

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has rolled out plans for Nigerian courts to hold virtual proceedings following the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country. Malami disclosed that the new plans are aimed at ensuring that the judicial time lost to the COVID-19 lockdown is recovered. On how the online court […]

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Two senior police officers allegedly killed at Atiku’s factory

Two senior police officers have allegedly been killed in Adamawa State, according to Punch. The officers, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Gbenga, and an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Yohanna, were said to have been killed while at RicoGado, an animal feeds factory, belonging to Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. They were said to have […]

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Human trials for new coronavirus vaccine to start Thursday -UK Govt announces

The UK Government has announced that a new Coronavirus vaccine being developed in the UK will be put to test this week as human trials could begin as early as Thursday. The announcement comes as the Coronavirus death toll topped 17,000 in the UK, even though the actual number of fatalities across the UK will […]

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Lebanese allegedly puts a Nigerian lady up for sale in Lebanon

A Lebanese national has been called out by an Instagram user for allegedly putting up a Nigerian lady for sale in Lebanon. Wael Jerro placed a $1,000 price tag on the Nigerian lady identified Busari Peace Ufuoma in a closed group on Facebook ‘Buy and Sell in Lebanon’. He reportedly wrote in the closed Facebook […]

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Nigerian billionaire and Chairman of Globe Motors, Willie Anumudu, is dead

Nigerian billionaire businessman and Chairman of Globe Motors, Victoria Island, Chief Willie Anumudu, has died. He died at the age of 68. Late Anumudu died this morning Tuesday April 21 after a brief illness not related to COVID-19. Reports say he was tested for coronavirus but that the result came back negative. He was to […]

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Alleged kidnappers den discovered in Lagos, six suspects arrested (Photos)

What people described as Kidnappers den was on Monday discovered at the Shogunle bus stop, in Oshodi area of Lagos state, Nigeria. Six suspects were apprehended by the Police. According to an eye witness, one of the Lagos Waste Management road workers was about to be pushed inside the pit by the suspected kidnappers when […]

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Car accident kills three siblings and one other person in Lagos

Four persons have died and others were injured after a driver took a wrong lane to cause accident in Sangotedo area, Ajah, Lagos State, Nigeria. According to reports, three out of the four persons who died in the accident are siblings. The siblings were in the area to visit their mother when they were killed […]

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BBNaija’s Tacha faces purported nude photo leak threat too, she releases the photos herself

Former BBNaija reality TV star, Tacha has reacted after a scammer threatened to leak her nude picture to the public. Tacha stated that she woke to the threat contained in an email from the scammer which she said, is just a part of the hate she deals with everyday. Sharing the pictures herself, Tacha stated […]

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Toke Makinwa publishes her own purported nude photos ahead of blackmailers

Toke Makinwa has called out some scammers who are trying to use edited nude photos to blackmail her. Back in 2018, the media personality/businesswoman, shared the bikini photos above to celebrate her 34 birthday. Now some fraudsters edited the photos to make it look like she was nude and sent them to her with claims they have […]

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