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Oyo 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. […]
Continue ReadingSenior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Nigerian Vice President, Mr. Paul Ibe, has blasted the current administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari for granting presidential pardon to a former Minister, late Chief Anthony Enahoro, when the regime of Gen. Yakubu Gowon had done same in 1966. Buhari granted pardon […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman of the defunct Sosoliso Airline, Chief Victor Ikwuemesi, died today in London, United Kingdom few days after he was diagnosed with the deadly COVID-19. A family source said that Chief Ikwuemesi was admitted at a London hospital during a brief illness. He later tested positive for COVID-19. Chief Ikwuemesi was in Intensive Care […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Barack Obama has endorsed his former vice president, Joe Biden as the Presidential candidate of the Democratic party and the President of the United States. In a video message he shared on his social media accounts, the former US President urged Democrats to rally behind Biden and form a unified front to defeat President Donald Trump […]
Continue ReadingA 52-year-old man from Nyamagana Village in Ukerewe District, Mwanza Region in Tanzania is receiving treatment in hospital after he attempted suicide shortly after killing his wife on April 10. Pastory Majura stabbed himself in the stomach using a kitchen knife after he beat up his wife, Amisuata James, to death for catching her in […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Police Special Tactical Squad (STS) has smashed a two-man car stealing gang led by one Bashir Isiaku, aged 34, notorious for stealing cars from the car park of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). A statement released by the Police force spokesperson, DCP Frank Mba today April 14th, said the arrest of Bashir, […]
Continue ReadingInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that it has granted debt relief to over 25 poor member countries. IMF is an organization of 189 countries, that helps foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and reduce poverty around the world. Created in 1945, the IMF is governed by and […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian radio personality, television host, vlogger, lifestyle entrepreneur and author, Toke Makinwa has joined other Nigerians to react to the lockdown extension in Lagos, Ogun and FCT Abuja. The media personality suggested that the federal government credits the accounts of Citizens of the country with at least N10, 000 to cushion the economic effect of […]
Continue ReadingA Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on Tuesday, admitted to bail the two pilots; Samuel Ugorji and Samuel Buhari, who were arrested for flouting an Executive Order on COVID-19 by the Rivers State Government. Also admitted to bail were 10 passengers, who were flown into the Air Force Base in Port Harcourt, […]
Continue ReadingA man from Indiana, United States, was left shocked after he checked his bank account for his $1,700 stimulus check and discovered that $8.2million dollars had been deposited into his account. Sequel to the IRS announcement that it had sent out the first round of stimulus payments on Saturday, Charles Calvin, a volunteer firefighter in […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Union (EU) has donated €50 million to Nigeria to fight the coronavirus disease which has killed at least 10 people in the West African country. The donation was announced when the President, Muhammadu Buhari, received in audience the EU Delegation at the Council Chambers, State House, Abuja, on Tuesday. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser […]
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