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A woman identified as Evelyn Chinwendu Ejike (nee Ogechukwu Osita) was killed when a cooking gas exploded in her house in Abuja last week. Details of the incident is still sketchy, however, it was alleged that the deceased who was pregnant was cooking and using her phone when the gas exploded. The woman suffered 90 […]
Continue ReadingA kidnap suspect who was arrested for the abduction and alleged rape of a middle-aged married woman has claimed she gave him sex voluntarily and didn’t fight him off. Saidu Iliya, 27, was paraded at the Niger State Police Command for kidnapping and raping one Rakiya Sani. According to reports, on March 5, 2020, one Mohammed […]
Continue ReadingNollywood actress, Nkiru Umeh has disclosed that she is one of the victims of Abule Ado gas explosion which destroyed properties and also claimed many lives. According to the actress, the explosion which occurred while they were in church destroyed her beauty complex, her house and cars. Nkiru who expressed gratitude of surviving the incident which […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced that beginning from Thursday March 19, the fuel pumps at its retail stations will be adjusted to N125 per litre. NNPC group managing director, Mele Kyari who announced this today, said the adjustment is in compliance with the directive given by Timipre Sylva, the minister of state […]
Continue ReadingIn a bid to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in the state, the Lagos state government, in agreement with religious leaders, has banned all religious congregational service of over 50 worshippers. The decision was reached after a meeting between the state government and religious bodies which comprised of members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Muslim leaders. Reading […]
Continue ReadingThe Enugu suspected Coronavirus patient quarantined in the state isolation centre has reportedly died. The Punch reliably gathered this morning that the woman died on Sunday even before the state Ministry of Health came out to declare that the woman was negative to the novel virus. Family sources told Punch correspondent that the septuagenarian was […]
Continue ReadingTo curb the spread of Coronavirus in the state, the Ogun state government has banned large gatherings in places like cinemas, sports arena, restaurants and night clubs for the next 30 days. A statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, Kunle Somorin, announcing the restriction, reads: “Further measures so far […]
Continue ReadingBurkina Faso has recorded its first death from coronavirus after a top lawmaker died from the disease. 62-year-old Ms. Rose Marie Compaore, who was the first vice president of the parliament reportedly died on Tuesday night from coronavirus. She was also suffering from diabetes. Reacting to her demise, Martial Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso’s COVID-19 response coordinator said: ‘This is […]
Continue ReadingBrent crude, the international benchmark’s price tumbled on Wednesday to the lowest level in 16 years as global markets continued to respond to the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia amidst the spread of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world. Brent crude, against which Nigeria’s crude is priced, fell by $2.23 to $26.11 per […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Benue State and Senator representing Benue East Senatorial district, Gabriel Suswam has stated that Nigerian politicians must spend one or two days in prison to become better leaders. The Senator who is currently being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged N3.1 billion fraud while he was Governor of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government, has on Wednesday placed a travel ban on 13 high-risk Coronavirus countries. The banned countries are China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Switzerland. Some of these banned countries have already been placed on total lock down by their own […]
Continue ReadingMs Anne Giwa-Amu, 60, who is the author of the book titled “Sade” accused Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie of Plagiarism and Chimamanda has now responded. Giwa-Amu said Chimamanda’s “Half of a Yellow Sun” was in fact plagiarised with bits of her work; “Sade: United we stand.” In a YouTube video, Anne accused Chimamanda of plagiarism then accused Chinua […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Douye Diri, met president Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday and said Buhari received him as “one of his sons.” The governor explained that he went to Aso Rock to greet the President and formally present himself to him since he is the […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) of Nigeria has shut down two Chinese restaurants located in Victoria Island and Mall 33 Aboyade Cole in Lagos, for refusing to serve Nigerians. Reports say that a Nigerian lady who went to the restaurant to eat with her friend, said they were asked to leave after a […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has arrested thirteen Nigerians, over alleged $30 million money laundering scheme in the United States. Disclosing this in a statement obtained by Thecable, the US department of justice said federal agents arrested 24 suspects for their involvement in the large-scale fraud which targeted citizens, corporations, and financial institutions throughout […]
Continue ReadingAn FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, presided over by Justice Samira Bature, on Monday granted an interim order permitting Chief Victor Giadom,the current Acting National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to act as the National Chairman of the party. The judge granted the order in a motion ex-parte marked FCT/HC/M/6447/2020, […]
Continue ReadingOoni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi II, on Monday, held a meeting with the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and Ekiti Obas. The meeting was to mediate in the conflict between the original 16 first class traditional rulers and the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers cum the Ekiti state government. Recall that […]
Continue ReadingOfficials of the Nigerian Red Cross have rescued a young girl unhurt from the rubble at the Abule-Ado explosion site in Lagos state. Chairman, Red Cross Lagos branch, Adebowale Kolawole, while explaining how Favour was rescued, said she was found inside the rubbles during rescue operations on Sunday night. She added that Favour’s mother sustained a […]
Continue ReadingOba of Lagos, HRH Rilwan Akiolu, paid a solidarity visit to the deposed Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi II, at his Lagos residence on Sunday night, March 15. Sanusi arrived Lagos on Friday March 13, after a court ruled that he be released from the confinement in Nasarawa state forthwith. See more photos from the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian consulate in New York, United States has temporarily suspended the processing of Nigerian passports until further notice over the coronavirus outbreak. The suspension takes effect from Monday (today), according to a statement issued on behalf of the Consul General by the Head of Chancery, Mrs Balkisu Nura, on Friday. Nura said, “This is a […]
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