‘Egungun be careful’ ―Actress Nkechi Blessing refers to her masquerade-like dressing (Photos)

As a result of the recent rule that everyone living in Lagos must use a face mask while going outside because of coronavirus pandemic, Yoruba movie actress, Nkechi Blessing has shared a picture of herself rocking a “masquerade themed facemask” as she steps out. The 31-year-old beautiful and star actress captioned the picture “Egungun be […]

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Nigeria’s coronavirus cases rise to 1932, deaths now 58

Nigeria has recorded its highest Coronavirus infections in a single day, ramping up 204 news cases on Thursday, bringing to 1932, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its Twitter handle. In a tweet, NCDC also disclosed that a total of […]

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Days after wedding, teenage wife raped to death in Nigeria

Officers from the Police Command of Jigawa State, Nigeria, have arrested a 30-year-old man, Alasan Audu, for allegedly raping his wife to death days after she denied him sex for 20 days after their wedding. Audu allegedly raped 17-year old Hansa’u to death on the 21st April, 2020, at Kankarelu village in Ringim Local Government […]

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MURIC and Akintola’s tragic conspiracy theory, By Abimbola Adelakun

Ordinarily, one should ignore the director of Muslim Rights Congress, Prof Ishaq Akintola. His predilection for inciting controversy via religious conspiracy, mostly for its own sake, makes him a public nuisance. However, we have been Nigerians for long enough to know religious matters easily escalate. Besides, inflammatory words thrown around amidst a pandemic can gain […]

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Mompha flaunts his 2020 Rolls Royce Wraith Eagle VIII (Video)

Flamboyant Instagram celebrity, Mompha has taken delivery of the Rolls Royce Wraith Eagle VIII 2020 which he purchased in October 2019. The luxury car cost him a whooping N180m. According to Mompha, he is the first African to own the luxury car worldwide and also in the United Arab Emirate UAE. The Instagram celebrity took […]

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Yoruba Nation becomes a member of UNPO

Emeritus Professor, Second Republic senator and President-General of the Yoruba World Congress (YWC), Banji Akintoye, has announced that the Yoruba nation has been recognised as the 45th member by the Unrepresented Nations and People’s Organization (UNPO). Akintoye, who said this in a statement announcing the membership of the international body, said the latest development represents […]

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Beautiful Nigerian video vixen, dancer and celebrity, dies

Popular Nigerian dancer and video vixen, Kodak is dead. She died in the late hours of Wednesday, April 29. According to reports, Kodak was electrocuted while charging her phone at a video director’s home in Omole Estate, Lagos. She was confirmed dead at a nearby hospital she was rushed to. Olamide who penned down a tribute […]

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The Verbal Autopsies from Kano, By Olusegun Adeniyi

If there is any lesson we have learnt from the past five weeks, it is how difficult it is to enforce a meaningful lockdown or social distancing in Nigeria. All over the country, wherever restrictions are imposed, the pushing and shoving that occurs during market hours have themselves become serious risk factors. Last Friday, two […]

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Ooni of Ife donates two fumigators to Ogun state, says coronavirus traditional cure ‘ll be ready soon

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has said that the traditional cure for Coronavirus has reached an advanced stage and will be made available to the public very soon. He said this yesterday, April 29, while speaking with journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State, shortly after he donated two motorized modular fumigators to the state government. […]

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In Lagos, 25-year-old man dies of coronavirus

One 25-year-old man has died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State, Nigeria. Through his Twitter handle, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known on Thursday. Abayomi said: “87 new #COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 29, 2020. The total number of confirmed cases in Lagos is now 947. “The […]

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Nigerian Court sentences man to 2 months in prison and 10 strokes of the cane for stealing

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nigeria on Wednesday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Alkasim Abdullahi, to two months in a correctional facility (prison) for stealing a laptop and other items. The magistrate, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, also ordered that the convict be given 10 strokes of the cane. The convict was facing a two […]

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Between my opposition to Buhari and my friendship with Abba Kyari, By Femi Fani-Kayode

My opposition to the Buhari government for the last five years has been as constant as the northern star and it remains as strong today as it ever was. I warned Nigerians what would happen if he came to power in 2015 and I was proved right. I warned them again in 2019 and again […]

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Ex-chief economist of ECA, Prof Teriba dies, buried in US

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has joined others in mourning one of its most distinguished Chief Economists, Mr Owodunni Teriba, who died and was buried on Tuesday in Chicago, Illinois in the United States of America. In a statement by its Communications Section on Tuesday, the United Nations agency lauded Mr Teriba’s contribution to the […]

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Six inmates shot, 2 escape at Sapele prison

A jailbreak was recorded on Tuesday April 29, at the Nigerian Correctional Service custodial centre in Sapele, Delta State, few days after the same facility was set on fire by inmates who were protesting against an alleged ill-treatment. The inmates had protested against the amnesty which was granted to some inmates of the facility by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. […]

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If Goodluck Jonathan were Nigerian President and did all these during coronavirus ―Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-Nigerian president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has come again with his usual teaser against president Muhammadu Buhari and his government. Listen to him below: “If Jonathan was President during #COVID19, and he refused to close Nigeria’s borders because his daughter and Chief of Staff were abroad, and he also focused sharing […]

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24-year-old Nigerian beauty and businesswoman dies (Photos, tributes)

Beautiful businesswoman, Judith Omonua, 24, popularly known as Ghunu, has died after battling a heart condition for years which led to heart failure. Her sister revealed that she was supposed to undergo a heart pace maker surgery abroad but due to the lockdown, she couldn’t travel for the surgery. Judith is the founder of the […]

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British PM, Boris Johnson and fiancee announce the birth of their son

United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister’s newborn didn’t quite generate the giddy hysteria of someone coming out from an environment of a powerful political office holder. But the BBC broadcaster alerted its viewers hours ago with a Breaking News that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, had just announced the birth of their […]

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18 prostitutes caught in brothel in Nigeria despite lockdown, arrested, quarantined

Eighteen suspected commercial sex workers have been arrested by the Ondo State Task Force on COVID-19 for violating the curfew imposed by the state government. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu had announced a dusk to dawn curfew as part of efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease. It was gathered that the violators were caught […]

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