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35-year-old-man simply identified as Sunday had allegedly murdered the Onibedo of Ilotin, Ikole Ekiti, Chief Sola Fatunla in a farm in Ikole Ekiti, headquarters of Ikole local government area of the state after he accused him of snatching his wife. According to Leadership, Fatunla’s corpse was set ablaze by a gang, led by Sunday a […]
Continue ReadingIn the past few days, I have watched several videos of my former pastor, Chris Oyakhilome, rehashing conspiracy theories that linked 5G technology with COVID-19. It has been a deeply embarrassing experience for me, watching him talk so confidently about what he has not even tried to understand. Oyakhilome’s church, Christ Embassy, has many upwardly mobile […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has granted amnesty to no fewer than 2,600 inmates as part of measures to decongest prison facilities in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this at a press conference which held at the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Abuja today April 9. According to the […]
Continue ReadingAn American mother who just welcomed a baby few weeks ago, has called out Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar for stealing her baby photo while announcing the birth of her child. Recall that Halima Abubakar had shared a photo of a mother holding on to her child, as she disclosed that she welcomed baby on April 3, 2020. […]
Continue ReadingAs we practice social distancing, it is important to practice mental distancing as well. This means staying away from certain categories of people: Quack doctors who claim they have a cure for coronavirus; fake prophets who tell tales of how they saw this virus coming and can end it; conspiracy theorists who argue that this […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), on Wednesday said they have aligned with the federal government to provide a two-month rebate of free electricity to their customers nationwide. In a statement by the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy at the Association of Nigeiarian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Barrister Sunday Oduntan, said the decision was in recognition of […]
Continue ReadingFormer Lagos State governorship candidate, Babatunde Gbadamosi and his wife, Sade Gbadamosi; and singer Azeez Fasola aka Naira Marley, were charged before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba for attending a crowded birthday party in violation of the government’s social distancing directive to check the spread of coronavirus. They were scheduled for arraignment on […]
Continue Reading22 new cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed in Lagos, Abuja, Edo and Bauchi by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) As at 09:00pm on April 8, there are 276 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria. 44 patients have been discharged, and 6 deaths have been recorded. Here is a breakdown of cases across states in the […]
Continue ReadingThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Nigerians to” hold President Buhari responsible” should there be any upsurge in the number of COVID-19 infection and deaths in the country. The party said this while reacting to the arrival of 15 medical doctors from China today. In a statement released by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Wednesday April 8, […]
Continue ReadingNollywood star actor and comedian, John Okafor popularly known as Mr. Ibu has showcased online, the beautiful curves of his wife, which he described as a professional model. He advised others who may want to get married to do exactly like him to have a good wife. The comic actor shared the photo on his […]
Continue ReadingThe Treasury House which is the office of the Accountant General of the Federation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja was gutted by fire this morning, Wednesday, April 8. According to reports, the fire started from the third floor, razing the building upwards including the Accountant General’s office and most of the important offices. The cause […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Finance during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration and President Goodluck Jonathan’s Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has shown, using Rwanda as example, how food distribution should be responsibly done to assist lower income households, and to give way for safe social distancing. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala also wrote in same […]
Continue ReadingBernie Sanders has formally ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday, clearing Joe Biden’s path to the Democratic nomination and a showdown with President Donald Trump in November. Sanders made the announcement in a call with his campaign staff, his campaign said. He himself appeared on television to say that, though he is ending his campaign, […]
Continue ReadingA Taxi driver was reportedly beaten to death yesterday by security operatives, for carrying passengers who were not wearing face masks. An eyewitness @ayebechristopher, revealed that the incident occurred at Marian in Calabar, Cross River State’s capital. He said the driver who was wearing a face mask when he was stopped, was beaten by security […]
Continue ReadingIkhide Roland Ikheloa, aka Pa Ikhide, an author, has shared a love letter between his parents to give an insight into the 1957 pandemic that affected Nigeria greatly. Pa Ikhide shared the letter in reaction to Pastor Sam Adeyemi’s chat with pastor Poju Oyemade where they tried to dispel the notion that 5G is linked […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said private hospitals are not allowed to treat COVID-19. Abayomi was speaking in Alausa, Ikeja, in reaction to a COVID-19 patient who died at a private hospital in Lagos. He said, “The death that occurred in the private hospital is not something that is unusual; […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian-born British healthworker, Carol Jamabo has reportedly died from COVID-19 complications in the United Kingdom. The 56-year-old mother of two and community caregiver at the Cherish Elderly Care in Bury, Greater Manchester, died last Wednesday after testing positive for Coronavirus. The late caregiver who moved to the UK from Nigeria in the early 1990s, was a key worker […]
Continue ReadingBefore the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the globe, Nigeria spent 42 per cent of her earnings on debt servicing. We have arrived at a new reality today: Even if we devote 100 per cent of our income to rebuilding our economy, it still will not be enough. COVID-19 has wreaked such damage to the world’s […]
Continue ReadingOndo State Police command has denied the arrest of suspected killers of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Their statement has disagreed with the claim of the National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, that four suspects including Mrs. Olakunrin’s driver had been […]
Continue ReadingOn Saturday April 4, Uganda woke up to the gruesome photos of women and men at Elegu border with South Sudan who were pulled out of their houses, beaten and rolled on a muddy ground by security forces under the pretext of enforcing the President’s directives on coronavirus and curfew. Since March 30 when President […]
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