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Ondo State Executive Council, has on Monday, approved the appointment of 15-year-old Prince Oloyede Adeyeoba as the Arujale of Okeluse in Ose local government area of the state. The 15-year-old Senior Secondary School student is the only surviving son of his father, the late king. Adeyeoba’s appointment was among the three ratified at the State […]
Continue ReadingA 40-year-old woman identified as Precious Tamunoiprenye Jumbo, a resident of 24 Ozuoba/Rumuosi Link Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, has been declared missing. According to a family source, a police report has already been made and all efforts to trace Precious has remained futile. A visit has also been made to all the morgues […]
Continue ReadingBoko Haram insurgents have reportedly killed 70 soldiers in the restive Northeast of Nigeria Military sources said on Tuesday that the insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a lorry carrying troops as it travelled near Gorgi village in Borno State, Nigeria on Monday. “The terrorists specifically targeted a truck loaded with soldiers with RPGs and incinerated […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos state government has ordered the closure of all banks, offices, markets and courts in the state effective from Thursday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated this after a meeting of the state security council at the State House, Marina on Tuesday. The Governor who insisted that the order was not a lockdown however said that […]
Continue ReadingThe Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19). The governor earlier said he had contact with Mohammed, the son of former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, who has tested positive for coronavirus. The governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, announced that the governor tested positive in a statement. […]
Continue ReadingChief of Staff to Nigerian President, Mr. Abba Kyari, has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. According to The Punch, a top source at the Federal Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that Kyari, who recently returned from Germany, had tested positive to the virus. The source, however, said the President, Muhammadu Buhari had tested negative […]
Continue ReadingA Family of four including, father, mother and two children have died in their sleep in Nigeria. According to a Facebook user, Nkiru Chukwuemeka Unachukwu who shared the photos of a deceased couple and their two children, the incident happened on Sunday, March 22. She however, failed to mention where it happened. She wrote: “I […]
Continue ReadingFormer Executive Secretary of Adamawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Bishop Jingi Mayo has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for diverting N69m meant for the board. Jingi who was the executive secretary of the board between 2016 and 2017, was handed the prison sentence after being arraigned before an Adamawa State High Court by […]
Continue ReadingIn his book, “From Third World to First, The Singapore Story,” former Singapore leader Lee Kwan Yew (LKY) revealed how his country’s development miracle, including the forging of a nation out of a disparate assemblage of immigrants, was accomplished in one generation. It is a big book, nearly 700 pages long. But is a riveting, […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian couple who held their wedding last weekend in one of the Nigerian states where there is a ban on public gathering due to increased cases of coronavirus in the country, were spotted in a viral video dancing into their wedding reception with no guest around. The Identity of the Nigerian couple who were […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator, Dr. Rose Okoji Oko who represents the Cross Rivers North Senatorial District has died, aged 63. According to family sources, she died last night at a UK medical facility. Until her death, she was a second term member of the Red Chamber of Nigerian National Assembly and the serving chairman, Senate […]
Continue ReadingThis is my third commentary on the Corona virus pestilence (see “E ku Corona o” – ThisDay, March 3, and “Amala and the Corona virus patient” – ThisDay, March 10), and now, three weeks later, the most important subject still remains this mysterious plague that has changed the way we live, the way we think, […]
Continue ReadingPopular On-Air-Personality, Toke Makinwa has expressed anger at China for putting the whole world at risk in form of coronavirus. Makinwa who took to her twitter handle to express how furious she is with the spread of the disease said China should be made to pay dearly for the lives and jobs lost. She said […]
Continue ReadingPassengers at most of the Lagos state Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) terminals on Monday scrambled for position in buses in defiance to the social distancing directive ordered by the state government. In the wake of rapidly increasing cases of Coronavirus disease in the state, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu last week directed that social gatherings be limited […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government, on Monday, ordered all public servants across the country to stay at home until further notice. The government explained that this was part of measures to prevent further community transmission of coronavirus. In a circular signed by the Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, and directed to all heads […]
Continue ReadingPop superstar Rihanna opened her wallet in an effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic, as the singer’s Clara Lionel Foundation donated $5 million to several organizations worldwide, Variety reported. The foundation — launched by Rihanna in 2012 and named for her grandparents, Clara and Lionel Braithwaite — distributed money to Direct Relief, Partners In Health, […]
Continue ReadingThe effect of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic hit the Nigerian judiciary on Monday, following an order by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, suspending all court activities in the country temporarily. Justice Muhammad’s directive was contained in a fresh circular dated March 23, 2020, to all heads of courts. The closure, which […]
Continue ReadingThe Buhari government is notorious for binge borrowing and does it with so much impunity, throwing this generation, and indeed, the future generation, into bottomless debt. Binge borrowing has been on in the last five years, amid so much poverty, and this country has very little to show for it. This government cares less about […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, Beverly Naya has reacted to a stay-at-home advice being given to Nigerians to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. Naya’s reaction came after the Director of Public Policy Initiative at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation, Amara Nwankpa advised the Federal Government to declare work free days and encourage stay at home. Amara […]
Continue ReadingThe identity of the boy who is seen beating his girlfriend mercilessly in a viral video has been revealed. In the shocking video, the boy is seen beating his girlfriend in the presence of his friends, and the friends only made minimal efforts to stop him. It was alleged that he beat her up after […]
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