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Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned the immediate past Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoS), Winnifred Oyo-Ita, for alleged N3bn graft. The former HoS was sacked in September last year after about N600m was allegedly found in the bank account of her aide. EFCC investigations reportedly traced about […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the first coronavirus death in Nigeria. The NCDC via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Monday, said, “The first #COVID19 death in Nigeria has been recorded. The case was a 67-year-old male who returned home following medical treatment in the United Kingdom. “He had underlying medical conditions- multiple […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has refused the application of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) to register its security outfit, ‘Operation Shege ka FASA’. The CNG are taking a cue from the South-West ‘Operation Amotekun’. Recall that the governors of the northern states and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, distanced themselves […]
Continue ReadingIt was a tragedy in Rivers State on Sunday as the parish priest of the Saint Helen’s Catholic Church, Ogbogoro, Rev. Fr. Simeon Kuro, slumped and died while celebrating the Mass. This sad incident, it was said happened while Kuro was delivering the homily on the church’s altar in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of […]
Continue ReadingSight, the king of the five senses, is superior to touch, taste, hearing and smell. But sight is inferior to insight. I contemplated this truth last week when I interrogated the essence of a man whom life blinded with a vicious uppercut. But, instead of lying floored on his back in defeat, he rose up […]
Continue ReadingLagos lawyer and rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana SAN has written to the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire to seek the help of Cuba as the country has a drug that has so far proven effective in the fight against Coronavirus. Falana said “We have confirmed that the Cuban drug known as ‘Recombinant Human Interferon […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Yoruba filmmaker and actor, Gbenga Ajumoko has passed away. The actor reportedly died after battling with a chronic ailment. This is coming weeks after a popular Nollywood actor, Kayode Odumosu, also known as Pa Kasumu died. Gbenga Ajumoko was reported to be critically down with a chronic ailment since last year. For over 6 […]
Continue ReadingMr Rufus Aplang, a groom at a wedding ceremony on Saturday in Jos, left guests and worshipers in shock when he walked out of the church during the ceremony, abandoning his supposed bride, Judith. Aplang fled the God’s Glory Ministry, Jos, venue of the wedding, when it was time to take the marital vows. His […]
Continue ReadingThe Ogun state task force this morning shut down the Apostolic church in Sagamu, and arrested the presiding pastor for flouting the order of the state government not to have more than 50 persons in any gathering. The state governor, Dapo Abiodun, issued the ban as part of measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in the state. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer, Iceberg Slim has finally opened up on why he cheated on his former girlfriend, actress Juliet Ibrahim. The Nigerian rapper said he cheated on his former lover, the Ghanaian actress, because “I was looking for something that I didn’t know I had in myself.” He added: “I got to a point where I […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Babajide Sanwoolu has ordered that workers on levels 1-12 in the Lagos State Public Service should not go to work for the next 14 days. He is also appealing to the private sector to follow suit. The State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who gave the order during a live broadcast on Sunday, said the directive […]
Continue ReadingA 48-year-old farmer and petty trader, Theddius Audu reportedly impregnated his 15-year-old daughter Justina in Wuyeya, a village under Assakio, Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Audu took up the sole responsibility of his daughter’s upbringing after his marriage to Talatu Ayi from Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state ended 13 years ago due to […]
Continue ReadingRangers FC striker, Ifeanyi George has been confirmed dead after he was killed in a car crash on Sunday morning. The 26-year-old former Enyimba star was travelling from Enugu to Lagos with two unidentified teammates when they ran into a heavy-duty truck along Benin-Ore road, with none of them surviving the ghastly accident. It was also revealed […]
Continue ReadingIf citizens of the world didn’t know that they lived in a global village, the COVID-19, otherwise known as the Coronavirus, has demonstrated this starkly. Virtually all parts of the world have paused on account of the ravaging pestilence, with very earth-shaking implications for the global economy. Even world leaders with war-like inclinations have come […]
Continue ReadingVeteran and star Nollywood actress, Shan George who has been married thrice and divorced has disclosed that she is scared of giving marriage a try again. In an interview with The Sun’s “Inside Nollywood”, the 49–year-old grandmother stated that it might take someone who truly sees her as a “sister for anything marriage to happen […]
Continue ReadingSome people are specially gifted and talented regardless of age and long experience. Whenever and wherever such people exhibit their special talent for the sake of humanity, the society must appreciate them. In view of that, the Nigerian doctor who suspected and reported the Italian man who became the index case of coronavirus in the […]
Continue ReadingA video shared online shows a man beating up his girlfriend mercilessly. In the video, the girl and her man are seen sitting looking at each other. He then stands abruptly and begins slapping her. His friends can be heard in the background calling him “Junior” and telling him to take it easy, but he doesn’t listen. […]
Continue ReadingWhen six-year-old Ifedola’s school closed last week, she came home with some folders, some books and a Tablet. “A Tablet”? I looked at my wife incredulously. “Yes, for distance learning”, she responded. The school had forewarned all parents (by direct email) that, by the orders of the Austrian government, it would be closing on that […]
Continue ReadingA report published by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has revealed how Nigerian public officials and their proxies allegedly steal public funds and invest it in luxurious properties in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Carnegie Endowment puts its said report under the heading: “Dubai Property: An Oasis for Nigeria’s Corrupt Political Elites” According to the report, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government, on Saturday, announced the shut down of international flights coming into Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This was confirmed in a statement signed by the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu. It reads: “Further to our earlier letter on restriction of international […]
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