One of the most acclaimed musicians of our generation, Kanye Omari West, a renowned American rapper, record producer, composer, entrepreneur and fashion designer has set up the biggest controversy in America by disclosing his intentions to run for the presidency. The rapper, who happens to be a good friend of the sitting president of...
Read MoreThe World Bank has approved a $750 million loan through the International Development Association (IDA) to improve the reliability of electricity supply in Nigeria. In a statement on Tuesday, the World Bank said the loan is for the power sector recovery operation (PSRO) to achieve financial sustainability and enhance accountability in the sector. According...
Read MoreAn 18-year-old lady, identified as Barakat Bello was reportedly murdered at her home in Ibadan after she resisted rape. In an emotional video now making the rounds on social media, the mother of Barakat Bello, Mrs Kafayat Bello, has begged God to expose her daughter’s killers within seven days. In an interview with BBC...
Read MoreA man identified as Peter Ogbonna, inflicted severe machete wounds on his twin brother, Paul, during a fight in Ndimoko Arondizuogu, Imo State on Monday, May 25, 2020. Problem reportedly started after Paul allegedly flogged the son of Peter’s girlfriend, who had come to their house to check up on his mom. It’s alleged...
Read MoreBuba Galadima has said that the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha didn’t loot the country’s funds, but stashed them in foreign banks to avoid US sanctions. Galadima in an interview with TheNation newspaper said Abacha saved the monies abroad to save the country from an impending US sanction during his administration. The...
Read MoreThe Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria, Abba Kyari is dead. The sad news was tweeted by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity to the President. Abba Kyari contracted the deadly COVID-19 Virus and has been sick since it was reported earlier in March. He reportedly caught...
Read MoreFire razes INEC headquarters in Abuja The headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja is on fire. HOT!!! Woman Loses 39-year-old Marriage For Denying Husband Sexual Rights The Nation reports that the fire started a few minutes to noon. The inferno is still raging at the time of filing this report....
Read MoreTwenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported In the latest update of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, fourteen new cases have been reported as of Monday evening, April 13th by the National Centre for Disease Control. In a new update on their Twitter page, the NCDC reports that there’s seventeen new cases...
Read MoreFormer First Lady Patience Jonathan has struck a deal to release her 200-bed hotel as COVID-19 Isolation and treatment centre. The Abuja hotel, which is believed to be worth about N2 billion, is under interim forfeiture secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the court on April 30, 2018. The former...
Read MoreA pastor at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Ogijo, in Sagamu Local Government area of Ogun State, was on Sunday arrested for having an Easter Service, in defiance of government’s COVID-19 lockdown directive. The pastor, Jonathan Olowonisile, was arrested alongside his associate and two others. Reports gathered that worshippers in the service fled immediately...
Read MorePresident Buhari on Saturday said lockdown measures are essential to defeat the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria and urged citizens to observe restrictions on movement where they are in place during the Easter holiday. Buhari made the comments in a statement released by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu. The President also said the lockdown will last...
Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari says the restriction of movement in several states will remain as long as experts find it necessary. Buhari had ordered a 14-day lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory to contain the spread of coronavirus. Some state governments had also declared curfew to restrict movement of persons and ensure...
Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigerians, especially Christians, to imbibe the Christ-like quality of personal sacrifice for the sake of achieving greater good. President Buhari gave the charge Friday morning in his Easter message to Nigerians, encouraging all citizens to persevere through the hardship and unusual unpleasantness coming with the measures instated to cut...
Read MoreThe Nigeria Center of Disease Control NCDC last night announced 14 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Of the 14 new cases, 13 were recorded in Lagos while one in Delta. The agency also used the opportunity to apologise for the wrong result it released for Bauchi state on Wednesday. According to the agency,...
Read MoreA Nigerian tailor has taken to his twitter page to narrate how his landlored amazed him with his recent kind gesture. From the photos shared, the landlord apparently sent his tenants bags of rice, Cartons of Noodles among other essential food items. Sharing a photo of the food items, he wrote ; ‘Guys I...
Read MoreControversy has trailed the corpse of an 83-year-old woman, identified as Mrs. Bamigbola Olayemi whose body was taken to a General Hospital in Egbe, under Yagba West Local Government area of Kogi State as her corps was rejected by the management of the hospital over suspicion of COVID-19. It was reliably gathered that, before...
Read MoreNo fewer than eight persons on Wednesday died in multiple accidents involving six petrol tankers and a car at Oloru-Kanbi in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accident occurred when the tankers, heading to the NNPC depot at Oke-Oyi in Ilorin had a head-on...
Read MoreThe US recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day with more than 1,800 fatalities reported on Tuesday. It brings the total number of deaths in the country to nearly 13,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The US has more than 398,000 confirmed cases, the highest number in the world. Global...
Read MoreThe Lagos State Government has withdrawn charges against a musician, Azeez Fashola, alias Naira Marley, and politician, Babatunde Gbadamosi. Naira Marley, Gbadamosi and his wife 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...
Read MoreRecall that last week, Speaker of the House of Reprsentatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, announced that a stimulus bill will be passed by the house once they reconvene that would mandate the Power Holding Company of Nigeria to give Nigerians two months of free electricity. In a statement released on Wednesday April 8, the Association of...
Read More