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Ebola Lockdowns EXTENDED For Another 3 Weeks In Uganda

  Covid-style lockdowns have been extended in Ebola-stricken Uganda as the deadly virus continues to spread. More than 50 deaths have been recorded since the outbreak started in the central district of Mubende in mid-September. Ebola has since spread to ...

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Twitter To Suspend Impersonating Accounts

  Twitter will permanently suspend users who impersonate authentic accounts on the social media platform, new owner Elon Musk has revealed. “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” Musk tweeted. “Previously, ...

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Man Sets Five Stepchildren Ablaze In Ondo After Argument With Their Mom

  Man Sets Five Stepchildren Ablaze In Ondo After Argument With Their Mom A middle-aged man has been arrested by the police in Ondo for allegedly setting ablaze five of his stepchildren. Ojo Joseph, 54, perpetrated the dastardly act following ...

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Events In PDP In Few Days Might Get Messier – Fayose

  Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has warned that events in his party, PDP, might get messier in a matter of days or weeks. The politician who has been quiet over the crisis PDP has been facing, says ...

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I Can’t Abandon Wike, He Defends Me, Spends Money For My State – Ortom

  Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said he cannot abandon his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike because he has proved to be a trusted and dependable ally. Ortom stated this at a ...

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Lagos Govt Begins Impounding Of Unpainted Commercial Vehicles

  The Lagos State Government has directed the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to begin to arrest and impound unpainted commercial vehicles from Monday across the state. The General Manager of LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, said this in a statement through the ...

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19 Die, 24 Survive In Tanzania Plane Crash

  The Tanzanian passenger plane that crashed on Sunday claimed 19 lives as of the time of filing this report while 24 survivors were rescued. This was confirmed by Precision Air in a statement issued shortly after the crash which ...

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Obasanjo’s Face Should Be On New Naira Note – Atiku

  The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to put former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s image on the redesigned naira notes. Atiku said Obasanjo’s face should be on the naira note ...

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1,789 Persons Kidnapped In Kaduna In The Last Six Months – Commissioner

  About 1,789 persons in Kaduna State were abducted by bandits in six months this year, the state has revealed. Presenting the security situation report for 2022 to the state government on Friday, the state Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security ...

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Man Electrocuted While Destroying Campaign Billboard In Ibadan

  A yet to be identified man in his thirties has been electrocuted while allegedly destroying a campaign billboard in the Chal­lenge area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The Man died while attempt­ing to destroy one of the cam­paign billboards of ...

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NDLEA Busts Blind Nigerien Haruna, Son With Illicit Drugs

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a blind Nigerien and his son with cannabis and exol-5. The blind Nigerien, Bukar Haruna, 52, and his son, Saka Haruna, 30 were arrested in Katsina State while ...

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Lady dumps her boyfriend after he got fired for defrauding his company to fund her vacation to Dubai

  A Nigerian lady has reportedly dumped her boyfriend after he was sacked over a huge sacrifice he made to fund her vacation to Dubai. According to @poojamedia who took to Twitter to relay the story, the boyfriend committed N2 million fraud ...

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Residents Flee As Kidnappers Take Over Ogun Communities

  Residents of Oke-Ata, Soyoye, Ibara Orile, Rounder and other communities in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State are currently under the ‘siege’ of kidnappers, Daily Post reports. The affected communities, including those situated around the Alamala Army Barracks, appear ...

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Plateau Governor To Return Missionary Schools To Owners

  Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has promised to return missionary schools in the state to their original owners. Lalong made the promise when the Association of Papal Knights and Medalists in Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit at ...

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FirstBank Sponsors Fifth Chukker African Patrons Cup Polo Tournament

  Kaduna is agog with excitement as preparation for this year’s First Bank of Nigeria Limited sponsored Emir of Zazzau African Patrons Cup and Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign gathers momentum. The African Patrons cup is an annual polo tournament which ...

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I don’t cook for my husband – Actress, Regina Daniels

  Popular Nigerian actress, Regina Daniels has confirmed that she does not cook for herself or her billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko. The mother-of-two made this known in a video with Nwoko which she shared on her Instagram story on Friday. ...

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Autopsy confirms that Davido’s son Ifeanyi drowned

  The Lagos State Police Command has given some update on the circumstances surrounding the death of Davido’s son, Ifeanyi Adeleke. The police, on Saturday said the autopsy conducted on the corpse of Ifeanyi Adeleke, son of Davido and his ...

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Men shouldn’t pay attention to women’s body count – BBNaija’s Modella

Reality TV star, Esther Abimbola, popularly known as Modella, has opined that men should not be interested in knowing the sexual history of their partners She made the statement in an interview with Saturday Beats, noting that women don’t focus ...

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2022 World Cup: Del Piero names 7 countries that could win trophy

  Italian football legend, Alessandro Del Piero, has named seven favourites to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. They are: Argentina, Portugal, France, Spain, England, Germany, and Brazil. Portugal have never won the tournament, while England (1966) and ...

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Farm Or Die Hungry – Buhari Allegedly Tells Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigerians should farm what they eat or die hungry. Buhari said Nigerians have no reason to complain of hunger. He explained that his position was responsible for the decision to ban rice importation. Speaking with ...

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Obaseki Offers Employment To 15 First Class Graduates

  The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has announced automatic employment for 15 first-class graduating students of the Edo State University, Uzairue. Obaseki, who made the announcement at the fourth convocation ceremony of the institution in Etsako West Local Government ...

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Inferno Kills 13 In Russian Nightclub

  No fewer than 13 people were killed when a fire tore through a crowded nightclub, in Kostroma, Russia in the early hours of Saturday. According to CNN, the officials said the blaze broke out at about 2:30 a.m in ...

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