The Abia State taskforce on COVID-19 has arrested a Toyota Siena bus conveying bags of substance suspected to be cannabis at the Ogbudiukwu community, in the Umuahia South council area. Confirming the incident, Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Chris ...
Read More »11 year-old boy commits suicide after losing fight over TV remote control to sister
An 11-year-old boy from Mulalio Village in Ikolomani Constituency in Kakamega County, Kenya allegedly committed suicide after he lost a fight over TV remote control early Wednesday, April 29. Canton Litiku, a Class Five pupil at Kakamega Hill School, is ...
Read More »We are not in a hurry to reopen airports – FG
The Federal Government says it is not in a hurry to re-open airports in the country. Minister of Environment, Mahmood Abubakar, made this known on Wednesday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said ...
Read More »Why I did not marry Tanasha despite being ‘1 million per cent’ sure she was the one – Diamond Plantnumz
Tanzanian heavy-hitter, Diamond Platnumz, has said he could not marry Kenya’s Tanasha Oketch because they differed sharply on how to raise their family. Speaking on Tanzania’s Wasafi FM on Monday, April 27, the Jeje hit-maker said his 15-month relationship with ...
Read More »Kylie Jenner wants company to drop the STORMI name saying her daughter is the famous one
Kylie Jenner is in court with a company over trademark. Kylie filed new legal documents going after a company called Business Moves Consulting — which filed to trademark “Stormi Couture” a month after Kylie and Travis Scott welcomed their baby, ...
Read More »Charging our phones is now a blessing! Nigerians mourn popular dancer, Kodak
Nigerians have taking to twitter to mourn video vixen and dancer Kodak who sadly died yesterday in Omole while charging her phone. Talking about how charging our phones is now a blessing and how much she would be missed, tributes ...
Read More »US goverment analysis fingers Wuhan laboratory as most likely source of COVID-19
A Wuhan laboratory is the “most likely” source of the COVID-19 outbreak now ravaging the globe, according to a U.S. government analysis that catalogues the evidence and concludes that other explanations for the origin of the coronavirus are less credible. ...
Read More »Biden under pressure to address sexual assault allegation
US presidential hopeful Joe Biden said Wednesday he has a proud history of campaigning against s.e.x.u.a.l violence, as he faces mounting pressure to respond to an assault allegation made by a former aide. The presumptive Democratic nominee has been accused ...
Read More »CMD of Yaba Infectious Disease Hospital reportedly tests positive for coronavirus
The Chief Medical Director of Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Dr Bowale Abimbola, has tested positive for Coronavirus. SaharaReporters gathered that Abimbola is presently being treated in one of the wards in the hospital. “Yes, he is positive, that’s why ...
Read More »TV anchor caught with half-n.a.k.e.d woman during live broadcast – and it’s not his girlfriend
The Spanish TV host, Alfonso Merlos has been accused of cheating after a half-n.a.k.e.d woman walked into shot during one of his at-home news broadcasts – a woman who was not his girlfriend. Merlos, 41, was presenting a report on ...
Read More »New whip!!! Mompha shows off his Rolls Royce Wraith Eagle VIII 2020 (Video)
Mompha has showed off his N180m Rolls Royce Wraith Eagle VIII 2020, saying he is the first to own it in Africa. Well he can get that fact from the manufacturer. Boasting about taking the new delivery, he said the ...
Read More »2-year-old girl rescued from uncompleted building in Abia
Officials of the gender-based violence response team of the Vicar Hope Foundation, Umuahia, have rescued a two-year-old child suspected to have been locked up for several days in an uncompleted building at the Zone 5 Agbama Housing Estate, Umuahia, Abia ...
Read More »25-year-old man dies of COVID-19 in Lagos
A 25-year-old man has died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State. The state’s Commissioner for Health made this known via his Twitter handle on Thursday. He said, “87 new #COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 29, 2020. The ...
Read More »South African anti-apartheid veteran, Denis Goldberg is dead
Denis Goldberg, a veteran anti-apartheid activist in South Africa who was imprisoned for 22 years, has died at the age of 87. “His was a life well-lived in the struggle for freedom in SA. We will miss him,” the BusinessLIVE ...
Read More »Facebook to allow artists charge fans to access their live streams during this pandemic
Due to the global pandemic, many artistes’ shows have either been postponed to new dates or indefinitely. But fortunately, their inability to tour is gaining a new way for them to make money during the COVID-19 pandemic. Facebook has announced ...
Read More »NURTW chairman, MC Oluomo loses mother
Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State Council, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo has lost his mother, Alhaja Zinat Abebi Omotowo. According to Mc Oluomo, she passed on around 7am today. Her ...
Read More »How Dayo Amusa’s friend defrauded her
Nollywood actress, Dayi Amusa has revealed how her own friend defrauded her. According to the actress, the lady had called her saying she needed N2000, but she felt it was small and decided to send her N5000. She mistakenly sent ...
Read More »Nigerian lady narrates how her dad’s friend r.a.p.e.d her when she was just 11
She revealed this on twitter this evening, while trying to explain to people who think ladies are mostly the cause of r.a.p.e due to what they wear, etc. While making her point, she used an unfortunate incident that happened to ...
Read More »Kano contniues to record death of high profile personalities
Kano State has again lost three high profile personalities to death. Their deaths on Wednesday came after about 12 high profile personalities died in the state last week. On Wednesday morning, a former Director of Finance, National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala, ...
Read More »Cases of mysterious coronavirus-related illness emerge in at least six countries
This week, a mysterious coronavirus-related illness hit the headlines, after doctors were urgently alerted about a rise of cases in children. At least 12 British children are thought to have been hit by the illness, which is being described as ...
Read More »Court remands policaman who allegedly shot dead Rivers policewoman (photo)
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, remanded a police sergeant, Bitrus Hosea, who allegedly shot dead a policewoman on duty in a correctional facility. The policewoman, Lovender Elekwechi, also a sergeant, was allegedly shot in ...
Read More »Drama as Customs rejects 1,800 bags of rice returned by Oyo
A drama played out between the officials of the Oyo State Government and men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Ibadan, on Wednesday as the Customs rejected the 1,800 bags of rice donated to the state by the ...
Read More »Former Borno state Governor, Muhammed Goni is dead
A former governor of Borno State, Muhammed Goni, is dead. Mr Goni, who was the first democratically elected governor of Borno State, died in his 80s. A close family source who confirmed the passing of the elder statesman said he ...
Read More »Florida man arrested with 2 pounds of fentanyl… enough to kill 500,000 people (photos)
A Florida man was arrested with enough of the narcotic fentanyl to kill half a million people, cops disclosed. David Gayle, 43, was arrested for dealing drugs — including two charges stemming from warrants for selling heroin within 1,000 feet ...
Read More »Bollywood’s romantic hero, Rishi Kapoor dies at 67
Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, famed for his romantic roles, has died of cancer aged 67. He was part of the Kapoor acting dynasty which has long dominated Bollywood, the Hindi film industry. The actor made a huge splash in 1973 ...
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