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A former Nigerian lawmaker, Danlami Hamza, is dead.   Mr Hamza died on Sunday at a Covid-19 isolation centre at Kwanar Dawaki in Kano, his relative, Abdullahi Kausi said. He was 70. Mr Hamza’s funeral ceremony was conducted at about ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 838 new cases of covid-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 84,414.   The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Sunday. “On the 27th ...

The Osun State Police Command, on Sunday, said investigation had commenced into the allegation that an 85-year-old man, Rafiu Abimbola, impregnated a 12-year-old girl at Isundunrin in the Ejigbo Local Government Area of the state. Abimbola was accused by the ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to lock down the State following the surge in cases of coronavirus. He gave the hint during the thanksgiving church service in celebration of the 90th birthday of Mrs Priscilla Nwanediye Mark, at ...

Nigerian rapper and music producer, Lotanna Udezue aka Biglo is dead. He died after a long battle with Kidney ailment. His colleague, Jazzman Olofin announced his passing on his social media page.He said Biglo who was receiving dialysis from an ...

The Lagos State Government has shutdown Landmark Event Centre and 11 other facilities for violating Covid-19 protocols. Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola led the enforcement operation. The commission had embarked on routine enforcement and monitoring activities to enforce ...

The Osun government on Sunday said there would be no countdown to New Year ceremonies and cross over nights under whatever guise by religious bodies and groups during the New Year eve. A statement by Mr Wole Oyebamiji, the Secretary ...

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he was saved from being killed by whiskers during the February 13, 1976 military coup. Obasanjo, on Sunday disclosed that General Olu Bajowa (Rtd) was the one who saved him from the bullets ...

Apostle Emmanuel Bako, wife who were Kidnapped on Saturday, Jema’a LGA has regained freedom on Sunday. A statement by Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan on Sunday, noted that, “The Kaduna State Government has been informed ...

A 30-year-old man, Abdulkadir Segi, has reportedly been stabbed to death during an argument over the detonation of a banger around a mosque in Ilorin, Kwara State, while the Muslim congregational prayer was being observed on Christmas Eve. Abdulkadir was ...

In a bid to forestall the importation of the new strain of Covid-19 recorded in the United Kingdom and South Africa, the Federal Government has issued fresh protocol for airlines and passengers coming into Nigeria from the two countries. The ...

Popular Nigerian public speaker, Ubong King, is dead. The late Ubong reportedly died in Lagos on Saturday, December 26. He was reported to have died of coronavirus (COVID-19 ) The deceased is survived by his wife, Unyime Ivy-King, and four ...

The Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, said the total shutdown of the Third Mainland Bridge would end at midnight today, 24 hours ahead of schedule. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos ...

Ex-BBNaija billionaire housemate kiddwaya is presently at the hospital as he battles a strange illness.   Kidd shared a photo on twitter where he  was seen in a hospital bed and assured his fans that he was recuperating fine and ...

A truck driver, identified as Chika Emmanuel Nwagu is currently in Police custody for allegedly crushing to death a pedestrian in Ihiala, Anambra state. The deceased, was reportedly knocked down by the speeding driver while crossing the road. The Nation ...

Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), has said he does not understand why coronavirus numbers have not been as high as predicted in Africa. Recall that Gates and his wife, Melinda, had in ...

Scores of traders in Ketu plank market in Lagos State, were displaced on Sunday, even as they are currently counting their losses following an inferno which gutted their plank market. Though the cause of the fire outbreak on the market ...

A staff of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Barrister Tamuno Igbikiberebima, has narrated how he dispossessed two criminals who attempted to kidnap him and handed them over to the police. Igbikiberebima, who spoke in Port Harcourt, after the Commissioner of ...

Detectives are on the hunt for a man, Somto Okolie, who allegedly stole items such as laptop, iPhones, AirPods, etc worth over 1.4 million naira from his neighbour’s room. The theft happened in the early hours of 25th December 2020 ...

The Kaduna State Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, (PFN), Apostle Emmanuel Egoh Bako and his wife, Mrs Cindy Bako, were on Friday evening, 25th December 2020, kidnapped by unknown gunmen at their residence in Albarka Camp, Fadan Kagoma, ...

First lady Melania Trump hasn’t been “in Vogue” or other fashion mags — nearly enough, President Trump said this week. Not a single major magazine has featured the former model on its cover during her husband’s presidency, prompting the Commander ...

Four cases of a coronavirus variant believed to be particularly infectious that recently emerged in Britain have been confirmed in Madrid, the regional government said Saturday, the first cases detected in Spain. All four cases involved people who recently arrived ...

The Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be totally shut for 72 hours from midnight Saturday, Federal Controller of Works, Olukayode Popoola said. The closure is to allow for casting of concrete on the expansion joints. Popoola said that the ...

A Russian politician has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for beating her 12-year-old son to death with a dumbbell during an argument, reports said Thursday. Authorities said Galina Morozova, 56, bludgeoned her son, Alexander Parakhnyakov, in March because ...

A fire at a hospital north of Cairo on Saturday killed seven coronavirus patients, security and judicial sources said. The blaze in the intensive care unit of the hospital in Obour district, on the outskirts of Cairo, also injured five ...