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The Lagos State COVID-19 Enforcement Taskforce said it was attacked at the weekend with guns at a hotel in Ipaja area of Lagos when it went to enforce COVID-19 compliance. The taskforce, led by the Director General, Lagos State Safety ...

The Oyo State Government has approved measures that would guide the resumption of schools and associated educational activities in the state. This indication was given at the end of the State Executive Council meeting today. According to the calendar, the ...

Nigeria, on Tuesday recorded 576 fresh cases of Coronavirus to take its total to 37,801 confirmed cases, as Lagos is back to the top again. In the last two days, Edo and FCT dethroned Lagos in daily coronavirus infections, but ...

The Federal High Court, sitting at Umuahia, Abia State, has granted bail to the ‘Church of Satan’ founder, Ifekwe Udo and 17 others, who were arrested by the Police over the riot at Ebem Ohafia where government buildings were razed ...

Tragedy struck Tuesday morning when a truck belonging to Dangote Cement Company, Obajana, crushed to death a man and his son According to an eye witness account, the middle-aged man was on his motorbike with his two sons when the ...

A Louisiana woman shot her boyfriend who refused to argue with her on Saturday morning, police said. Investigators are searching for Jenalisha Lawrence, 29, who is suspected of shooting her boyfriend around 7:30 a.m., Shreveport police said. Officers found a ...

A Nigerian man, Muhammad Abdul Modibo, has shown how creative he is by  converting an old Volkswagen Beetle vehicle into a Rolls Royce replica. The photo was shared in a tweet by Africa Facts Zone. Twitter users have praised the ...

Here are photos from the visit of former President Goodluck Jonathan to President Buhari at the statehouse Abuja today. See more photos below….  

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Nkechi Mercy Ikogwe alongside two companies, Elites Finance Investment Limited and Efinc Global Investment Limited before Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over alleged N179 million fraud. Justice E.A. ...

Ismaila Isa Funtua, elder statesman and politician, has been laid to rest in Abuja. Funtua, who was President Muhammadu Buhari’s in-law and ally, died in Abuja on Monday. He was buried at the Gudu Cemetery, Abuja after the funeral prayers ...

A Lagos-based lawyer, Lawrence Nnoli, has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos, with an application seeking to compel the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to appoint more Supreme Court Justices without further delay. The Nigerian constitution provides for ...

A Nigerian woman has reportedly died a day after her wedding. A Facebook user shared the sad news on social media. See it below….

Jeff Bezos added $13 billion to his net worth on Monday, the largest single-day jump for an individual since the Bloomberg Billionaires Index was created in 2012. Amazon.com Inc. shares surged 7.9%, the most since December 2018 on rising optimism ...

As COVID-19 cases surge in Madagascar, public hospitals said they have reached their full capacity and may not be able to accept more patients. According to a report on Bloomberg, these hospitals will only accept patients with the most severe ...

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has given the minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio 48-hours to name the National Assembly members involved in the contracts awarded by Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The House of Reps committee probing the financial ...

Over the years, there has been a consistent increase in the number of students seeking tertiary education in Nigeria. Over 1.5 million young people in Nigeria sit for the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and slightly above the ...

The police in Adamawa State have arrested one Obiora Patrick, 39, for defiling his nine-year-old step-daughter. Patrick reportedly confessed to have s.e.xually abused the minor at his apartment on 46 Hospital Road in Yola, the state capital. Spokesperson for the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump again called Coronavirus (COVID-19), the ”invincible China virus”. Earlier, he had defended the name-calling, stating reason to be because the virus originated from China. Trump on his verified Twitter page, posted an image of himself wearing ...

A mosque has been forced to close after an Imam tested positive for coronavirus following a funeral with 250 mourners. Jamia Ghosia mosque in Blackburn, Lancashire, has been shut to worshipers while it undergoes a deep clean and leaders have ...

The Police at the Maroko Division, Lekki, Lagos have arraigned two men for serial vehicle burglary in Lekki and Victoria Island in Lagos. The two accused were Mukaila Atanda, 36, and Sunny Kamuli, 35. They specialised in burglarising vehicles, the ...

The Commandant of Ekiti State Security Network codenamed Amotekun, Brigadier-General Joe Komolafe (Rtd.), has said the corps will deploy supernatural and modern security techniques to combat banditry, kidnapping and other criminalities in the state. Komolafe disclosed this on Monday at ...

The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, has said the ex-national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, is disappointed because Governor Godwin Obaseki refused to be used in his ...

Hajia Hassana Garuba, wife of the late former Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, has finally been freed by kidnappers. Her chauffeur was also released.. It was gathered that they were released from captivity late Monday night. Police had ...

An investigation has been launched after four confirmed cases of coronavirus have been linked to a food processing plant in Ebbw Vale. Public Health Wales said workers at the Zorba Delicacies Ltd food processing plant will receive widespread, rapid testing ...

A truck owner, identified as Fatai Salami, has committed suicide after his truck was seized by officials of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps for flouting Covid-19 laws in the state. Salami reportedly drank an insecticide, snipper, on ...