A Ghanaian identified as Suzanna Laar who visited Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun has been declared missing. The 54-year-old woman had visited the church, alongside her two sons, in search of healing over an ailment they claimed had ...
Read More »Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases surpass 20,000 (See list)
Nigeria reached a new grim milestone in COVID-19 cases Sunday night with the national total now 20,214. The new caseload was reached after the NCDC announced 436 new cases, with 12 deaths. Lagos continued to dominate the daily chart with ...
Read More »Delta SSG, Information commissioner test positive for covid
The Secretary to the Delta State Government, Chiedu Ebie, and the state Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, have tested positive for coronavirus. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Olisa Ifeajika, disclosed this in a statement today. He said the ...
Read More »We are sorry: Ghana apologises to Nigeria over demolished buildings(Letter)
Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has apologised to the Nigerian government after the building housing high commission staff was demolished on Friday night. In a press statement, the ministry said it viewed with concern the development, which is a breach ...
Read More »Ex-NDDC Executive Director escapes death as gunmen shoot car
Former Executive Director of Projects of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Engr. Samuel Adjogbe on Saturday night escaped death as suspected gunmen attacked his car. He confirmed the incident in a telephone chat with The Nation. He explained the ...
Read More »Man murders his biological children, injures father
A 34-year-old man Ifeanyi Apusiobi on Sunday, allegedly killed two of his children in Ogbunike in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspect reportedly attacked his victims, Chinecherem and Obinna said to be his biological children while they ...
Read More »Two Indians arrested in Nigeria for sneaking into the country
The Nigeria Immigration Service(NIS) has arrested two Indians who illegally entered the country without proper documentation in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Lagos Airport Command, NIS, Comptroller Mr Abdullahi Usman made this known in a statement by the Public ...
Read More »19-year-old talented footballer dies just weeks after blood cancer diagnosis
A 19-year-old footballer who moved to America on a scholarship has died just a few weeks after discovering he had blood cancer. Joe Aspinall, who attended Coastal Bend College in Texas, passed away on June 10 at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. ...
Read More »SERAP drags health minister, NCDC to court over ‘failure to account for COVID-19 funds
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire and Directoar General Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu have been sued over “their failure to account for the public funds so far spent to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. ...
Read More »COVID-19: Oyo state reopens worship centres after three months
Churches in Oyo State have reopened after three months of closure due to the ban placed on religious gatherings by the government. You would recall that the state government had in March, placed a ban on religious gathering as part ...
Read More »Resident doctors calls off nationwide strike
Resident Doctors will return to work tomorrow 22 June. This followed the suspension of their strike by their umbrella organization. The National Association of Resident Doctors said it took the decision to enable the government time to fulfill outstanding demands. ...
Read More »Embattled Ilaro polytechnic SUG president threatens to commit suicide
The embattled Students’ Union Government (SUG) President of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro (FPI), Ogun state, Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji who was arrested by men of the state police command for alleged cultism on February 9, 2020 has threatened to commit suicide. ...
Read More »Police stop Ondo Deputy Governor from leaving government house (photos/video)
Drama ensued at the Government House in Ondo on Saturday night as a team of policemen led by Commissioner of Police Bolaji Salami stopped the Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi from exiting with official vehicles. Ajayi, who has been at loggerheads ...
Read More »Covid-19: Lagos, Kwara, Bauchi to convert Hajj camps, schools to isolation centres
With the rising number of Covid-19 cases, Lagos and Kwara state governments have announced plans to convert their Hajj and pilgrims’ camps to isolation centres to ease the burden on hospital facilities and the limited number of bed spaces. There ...
Read More »Tragedy averted as PMS tanker overturns in Ogun
A tragedy was averted on Saturday as a tanker, laden with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) overturned at Lombardy Area, Oju-Ore, in Ogun state. Mr Akeem Ganiyu, FRSC’s Sango-Ota Unit Commander confirmed that the incident occurred at about ...
Read More »Gunmen kill Abuja pharmacist Sunday Ike in Gwarimpa
Unidentified gunmen have killed a pharmacist Mr Sunday Ike, in Gwarimpa area of Abuja. He was shot in the head and robbed of his light blue Toyota Camry. The assailants struck Friday at 11.00p.m. at the victim’s shop located on ...
Read More »Body of late Ibidunni Ighodalo laid to rest in Lagos
The body of ex-beauty queen and event planner extraordinaire, Ibidun Ajayi-Ighodalo, has been laid to rest yesterday, Saturday, 20th June 2020. The 39-year-old wife of popular Pastor Ituah Ighodalo of Trinity House Church passed away on Sunday, June 14 in ...
Read More »Armed men break into Nigerian high commission in Ghana, demolish apartments
Some armed men invaded the Nigerian high commission in Accra, Ghana, on Friday, destroying some apartments under construction. The affected buildings were reportedly being constructed to house staff and visitors. A Ghanaian businessman had accused the commission of encroaching on ...
Read More »Enugu Assembly shut after member dies of coronavirus
Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr Edward Ubosi, has ordered the shutdown and fumigation of the assembly complex, after a member died of COVID-19. Mr Jeff Mbah, Chairman of the House Committee on Information and Communication, announced this ...
Read More »COVID-19: Nigeria records 661 new cases, total now 19808 death toll exceeds 500
Within one week, 107 people have died from COVID-19 complications across the country. According to the latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday, more than 500 people have now died of COVID-19. As of June ...
Read More »Vehicles Trapped As Tankers Explode On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Many persons were trapped when a tanker exploded at the Kara axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday morning. Although the incident happened after midnight, a lot of vehicles were on the bridge as a result of the curfew imposed ...
Read More »Oshiomhole’s Etsako ward lifts his suspension
The Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward 10, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo, has lifted the suspension placed on Adams Oshiomhole. Seventeen members of the executive committee, led by the ward’s Vice Chairman, Mrs ...
Read More »CAN suspends Adamawa scribe Elishama over N1.35m theft
The Secretary of Adamawa Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), Mr Anthony Elishama, has been suspended for three months over alleged mismanagement of N1.35 million. The association also directed the suspended scribe to refund the amount during his suspension. Elishama was ...
Read More »Human body parts in bins: Thieves stumble on shock find
Thieves looking for valuables in a Hungary capital courtyard were shocked to discover multiple plastic containers full of human body parts. The Blikk newspaper reported on Saturday that the thieves have been detained by the police. They told the officers ...
Read More »300 Nigerians arrive Abuja airport from Dubai all test negative for COVID
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman and chief executive officer of Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission have disclosed that 300 stranded Nigerian travellers who arrive Abuja Airport on Friday from Dubai all tested negative for COVID 19 before boarding. Dabiri-Erewa stated this on ...
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