Talka~G~blog

British Superbike Championship rider Ben Godfrey has tragically been killed at a track day at Donington Park, aged just 25. The professional motorcyclist fell from his bike while competing at the No Limits Track Days event. A statement from the ...

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 ...

Kim Kardashian is continuing to dispel rumours that she and Kanye West are headed for divorce. Rumours have been rife lately they the couple are set to split, with reports even suggesting that they had been living at opposite ends ...

Mo Abudu is remembering her dad 44 years after she lost him. She was just 11 when her father died. The successful media personality took to social media to join others to celebrate their dads on Fathers Day. Sharing the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy, is one Nigerian whose name won’t be easily forgotten. Thanks to his early days in the entertainment industry. The maverick entertainer, popularly known as ‘’Area fada’’ who turned 70 on June 19, 2020, ...

WWE star The Undertaker has announced his retirement after claiming he has “nothing left to accomplish” in the ring. The 55-year-old made the announcement in the last episode of his documentary series ‘The Last Ride’. The Undertaker has been performing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iraqi football legend Ahmed Radhi has died as a result of complications after he was diagnosed with covid-19. The Iraqi health ministry announced his death. Radhi, 56, had been hospitalised last week in Baghdad after testing positive for the virus ...

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. ...

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. ...

Asue Ighodalo, brother of Pastor Ituah Ighodalo of Trinity House, has said the mother of the late Ibidunni planned to give her a surprise gift on her 40th birthday. The punch had earlier reported that the late businesswoman cum philanthropist ...

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 ...

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. ...

Nollywood actor and comedian, Babatunde Bernard popularly known as Baba Tee, has welcomed a son with his wife. The 40-year-old announced this while kissing his wife, Dupe’s bare baby bump and wished himself a Happy Father’s Day. “Original kayeefi… Happy ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...