Abba Kyari: Sacked Kano commissioner finally reacts to his dismissal

Sacked Kano State Commissioner for Works, Mu’azu Magaji has opened up on his sack and denied that he celebrated the death of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. Magaji was sacked on Saturday by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for ...

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WHO official tests positive for Coronavirus in Bauchi

An official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Bauchi Office, has tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus disease in the State. Dr Aliyu Maigoro, Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, confirmed this on Sunday in a statement in Bauchi by ...

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Davido’s fiancee Chioma recovers from Coronavirus

  Chioma Rowland, the fiancee of Afropop singer, Davido, has recovered from coronavirus. Davido made this know on twitter tweeting; “Glory be to God…Chioma has now tested negative twice for COVID-19… Thank you all for prayers…We love you.” Davido had ...

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Fake mourners arrested for flouting Kenyan travel ban

Police in Kenya implementing coronavirus restrictions have arrested four people who disguised themselves as mourners taking a body for burial. They had left the capital, Nairobi, and travelled 370km (about 230 miles) west with an empty coffin in the vehicle ...

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Man who carried out canada’s deadliest massacre is ‘killed’

The man who fatally shot 16 people during a bloody rampage in Nova Scotia was 51-year-old denture-maker Gabriel Wortman, reports said Sunday. Wortman went on a shooting spree in several towns while dressed as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer ...

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Coronavirus: Ganduje begins deportation of Almajiris

Kano State government on Sunday approved the deportation of Almajiris, otherwise known as ‘children beggars’ in the State. Salihu Tanko Yakasai, the media aide to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, made this known. The governor had said the decision was ...

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Panic as Borno nurse dies of suspected coronavirus

There is panic in Borno State as a nurse died on Saturday at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital of suspected coronavirus. The news of the death of the man, Babangida Buba, a retired nurse with the Hospital Management Board, ...

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Fix hospitals to honour Kyari, Falana tells Buhari

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, said on Sunday the greatest tribute the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), could pay to the 19 deceased victims of COVID-19 in Nigeria, including his former Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, who ...

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Head teacher insists he should be allowed to teach again after being accused and sacked for exchanging flirty messages with students

A disgraced head teacher fired over flirty messages to pupils insists he should be allowed to carry on in education. Toby Belfield, 47, spoke out for the first time since being sacked from his £160,000-a-year job. He conceded some of ...

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Nigerian priest leaves German church over death threat

The pastor, Patrick Asomugha, and the diocese of Speyer made the decision to remove him after he received a death threat last month. “Concerns for the safety and wellbeing of pastor Asomugha makes this step unavoidable,” Andreas Sturm, vicar general ...

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Bandits on rampage. kills 47 people in Katsina

Even coronavirus that is more feared right now all over the world has not killed 47 in the whole of Nigeria. Sigh, too sad! The Katsina State Police Command, on Sunday said bandits have killed 47 people in early morning ...

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68 year-old woman delivers a set of twins at LUTH

‘ A 68-year-old woman has delivered a set of twins. The delivery on 14 April, at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), followed an IVF conception. The woman was pregnant for the first time, said Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, Chairman, LUTH ...

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Funke Akindele returns home after punishment for floating lockdown rule (video)

Funke Akindele has finally returned home after paying a fine and getting punished for floating a lockdown rule. The actress has now recorded a video asking people to always practice social distancing no matter how they love their friends, saying ...

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One Million Boys: Lagos Police CP tells Lagosians to sleep deep… says we’re in charge

Lagos State Government has reassured residents of its commitment to protect lives and property, stressing that the responsibility will not be compromised. The re-assurance came just as the State Police Command, acting on the orders of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, stepped ...

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Bigiano returns, prays for a bigger song than ‘shayo’

Oluwagbemiga Babalola, aka Bigiano, has returned to the music scene. And although is album is almost ready, Bigiano is praying for a bigger song than his 2008 hit single, ‘Shayo’. The former Triple B member says he is confident that ...

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Suspected herdsmen kidnap Anglican priest in Delta

An Anglican priest, Revd Anthony Oyi, has been kidnapped by suspected Fulani herders on his farm at Issele-Mkpitime, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the priest, who hails from Issele-Mkpitime, had gone with his ...

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