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A taxi driver in Owerri, identified as Anayochukwu Njoku, from Umuakagu, Agbahara Nsu in Ehime Mbano council area took to his heels and abandoned his wife when he realised that she gave birth to conjoined twins. Njoku’s wife, Chidinma, was said to have given birth to the conjoined twins on March 11, 2020, but their sight was not something that ...

A teenager who lost both her hands to meningitis has defied the odds by learning to play the piano. Tilly Lockey, 14, was determined to prove a physiotherapist wrong after she said she would never master it. Tilly said she also wanted to inspire others to achieve their own “impossible” dreams. Mum Sarah was so angry at the physiotherapist’s comment, ...

With the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations around the corner and the month-long Ramadan fast coming to an end, President Muhammadu Buhari will be conducting his Eid prayers with his family at home. This is in observance of the lockdown measures in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, put in place “to save lives and protect people from all dangers.” According to a statement ...

Nigerian chess player, International Master Oladapo Adu, has been stranded in Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, for nine weeks following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Adu was in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he went to compete at the Zone 4.2 Individual Chess Championship but has been left stranded in Abidjan, after his Air Cote d’Ivoire flight was cancelled. ...

The coast is now clear for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to contest for the governorship ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party on Thursday night granted him a waiver to participate at the party’s primary. The committee also adopted direct primary option for the emergency of the party’s ...

An Instagram influencer has sparked outrage after she offered to sell off her virginity for more than £100,000 to raise money for coronavirus frontline workers. Indonesian influencer Sarah Salsabila, who goes by Sarah Keihl on Instagram, reportedly made the offer in a video where she said she was willing to auction off her virginity with a starting price of £110,035. ...

The Federal Government has disclosed that there are plans to soon reopen schools nationwide, saying, however, that this will not be done in two weeks as being speculated in some quarters. Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made the clarification on Thursday during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 news conference in Abuja following rumours making the round the ...

A 60-year-old man, Yikatey Somatey, has been arrested for killing his wife at Gando near Nyanyema, a suburb of the Sawla-Tuna Kalba District, Ghana after he accused her of having an affair with another man. The suspect accused his wife, Bora Bonbiatey 57, of cheating on him by having an affair with another man in their community. Information gathered by ...

A 30-year-old Tharaka Nithi man who assaulted his wife and sealed her genitalia, mouth and ears in a fit of jealousy has been arrested. The man, identified as Kifo Muriuki was smoked from his hideout in Kaningo, Kitui County by a combined team from Directorate of Criminal Investigations Tseikuru, Special Crimes Unit and DCI Tharaka South. Police have not yet ...

A police Inspector, Charles Okoro, has been arrested for killing a Muslim cleric, Fatai Oladipupo, around Igando Road, Ikotun area of Lagos State. The Lagos State police spokesman, Bala Elkana, confirmed his arrest.   According to Elkana, the Lagos police command on Wednesday arrested Inspector Okoro Charles attached to Ikotun Division. The Inspector was arrested in connection with a shooting ...

Show promoter, Cubana Chief Priest, who goes by the name  Pascal Chibuike Okechukwu, has taking to social media to complain bitterly about how life is not balanced. According to him, his mother who has always believed in him is no more today to eat the fruit of her labour, but his dad who disowned him is alive and reaping from ...

The nation’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, says the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices are set to force the economy into negative growth. Ms. Ahmed made the comments after the National Economic Summit meeting in Abuja on Thursday. “On the economy, covid-19 has resulted in the collapse in oil prices,” she said. “This will impact negatively, and the impact has ...

There was chaos at Udensi Roundabout, few poles to Ebonyi State Government House, Abakaliki, on Thursday when policemen and armed soldiers clashed over alleged violation of traffic rule by the latter. The fracas started when some police traffic wardens impounded a tricycle, whose operator violated traffic light signals. An eyewitness, who would not want to be mentioned in print, explained ...

The Federal Government said yesterday it was considering issuing a new set of guidelines with regards to covid-19 case management in the country, saying Lagos State, Nigeria’s epicentre of the pandemic, has currently ran out of isolation and treatment spaces. Government also expressed concerns over the growing purchases of Hydroxychloroquine by Nigerians, warning against self-medication in the wake of the ...

A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ilemba Hausa Division, Ajamgbadi, Lagos State, Mr. Yahaya Adesina, a Chief Superintendent (CSP), has been arrested and detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for allegedly murdering a sergeant in his division. Until his death two weeks ago, the deceased sergeant, Mr. Onalaja Onajide, was attached to Ilemba Hausa Division as a station ...

The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they ‘forgive’ the killers of their father, an announcement analysts said effectively grants clemency to five convicted people on death row. Khashoggi – a royal family insider turned critic – was killed and dismembered at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in October 2018, in a case that tarnished the reputation ...

A Tyson Foods chicken-processing plant in North Carolina that reopened following a deep clean announced almost 600 workers have now tested positive for coronavirus. The company has confirmed that 570 of its 2,244 full-time and contract employees have been infected in the Wilkesboro plant. It is likely one of the largest coronavirus outbreaks in the state and affects 25.4 percent ...

Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has agreed   to allow  churches with big auditoriums to have  not more  than 200 members during Sunday services. This was contained in a statement   on Wednesday by the Chairman of the state Covid-19 Task Force’s sub-committee on churches, Pastor Samuel John-Peters. Two weeks ago, Diri  directed that big churches could accommodate 50 worshippers during services, ...

Twelve Nigerians awaiting evacuation in Côte d’Ivoire have reportedly paid N7m for a charter flight. The stranded men weewre said to be desperate to return home on account of the coronavirus pandemic. A senior official informed Punch that the Nigerian Mission in Côte d’Ivoire gave the 12 businessmen approval to secure the aircraft at their own expense. The source stated, ...

The first mass graves could be dug in the UK to cope with a rise in bodies due to the coronavirus. Aberdeenshire Council is considering making them capable of holding hundreds of coffins as part of measures to deal with the Covid-19. The planning covers Scotland’s north east coast after local council bosses said cremation and burial services could be ...

Seyi Shay has said her Instagram account was hacked, and the nudes released earlier today were from the hacker. She disclosed she had tagged the photos private. She also said she was unable to access the account for almost five hours after the posts appeared. In an alert on Twitter, she wondered who the hacker could be and wrote; “I ...

Hagen Mills was reportedly trying to kill the mother of his child when he turned the gun on himself and took his own life. The actor, who starred in Baskets alongside Zach Galifianakis, died Tuesday in Mayfield, Kentucky, at the age of 29. It’s alleged that he died in an attempted murder-suicide. And now it’s said that the woman he ...

The Nigerian Medical Association has suspended its “sit-at-home” in Lagos State. . The suspension of the action came barely 24 hours after the association had asked its members to embark on an indefinite “sit-at-home” over alleged harassment by security agents in the state. It made a reference to a situation where an ambulance carrying a patient was prevented from moving ...

A High Court in Sokoto State has granted bail to two Chinese citizens accused of bribing an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Muhammad Saidu Sifawa who is also the Chief Judge of Sokoto State granted the accused person bail on Thursday. He said the respondents have not been able to dislodge the presumption of innocence ...

A Washington state woman who allegedly tried to strangle her two young children to death admitted she did so because she’s ‘a bad mother’. On Sunday, officers with the Fife Police Department rushed to the home of Hina Sadia, 31, after she called 911. She told authorities that she killed her four-year-old daughter and her two-year-old son was next. When ...