A man who was declared missing after going hiking with a group in Nasarawa has been found dead. Friends and family members took to Twitter early on Sunday, Jan 24, asking for help in finding a man named Stephen Tikya. They explained that he went on a hiking trip with a group to…
A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abdullahi Ibrahim, has died from Covid-19 complications. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who served as Minister of Transport and Aviation in the military regime of Muhammadu Buhari, was said to have died in an isolation centre in Abuja on Sunday, Jan 24. Premium…
A clash between street boys in Aguda, Surulere, Lagos, led to the death of at least one person and the police have now reacted to the clash. According to eye witness reports, the clash was between Pako Boys and Aguda boys. Reacting, the Lagos State Police said arrests have been made. A statement…
1,633 new cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Saturday, January 23. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos recorded 498. Other places with fresh cases include Plateau-214, FCT-176, Rivers-99, Kaduna-98, Edo-87, Anambra-86, Akwa Ibom-50, Osun-47, Kano-40, Oyo-40, Kwara-39, Ebonyi-28, Niger-28, Taraba-28, Ogun-27, Ondo-21, Ekiti-12, Katsina-7, Borno-6 and Delta-2. …
Fulani herdsmen on Friday attacked and stabbed a farmer into unconsciousness in Akure, the Ondo State capital, while he was working on his farm. Itslearnt that the farmer was rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital by fellow farmers who were alerted to the attack. It was gathered that the injured farmer, whose name could…
Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service stationed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja have apprehended two girls identified as Adebayo Kazeem and Babalola Kehinde, with tampered passports. According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the Immigraion Service, DCI Sunday James, the ladies were about to board a Cairo-bound Egypt Airline flight on Thursday,…
Gambo Jimeta, a former inspector-general of police (IGP) is dead. Jimeta who served as IGP between 1986 and 1990, also served as national security adviser (NSA) to former head of state Ibrahim Babangida and was also the representative of Adamawa state to the national conference held in 2014. Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu who confirmed the death of…
Barely 24 hours after Joe Biden’s inauguration as US President, a Republican lawmaker, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed articles of impeachment against Joe Biden, alleging abuse of power by Biden from his time as vice president. The newly sworn in Rep. from Georgia, who has supported QANON conspiracy theories and criticized the 25,000 National…
Peter Okoye and Lola Omotayo-Okoye’s daughter turns 8 today and her mother took to Instagram to share adorable photos of her and wish her well. Lola wrote: “Today my heart smiles because it is our daughter Aliona’s 8th Birthday. Happy Birthday my precious baby. We love you so much. You are an incredible blessing…
President Buhari has approved N6.45 billion for the setting up of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide to help in the treatment of COVID19 patients who need oxygen. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this at a national executive council meeting in Abuja on Thursday, January 21. She said the president approved the…
