The Kogi government has accused the Presidential Task Force on COVID19 of trying to scare investors away from the state after classifying the state as a ”High Risk” state for COVID19 in Nigeria. The PTF gave the classification on Monday, February 1 following the state’s unwillingness to acknowledge the existence of the disease, report tests…
Luck ran out on three suspected ritualists in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State after they were allegedly caught trying to use a girl for money ritual. According to a post by Igueben LG chairmanship aspirant, Eromose Eboghoye, the three ‘strange’ young men wearing white robes were caught in Idumeka community on Tuesday,…
A young barber from Benue State identified as Elijah Ode has been reportedly arrested in Kano for blasphemy. According to a Benue activist, Smith Akoko, the young man, who is also a student, was arrested last Wednesday, after two of his customers were caught with hairstyles deemed blasphemous to the Islamic religion. His cousin, Sunday…
A 12-year-old girl, Omowunmi Yusuf , a resident of Owotu in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, has been declared missing by her family. The girl was said to have left home on Sunday, January 31, 2021, and has not been seen since then. A post by a family friend, Babatunde Adedeji Afonrinwo, called…
The Ogun State Police Command has summoned a hotelier after guests found cameras hidden in guest rooms. The police said it has commenced investigation into the actions of Pavillion Hotel, located in Ayepe, in the Odogbolu area of the state. This comes after a number of actors and actresses called for an investigation after…
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) by eight weeks. The Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde disclosed this in a statement released this morning February 2. According to the statement, Nigerians have till April 6 to link their…
The Ogun state government has faulted claims of inviting popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho to help curb insecurity in the state. Recall that the activist who arrived Ogun state yesterday, had hinted on being invited by Governor Dapo Abiodun. However reacting to this, Ogun state commissioner for information and strategy, Abdulwaheed Odusile affirmed that…
The Unlawful Societies and Cultism (Prohibition) Bill 2020 which also prescribes ‘punishment’ for parents of convicted cultists, has been passed by the Lagos state House of Assembly. The bill which will be sent to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his assent, was passed during plenary session on Monday February 1. Though it is unclear the punishment parents…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has described Nigerians calling for the probe of the immediate past service chiefs as unpatriotic. Mohammed express his displeasure about the calls by the Nigerians when he spoke during a Radio Nigeria programme, Politics Nationwide, on Tuesday morning February 2. Last week, President Buhari had appointed four…
Activist, Aisha Yesufu, has taken to her Twitter handle to react after she was issued a death threat by an anonymous person. Reacting, the fiery activist wrote ”For real someone threatened me?! With death? Same death that is almost dozen for one kobo? Haven’t the pandemic taught them anything? We are all going to…
