Atlanta police have announced that they have made an arrest in the shooting death of American actor, Thomas Jefferson Byrd. Homicide detectives on Wednesday October 14, obtained the warrant for the arrest of 30-year-old Antonio Demetrice Rhynes on a felony murder charge based on evidence and tips from the public, and officers arrested him early…
At least 2 people have died after a plane crashed in Los Angeles on Friday, September 11.The single-engine airplane crashed into a parking lot between two buildings at 7011 Hayvenhurst Avenue, Van Nuys, California. The impact of the collision started a fire in the parking lot. Emergency Medical Services, EMS, arrived at the scene shortly after the crash…
The Kogi state government has repatriated 78 beggars to five northern states in the country. Speaking to newsmen, Kogi State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Fatima Kabir Buba said the beggars were evacuated from different parts of Lokoja metropolis, including Old Market, Zango, Ganaja Village, and Obasanjo Square and repatriated to Katsina , Kaduna, Kano…
South African rapper, AKA, has tested positive for Coronavirus. The rapper, 32, announced his diagnosis in a statement he posted to his official Twitter page on Friday, July 10. He also explained that he decided to make his results public to raise awareness about the pandemic. “In an attempt to create awareness around the virus…
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ese- Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Samuel Olorunwa Ajayi, on Friday July 10, resigned from his position as chairman as well as being a member of the party. This comes less than two weeks to the APC’s governorship primary election in Ondo state. Ajayi who tendered his…
The Nigerian Immigration Service has blocked 58 medical doctors from leaving the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos via a chartered flight today July 10. A statement released by the Immigration spokesman, Sunday James, says the doctors had planned to sneak out of the country via the Lagos airport. James said 56 out…
The Presidential Panel investigating the activities of the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has alleged that the commission under Magu re-looted some of the recovered loot. The panel probed the federal government assets recovered by the EFCC from May 2015 to May 2020. According to the News Agency of Nigeria NAN,…
US President, Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, July 11, the very first time the president has been seen in public with the facial covering recommended as a precaution against the novel Coronavirus. Trump went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington to meet wounded…
The presidency has said that the current probe of suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, shows that there is no sacred cow in the Buhari-led administration’s fight against corruption. In a statement released on Saturday, July 11, Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the current probe…
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has denied media reports that he purchased a house for his son, Abdulazeez, who tied the knot on Friday, July 10. SaharaReporters had claimed the Minister purchased a mansion for Abdulazeez as a wedding gift. The reports also claimed the wedding ceremony flouted all NCDC…