The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Otukpo Police Station in Benue State, Yahaya Pawa was on Tuesday December 1 shot by hoodlums. The state police spokesperson, Kate Anene confirmed the incident and also revealed that the incident occurred on Tuesday morning after the DPO led officers to Icho-Otukpo settlement to arrest suspected criminals who looted items during a fire…
The Japanese Government has confirmed that all of its residents will get free coronavirus vaccines under a bill passed on Wednesday, December 2, as the nation battles record numbers of daily cases. The bill, which says the government will cover all vaccine costs for Japan’s 126 million residents, was approved by the upper house of parliament,…
A 24-year-old Nigerian man, Samuel Odupitan, who stabbed a stranger to death in order to steal his second-hand Gucci bag in Croydon, London was convicted on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. Odupitan, of Longheath Gardens, Croydon, killed 24-year-old Tyler Roye on February 26 in Bywood Avenue, Croydon. He appeared at Croydon Crown Court on Tuesday December 1, where…
Embattled ex-chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who jumped his bail, has been rearrested. According to Daily Post, the operatives of Nigeria Intelligence Service and anti-graft agents, the Economic And Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) arrested Mr. Maina in Niger Republic. Maina – who is being prosecuted on 12 counts of money laundering to the tune…
Dr. Scott Atlas, a radiologist who gained US President, Donald Trump’s attention by pushing science-defying advice about COVID-19, has resigned from the White House coronavirus task force after a controversial four months during which he repeatedly clashed with other members of the coronavirus task force. Atlas, a neuroradiologist with no expertise in infectious diseases or…
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has denied having a hand in the explosion that rocked a church owned by the father of Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt. Recall that the church, Christain Universal Church International located on 25 Azikiwe Street Mile, 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt was invaded by some young men on Saturday November…
Formula One racing icon, Lewis Hamilton will not be involved in this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain after testing positive for Covid-19. Hamilton, who has already been crowned Formula one world champion for the season, won the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday and it has now been announced that Hamilton woke up on Monday with…
A Nigerian lady has shown off the boarding pass she got at an airport in Nigeria. The boarding pass the Nigerian lady showed off, was written with a pen on a sheet of paper. @adannanwokolo tweeted; Naija which way, see my boarding pass
Former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim has alleged that there is a plot to kill him for not defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Anyim who petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari, Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu and the Department of State Services (DSS) over the alleged plot, also alleged that Governor David Umahi…
Nigerian Gay activist, Bisi Alimi is celebrating World AIDS Day 16 years after he tested positive for HIV. In his post, he said the first four years after he was diagnosed with HIV was tough for him because of the stigma and the discrimination he faced at the time. According to him, he’s been able…