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Nigeria now has confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 189 new cases recorded on Saturday night. According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, 48,431 patients have now been discharged, with 1,093 patients losing their lives to the Coronavirus pandemic. The tweet revealed that Lagos State had the highest number of infections on […]

The Lagos State Government has okayed the reopening of gyms and cinemas in the state. Governor Sanwo-Olu made this known during the COVID-19 update at the state house, Marina. They are, however, expected to reopen with a capacity of just 33 per cent. “Henceforth, cinemas and gyms are permitted to reopen as soon as possible, […]

Over 30 persons are feared dead in a road accident along Akaeze-Ishiagu highway in Akaeze Development Centre, Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The incident occurred on Friday at about 5:45pm. The bus conveying the passengers reportedly plunged into a river near a bridge along the road. A source from the area said that the […]

The Federal Government has apologised for its tweet ordering all account holders in the country to obtain and fill self-certification forms. In a directive contained in a series of tweets (now deleted) on Thursday, the Federal Government said each account holder must submit the filled forms in their respective financial institutions. In another tweet on […]

Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has separated from his wife, Precious Chikwendu. The marriage broke down about four months ago over alleged incessant domestic violence, which the former beauty queen could not condone any further. Precious had since moved out of the marital home, with the ex-minister barring her from coming to the house or […]

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has redeemed the promise of N30 million bounty he placed on a criminal suspect popularly called Bobosky. The suspect died at the Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt, the state capital, after the police captured him. Wike, who presented the N30 million cheque to Police Commissioner Joseph Mukan yesterday […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to shut down the economy if the federal government refuses to reverse the recent hike in petrol price and electricity tariff in 14 days. The NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, said this at the end of the NLC’s central working committee (CWC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Wabba said workers […]

Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai has signed into law the Penal Code 2020, which recommends castration of child rapists. A statement on the official Twitter handle of el-Rufai @GovKaduna, declared any male found to have raped a child will henceforth be castrated while female convicts will undergo “bilateral salpingectomy.” It reads: “Malam Nasir @elrufai has signed […]

New evidence has been submitted against popular alleged internet fraudster, Ramoni Abbass, popularly known as Hushpuppi. Hushpuppi was arrested months ago for allegedly defrauding over 1.9 million people to the tune of over 168 billion naira. The new evidence shows how he used his personal email to register on a website “whizzlog” which is a […]

Elder statesman and playwright, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said the country is more divided as never before under the current administration of president Muhammadu Buhari. Soyinka in a statement signed from his Autonomous Residence of Ijegba, Idi-Aba Estate, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday titled, “Between ‘Dividers-in-chief’ and Dividers-in-law,” said though not a fan of ex-President […]

The Nigerian government on Monday announced the reopening of all domestic airports in the country. By this announcement, local flight operations would fully resume across the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, during the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja.   -Dailypost

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested two lecturers at the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, and 28 others over their alleged involvement in Internet fraud. A statement on Monday by the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, identified the lecturers as Abdullahi Opashola and Adebisi […]

The United States Government says it has imposed visa restrictions on some individuals for their actions during the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa State elections and in the run up to the Edo and Ondo State governorship polls on Saturday and October 10, respectively. Although elections have not yet held in Edo and Ondo states, […]

The Presidency on Sunday came down hard on former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his Thursday’s comment on the state of the nation, describing him as the country’s ‘Divider-in-Chief.’ The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement titled “Obasanjo is Nigeria’s Divider-in-Chief.” Obasanjo had on Thursday […]

Leke Adeboye, a son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called on broadcaster, Ifedayo Olarinde, better known as Daddy Freeze to apologise to his parents. Leke made the comment on Instagram in response to Daddy Freeze’s apology to the founder of Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, David […]

British-Nigerian boxer, Sadiq Umar, has been hospitalised after his 12th-round defeat to Russian, Fyodor Chudinov, in a super middleweight bout. According to reports in Russia, Sadiq reportedly began to cough up blood after his defeat by technical knockout, having needed an oxygen mask straight after the fight in Khimki, near Moscow. The 32-year-old was said […]

Popular Broadcaster, Ifedayo Olarinde aka Daddy Freeze, has apologised to the founder of Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, David Oyedepo. Daddy Freeze, while apologising to Oyedepo, said he insulted the cleric two years ago, adding that the video only went viral recently. The broadcaster, who is the Convener of the Free the Sheeple Movement […]