Year: 2020
Bricklayer, mechanic bag 21-year imprisonment for bag-snatching
An Ikeja High Court has sentenced a bricklayer, Ibrahim Olaore and a mechanic, Nurudeen Moshood to 21 years in prison…
40 doctors recover from Coronavirus in Kano
At least, 40 doctors who tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus in Kano State have recovered and discharged.
Eid-el-fitr: Police to provide adequate security in Niger
The Police Command in Niger State has taken proactive measures to provide security, before, during and after the coming Eid-el-fitr…
DRC begins countdown to end of Ebola
Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has…
APC crisis deepens: Deputy Chairman battles Oshiomhole again
The Deputy National Chairman (North), of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lawal Shuaibu has raised fresh controversies against the the…
Nigeria reviews criteria for COVID-19 discharge certificate
The number of tests conducted on persons infected with coronavirus (COVID-19), before they are certified to have recovered from the…
Seyi Shay says IG account hacked with raunchy photos posted
Singer Seyi Shay said her Instagram account has been hacked with raunchy poses she tagged 'private' posted.
Coronavirus: Africa’s cases hit 95,000 – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday reported that COVID-19 cases in Africa as at May 21, had risen to…
COVID-19: Sydney fans watch live concert from cars
Singer-songwriter Casey Donovan performed on stage in Sydney on Thursday in a free concert that treated fans to some of…
JUST IN: Court jails Dahiru, abductor of Ese Oruru, for 26 years
Yunusa Dahiru, who abducted Ese Oruru, took her to Kano and forced her into marriage, has been sentenced to 26…
Lockdown: Parents, pupils examine effectiveness of e-learning
Against the backdrop of e-learning adopted by some schools, occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant closure of schools,…
Fayemi lauded for dogged fight against COVID-19
Mr Tunde Idowu, the Chairman, Ekiti House of Assembly Committee on Environment. has lauded the efforts of Gov. Kayode Fayemi…
I made Kanu unhappy at Arsenal – Fabregas
Former Arsenal captain, Cesc Fabregas, has revealed he made former Super Eagles striker, Nwankwo Kanu angry during their time at…
COVID-19: Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello pardons 50 prisoners
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has granted pardon to 50 prisoners as part of move to decongest the prisons to…
Don thanks Buhari for new Iwo College of Education
Prof. Razaq Abubakre, a former Vice-Chancellor, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for establishing a Federal College of…
FRSC urges Muslim faithfuls to observe Eid at home
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised Muslim faithfuls in the country to celebrate Eid-el-Fitri at their various homes…
Man remanded for stealing 50 gallons of palm oil
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Thursday remanded one Timothy Elugbindin, 44, over the alleged robbery of 50 gallons…
Nollywood actor stabs neighbour to death
A Nollywood actor, Temitayo Phillips Ogunbusola, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his neighbor, Oladotun Johnson Opeyemi, to death over…
Reopening of worship centers: Nasarawa residents warned against flouting COVID-19 directives
The Chairman, Keffi Local Government Council of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Abdulrahman Maigoro, has advised Muslim and Christian faithfuls to adhere…
Fake army officer in court over job scam
The police on Thursday arraigned a 36-year-old man, Suleiman Dukku before Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly…
4 Nollywood actors who gave birth in 2020
Congratulations are in order for the new mummies and daddies in the Nigerian movie industry popularly known as Nollywood!
Meet Cilla Si: The Queen of Afro-Soul
Cilla Si, real name, Priscilla Oghenegborhe Simeon (born on October 4th 1991), is a Nigerian Afro-Soul and alternative singer/ Fashion…
Breaking: Lagos NMA orders doctors to resume work
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Lagos State branch has ordered its members to resume work after it had declared a…
Updated: One killed, seven injured in Otedola Bridge auto crash
A tanker has collided with a fully loaded commercial bus on Otedola Bridge in Lagos leaving one person dead and…
Orji Kalu’s freedom battle begins in June
A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed 2 June to hear an application seeking the release from prison of…
Wike inaugurates State Community Policing Advisory Committee
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has inaugurated the State Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPAC) and State Community Policing Committee…
Police officers who breached coronavirus rules to face panel
A group of police officers in the German city of Mainz dined in a restaurant with too many people, breaching…
Health Minister sacked for jacking up price of useless ventilators
A country's health minister has been sacked and arrested after he bought 170 ventilators to fight COVID-19 at over-inflated prices.
Nollywood loses another popular actress to death
Another popular Nollywood actress Emilia Dike is dead. She died on Wednesday in Enugu, according to Okechukwu Oku, a movie…
Brazil records 19,951 COVID-19 cases in 24hrs
Brazilian government has approved the use of chloroquine to also treat mild cases of coronavirus, after the country recorded 19,951 new…