A kidnap syndicate made up of members of the same family have been busted by the Ogun state police command. Oweniwe Okpara from Delta State and three of his children, Samson Okpara, Bright Okpara and Eze Okpara were arrested after Ogun state commissioner of police, Edward Ajogun gave an order to the Area Commander and all…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he tested positive for Coronavirus. Obasanjo revealed this on Friday March 5, while speaking at a colloquium held in the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun state to celebrate his 84th birthday. The former Nigerian leader said after he tested positive for Coronavirus, he tested…
Former Governor of Lagos state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has alleged that the leadership of Lagos state was headed in the wrong direction between 2017-2018. Recall that Akinwumi Ambode who failed to secure a second term, was governor of Lagos state between 2015 and 2019. Tinubu who spoke at…
Wisdom the albatross, the world’s oldest known wild bird, has birthed a chick at the age of 70, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has announced. According to the USFWS, the Laysan albatross hatched the chick on 1 February in a wildlife refuge in the North Pacific Ocean. Laysan albatrosses usually only live for…
371 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Friday, March 5, 2021. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos recorded 101 new cases, the highest for the day. Other states with new cases include Rivers-54, Anambra-31, Ebonyi-23, Imo-23, Kwara-22, Kano-20, Taraba-17, Akwa Ibom-16, FCT-15, Abia-13, Kaduna-13, Osun-5, Edo-4,…
Former Group Managing Director, Diamond Bank Plc and two-time governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, has opined that handing the Igbo Nigeria’s presidency would not solve the problem of Nigeria, as some fundamental structural problems must be handled for an egalitarian society to be institutionalised. The…
Former Kwara state governor, Abdulfatad Ahmed and his wife, Omolewa, have welcomed a baby boy. Toyin Saraki, the wife of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, shared the good news on social media. She wrote ”Heartiest congratulations to my Dear Sister, former Kwara First Lady @AhmedOmolewa and HE @AbdulfataAhmed on the birth of their baby boy!…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has said that he will not be taking the COVID19 vaccine. Nigeria on Friday, March 5, launched the COVID19 vaccination program after the Federal government received 3.92 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID19 Vaccines on Tuesday, March 2. Governor Bello who has never hidden his disbelief about…
There was a fire incident at the Nigerian Army Headquarters complex in Abuja today, March 2. Confirming the incident, the Nigerian Army Director of Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerimah, attributed the cause of the inferno to faulty electrical installations. The statement reads “Electrical fault sparked a minor fire incident at the Army…
The Emir of Kagara in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Alhaji Salihu Tanko, has died. Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani- Bello, released a statement on Tuesday, March 2, to mourn him while describing his death as a great shock and a loss to the Kagara Emirate and the North Central state…
