The Kano State Fire Service on Friday confirmed the death of five of the six people trapped under a heap of sand at Ramin Farar Kasa in Dauni village in Minjibir Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saidu Muhammad, said in a statement in Kano that the…
The Abia police command on Friday deployed several detachments of its operatives in strategic locations in Umuahia, the Abia capital, to provide security at the burial of the parents of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was heavy security presence at…
Manchester City have been banned from the UEFA club competitions for the next two seasons by Uefa and fined €30m (£25m) after they were found to have seriously misled European football’s governing body and broken financial fair play rules. The severity of the ban from both of Uefa’s elite club competitions, and the scale of…
Africa recorded its first case of coronavirus on Friday as a foreigner who had been put in isolation at a hospital in Egypt tested positive for the disease. In a statement, the Egyptian health ministry said it had informed the World Health Organisation and had taken all necessary preventative measures. It did not give the…
The running battle between a couple in Ladi-Lak, Bariga area of Lagos State, has ended on a tragic note as the husband, John Onyeme, reportedly beat his wife to death. City Round learnt that the deceased, Esther Onyeme, was a deaconess and proprietress of a nursery and primary school in the community. Neighbours said John always…
A young man has reportedly won an election conducted in Giade, Bauchi State to choose a lover for a young lady. This was disclosed in a Twitter post by Mubarak Umar, on Friday. According to Umar, the lady simply identified as Khadija could not choose between two young men named Inusa and Ibrahim. Neither of…
A pastor, Amos Kosini and his wife are on the run after the self-acclaimed cleric allegedly flogged his son, Faithful, to death over allegation of witchcraft. It was learned that two other children of his church member, Paradise, and Godspower, also sustained severe injuries in the hands of the cleric and now in a critical…
A mentally-disabled couple were spotted somewhere in Edo state celebrating Valentine’s Day. In the photos which have now gone viral on social media, the man and his woman shared a kiss in full view of spectators before walking away, with the man holding her passionately by the waist.
Earlier today, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, was accused of beating up the Agbowu of Ogbagbaa, Oba Dhirulahi Akinropo, during a peace meeting to resolve a land tussle among monarchs within Iwo axis. Oba Akanbi was accused of attacking Oba Akinropo in the office of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Zone 11…
Two housewives whose husband, Samaila Musa, allegedly locked up, chained and subjected to inhuman treatment for 10 months in the Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Thursday urged a Katsina Upper Sharia Court to dissolve their marriage to the man. Fatima and Hadiza, both 20, prayed the court to dissolve their marriage, insisting…