No fewer than ten houses have collapsed and over 100 goats and cattle buried alive following a heavy downpour that rendered many people homeless in Angwar Quaza area of Gusau, Zamfara State capital. GIO TV reports that the houses collapsed in the wee hours of Thursday following an unexpected flood. According to a resident of…
Lagos State Government says the state’s COVID-19 related deaths have increased to 205. Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, made the disclosure on Friday. He said 33 new infections were confirmed out of the most recent 806 COVID-19 tests conducted. This jerked up cases of the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos to 18,449. The…
A Nigerian man, Rex Ebube Amatu, has died in a fatal accident, just three days after he tied the knot in Delta State. According to reports, Rex who got married on Saturday, September 5, 2020, died on his way back to Lagos State on Tuesday, September 8. It was gathered that the deceased was trying…
The former governor of Edo State and immediate past chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomole described the governorship candidate of APC in the forthcoming election, Pastor Ize Iyamu as a violent person. Oshiomole made this known in the last campaign that saw Governor Godwin Obaseki emerged. Oshiomole’s said Ize Iyamu poured acid on a student while in…
The Corps Commander, Ekiti State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps), Brig. Gen. Joe Komolafe (retd.), said on Thursday that the agency’s governing board had completed screening for 2,593 applicants. Komolafe said the shortlisting exercise for the successful ones among them would “be transparent, non-partisan and merit-based to ensure that only people of unquestionable character and…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said no fewer than 5000 card reader machines were destroyed in a fire that razed down its Akure office in Ondo State on Thursday evening. This came about a month to the October 10 governorship election in the state when the commission was preparing for the conduct of the…
Chelsea has rejected an offer from Inter Milan involving Christian Eriksen or Marcelo Brozovic plus cash, in a swap deal for N’Golo Kante, according to The Telegraph. The Premier League giants have made it clear they have no interest in a deal including Eriksen after Inter insinuated the former Tottenham Hotspur star was available in…
Serena Williams’ quest to land her 24th Grand Slam singles title came to a stunning end after Victoria Azarenka defeated her in the semi-finals of the US Open in the early hours of Friday morning. The American won the first set 6-1 but her Belarusian opponent won the last two sets 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King…
Chibok Local Government of Borno State is now participating in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC) for the first time in 6 years. The Borno local government is now participating in the examination after over 200 schoolgirls were abducted in the area by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14, 2014. Following the abduction…
Atiku Tijjani Shuaibu Rabo Ringim, a Physiotherapist who works with Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital has been reportedly stabbed to death by a phone thief. The deceased’s aunt and Deutsche Welle reporter, Zainab Rabo Ringim confirmed the death of the physiotherapist via a Facebook post. She also told newsmen that the incident occurred at about 8:00 pm on Thursday,…