Several churches, including homes, have collapsed in Mbayongo Ward, Katsina-Ala local government area of Benue State which shares a boundary with southern Taraba. A woman was killed and many injured to the disaster. Properties and equipment estimated at millions of naira were destroyed. Jonathan Agbidyeh, a House of Assemblymember representing Katsina-Ala east Constituency where the…
A woman who defied the coronavirus stay-at-home order in Osun State, was on Wednesday rescued by some residents after she jumped into the Osun River at Ogo-Oluwa area of Osogbo. The woman, identified as Kafayat Alake, could have drowned but was lucky as some concerned residents who had seen her walking on the bridge promptly…
Four days after the explosion which occurred in Ondo State, the driver of the truck that conveyed the explosives, Mr Isiaka Yinusa, said he did not know that his vehicle carried explosive devices. The explosion occurred on Akure-Owo Expressway, at Ilu Abo town in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State in the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities says it ordered its members, who are lecturers across universities, to embark on strike during the coronavirus pandemic because there would never be a time approved for such an action. The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, on Tuesday, also inaugurated ASUU COVID-19 intervention in an…
Kano State branch of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) has said members cannot sell fuel at the newly announced pump price of N123.50 per litre. It, therefore, directed all its members to sell the product at N125 per litre until they exhaust their old stocks. Kano IPMAN chairman Alhaji Bashir Danmalam, gave the directive while…
The Federal Government on Tuesday night reduced the price of petrol from N125/litre to N123.5/litre. Current petrol price indicates a reduction of N1.5 on every litre of petrol purchased nationwide. It announced the reduction through the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, after a whole day meeting with stakeholders in the oil and gas sector in…
The dollar exchanged for N412 on Monday at the Bureau De Change segment of the market. This followed a temporary suspension of sale of forex to the Bureau De Change operators in the industry by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria had made a request to the…
Popular Instagram comedian, Sydney Talker born as Sydney Egere, is one Nigerian influential rib cracker whose hilarious comedy skits have earned him a place in the entertainment industry. At the moment the comic man is down with all symptoms of the dreaded Coronavirus epidemic, but yet to get the right medical attention he needs. Sydney…
A lady identified as Precious Williams has shared a heart-wrenching experience about how she is struggling to cope after testing positive for coronavirus. Precious disclosed in a message on social media that she tested positive for the COVID-19 and she asked her friends to remember her in their prayers for a speedy recovery. After being…
Rev Fr. Charles Okeke-Odogwu, who was the school manager of Fr. Ohai Memorial Secondary School, Oroma- Etiti, Anambra State, was found dead in his car on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The parish priest of Holy Cross Parish, Oroma Etiti, was allegedly found lifeless inside his car on the school field, with the car engine still…