A 40-year-old electrician, Victor Edem, has committed suicide over alleged weak erectile challenges and his inability to impregnate women. Mr Edem, a resident of Okpanam Community, near Asaba, Delta State, was found dead on Monday night inside his room where he had been living with his wife and son before they separated last year, as…
The Osun State Police Command have arrested a housewife for allegedly setting ablaze her husband’s six-bedroom apartment worth N3 million. The incident occurred on the 18th of March around Adio, Ori Eru in Iwo. The man, identified as Lamidi Kehinde, alerted the Police about the alleged arson by his second wife, Salamat Kehinde. In a…
The Kogi State Government has ordered civil servants in the state’s workforce to work from home in the next two weeks, to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Kogi commissioner for information and communication, Kingsley Fanwo said the affected workers are grade level 1 to 13 staff who constitute 70 percent of the state’s workforce. Workers in…
The Lagos state commissioner for transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde has stated that a ban has been imposed on passengers standing on public buses as a preventive measure against the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Speaking in a statement, Oladehinde further released a new regulation for public transportation, which includes the provision of hand sanitizers among…
Google, popular multinational technology company, has launched an educational website that is focused on the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. The website, google.com/covid19, which debuted on Saturday, includes information on the killer virus from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) along with tips on how to…
The National Identity Management Commission on Thursday ordered the immediate shutdown of all its enrollment centres. According to the commission, the move is part of the measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The commission said all its centers in Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Katsina and Anambra states had been ordered to shut down….
On Sunday, March 15, an explosion rocked Abule Ado, Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lagos state. The explosion was widespread as it hit schools, houses and office complexes, leaving 17 dead and many injured. Lagos state governor, Babjide Sanwo-olu visited the site for on-the-spot assessment of the situation, then he made a pledge to….
Mrs Maria Edeko, Edo State Commissioner for Social Development and Gender Issues, has announced the shut down of a famous orphanage home in the state, Faithland over allegation of selling a baby girl for N1.7m. Edeko added that the operating licence of the facility was also withdrawn. “Famous Faithland Home has been implicated in alleged…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said he has no record of the amount of money stolen by the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. The AGF added that he wouldn’t also know about $5bn Abacha loot allegedly recovered between 1999 and 2015 and how the…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has warned the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, against treating the traditional institution in Yorubaland with levity. Alaafin said unlike in some tribes, where there was nothing attached to their traditional institutions, the Yoruba traditional institution was “ancestral and spiritual.” The monarch stated this in a…