Armed robbers have raided a branch of WEMA bank in Iyin-Ekiti, in Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti state.The six-man robbery gang invaded the town around at 3.30pm on Friday and blasted open the security doors with explosive devise suspected to be dynamite.They subsequently carted away several millions in the […]
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Update on Covid-19 126 new cases of the virus were recorded in Nigeria
Update on Covid-19 for the 2nd of October 2020 shows that 126 new cases of the virus were recorded in Nigeria, in the 36 states and the federal capital territory. According to the NCDC, the breakdown of the cases show, Lagos recorded 62 cases, while Rivers recorded 22; Ogun-9, Plateau-7, […]
FATAL MOTOR VEHICLES/PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT CLAIMED ONE LIFE IN ONITSHA
A fatal road traffic crash occurred yesterday, the 2nd of October, 2020 beside Toronto Hospital along Asaba- Onitsha Express.The incident which occurred at about 05:35 pm, involved a Brown Mack truck with registration number: XX 837 JJD and a yellow Daihatsu Hijet bus without a registration number. Eye witnesses reported […]
Lagos breaks world record with 60th Independence Anniversary cupcakes mosaic
Lagos State on Thursday put Nigeria on the world record by celebrating the 60th Independence Anniversary with 60,000 cupcakes. The state produced the largest anniversary logo in the world, made with cupcakes mosaic. The initiative by the Lagos State Government in conjunction with Fly Africa, aimed to put Nigeria in […]
Court of Appeal overturns nullification of Douye Diri’s election as Governor of Bayelsa state
A five-man panel of the Appeal Court has overturned a ruling which nullified the election of Douye Diri as governor of Bayelsa State.The court, on Friday, held that the Bayelsa Election Petition Tribunal acted outside its jurisdiction by nullifying the election of Governor Diri.In a unanimous judgment, the five-man panel […]
Eze Crystal Palace New Signing Gets England U-21 Call-up
Crystal Palace new signing Eberechi Eze has been called-up to the England Under-21 squad for their Andorra and Turkey UEFA U21 EURO Championship qualifiers. Palace confirmed Eze’s call-up in a statement on their website on Friday. According to the report, Eze is in-line to make his first international appearance while […]
Peter Obi describes Independence as a time for Nigerians to ask themselves fundamental questions
As the country marks the 60th Anniversary of her Independence, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 election, and former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has described it as an opportunity for Nigerians to ask themselves some fundamental questions about the factors that […]
Ojukwu varsity doesn’t remit workers’ tax deductions – ASUU
The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University branch, Prof. Okey Aniebo, has said no staff member of the institution is paying taxes. Aniebo, who stated this at a press conference in Awka, Anambra State, said this was because tax deductions from the institution’s employees […]
President Trump and his wife tests positive for Coronavirus.
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus Mr Trump, aged 74 and therefore in a high-risk group, wrote on Twitter that they will get through this together. It comes after Hope Hicks, one of his closest aides, tested positive. Mr Trump’s announcement comes […]
South Africa opens borders to African countries, limits others
South African government, on Wednesday announced the reopening of it’s borders. To that effect, it has reopened its borders to all African countries from Thursday while barring tourists from around 50 nations with high coronavirus infection rates. The continent’s most industrialised economy shuttered its borders at the start of a […]