A 21-year-old female student of Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State, Grace Oshiagwu, has been macheted to death by an unknown assailant(s) in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state. SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan. Fadeyi said that the deceased was macheted on the head in a church building in Idi-ori area of Shasha, off Expressway, by an unknown...
Nigeria recorded 501 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total infections to 15,682. The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Saturday on its official Twitter handle. The centre also said that it recorded eight deaths. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the centre said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. The health agency said that Lagos State reported the highest number of cases with...
As COVID-19 caseload surpassed 225,105 on Saturday across the African continent, 43 African countries are now under full border closure due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus. The death toll from the pandemic has reached 6,040, while some 102,846 people have recovered, according to the latest data from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The Africa CDC said that the northern African region is the most affected area across the continent both in terms of...
NEW YORK — Gary Phillips, a prize-winning crime novelist from Los Angeles, grew up on TV shows that showed a world nothing like the one he lived in. “I watched them all, ‘Dragnet,’ ‘Adam 12,’ ‘The Wild, Wild West,’ ‘Mannix,’ ‘Cannon,’ ‘Peter Gunn’ reruns and on and on. Now these were white guys and they were tough but fair and even-handed,” he told The Associated Press in a recent email, referring to popular programs mostly...
Airtel Nigeria, in partnership with Trace Content Distribution, has announced the availability of the classic drama thriller, ‘Living in Bondage – Breaking Free’, on the Airtel TV platform. Airtel made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. It said the movie was directed by veteran actor, Ramsey Nouah and that the drama thriller was a sequel to the 1990’s blockbuster ‘Living in Bondage’ with a riveting plot and an ensemble cast, including Kanayo...
Like we all know, one of the functions of the National Assembly include the making of laws, the controlling of the finances of the State, and also a critical role to check the actions of government. However, as it stands, history will judge you leaders and members for not being proactive in directing our economy towards enhancing its innate capacity of attaining self-sufficiency, the ultimate safety valve for debt dependence. So, Mr. Senate President and...
Third-placed RB Leipzig scored two quick-fire goals through Dani Olmo on the way to a 2-0 victory on the road in the Bundesliga on Friday. It all happened immediately after Hoffenheim had a penalty kick award overturned by VAR in a remarkable opening 12 minutes. The win gave RB Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann a happy first return to the club where he began his coaching career as a 28-year-old. His side now have 62 points...
A PDP Chieftain in Edo, Chief Dan Orbih, on Friday asked the All Progressives Congress (APC), to apologise to Edo people over its varying positions on the person of Gov. Godwin Obaseki. Orbih, the immediate past chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, made the call in Benin while reacting to the disqualification of Obaseki from APC Governorship primaries for June 22. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the screening committee for...
The Police in Adamawa has confirmed the alleged killing of 18 suspected kidnappers by thunderstorm in the neighbouring Republic of Cameroon and not in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesman of the state police command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, on Saturday in Yola. The police command is reacting to viral social media reports on Friday that thunderstorms had killed 18 kidnappers in Toungo Local Government Area of Adamawa. Nguroje said...
Nigeria has recorded 627 new COVID-19 cases, another high for two consecutive days, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) says. In a tweet on Friday, the centre said Nigeria has 15,181 cases of the COVID-19. The NCDC also said that as at June 12, 12 deaths were recorded. The centre, however, said that no new state had reported a case in the last 24 hours. NCDC said that Lagos state again led the state ranking...
