Evacuation: Nigerian Woman Delivers Baby Aboard Emirate Airline in Dubai

Mrs. Kafayat Amusan, one of the stranded Nigerian travellers returning from the United Arab Emirates, Wednesday delivered a baby boy onboard Emirates Airlines departing from Dubai to Lagos. Mr. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media and Public Relations Office of Nigerians in Dispora Commission (NIDCOM), made the disclosure in a statement sent to the  News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, Amusan put to bed onboard the plane, 30 minutes after...

Rangers Int’l FC Mourns Enugu FA Chairman, Ofo-Okenwa

Rangers International FC of Enugu on Wednesday mourned the Enugu State Football Association (ENSFA) Chairman, Chidi Ofo-Okenwa, who died in the early hours of Tuesday. Rangers’ Media Officer, Norbert Okolie in a statement, said that Rangers family were still in shock over the seasoned football administrator’s death. According to him, Rangers board, management, coaches, players, and staff have joined millions of football aficionados around the world to mourn the sudden passing of the Enugu State...

Shocking, 72-year-man jailed for Insulting Buhari After Bandits Killed Family Members

A 72-year-old man, Lawal Izala has been sentenced 18 months imprisonment by a Katsina Court for insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari. The court on Tuesday found Izala guilty of two-count charges of inciting violence and disrespect for civil authorities. 27 were arrested over a video that went viral on social media recently. The 72-year-old was sentenced to six months jail term for the first charge and one year for...

UN Chief Says People With Disabilities Hard Hit in Terms of COVID-19 Deaths

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said the world’s 1 billion people with disabilities are among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic in terms of fatalities. “The share of Covid-19-related deaths in care homes – where older people with disabilities are overrepresented – ranges from 19 per cent to an astonishing 72 per cent,” he said in a video message. Guterres highlighted that persons with disabilities face a lack of accessible public health...

NFF Mourns Executive Member, Chidi Okenwa

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has described the death of one of its Executive Committee members, Mr Chidi Okenwa, as shocking and devastating. A statement from NFF Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, quoted NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, paying tributes to Okenwa. According to the statement, Okenwa was part of a meeting of the NFF Executive Committee held via video conferencing penultimate Friday. It was that same day that Okenwa celebrated his 50th birthday. “This is...

Enugu FA Chairman, Ofo-Okenwa is Dead

Chidi Ofor-Okenwa, the Chairman of the Enugu State Football Association (ENSFA) is dead. The media officer of Rangers Football Club, Norbert Okolie and a very close member of the family, who pleaded anonymity confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. They told NAN that Ofo-Okenwa died in his residence at the early hours of Tuesday after an undisclosed illness. NAN reports that Okenwa had been in active service as the ENSFA...

UPDATE: A Pregnant Woman Died of COVID-19 in FMC Abeokuta, Unit Shuts

The Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta on Sunday confirmed the death of a pregnant woman as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.  The management said it has shut down the Accident and Emergency Complex of the center where the death occurred.  According to Segun Orisajo, the Head of the Public Relations Unit of the center, the pregnant woman died on Friday.  The death of the woman had created fears among the workers in the hospital...

Nigerian Editor El-Kurebe Tests Positive for COVID-19

The Editor of  Newsdiaryonline,  Mr Abdallah el-Kurebe has tested positive for COVID-19,  he disclosed Sunday. In his account of how he got the news of his test result, El-Kurebe who is based in Sokoto, northern Nigeria wrote, “On Sunday afternoon, I got a call from a Doctor at one of the isolation centres that I had tested positive. “So, there is the need for either our vehicle comes to your house to convey you or...

Funke Akindele, Others Felicitate With Genevieve Nnaji @41

Actress Funke Akindele and other celebrities on Sunday took to their various Instagram pages to celebrate actress, movie director and producer, Genevieve Nnaji who turned 41. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Genevieve Nnaji won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role in 2005, making her the first actress to win the award. In 2011, she was honoured as a member of the Order of the Federal Republic...

Cleric’s Twins Regain Freedom From Kidnappers in Oyo

The kidnapped twins of a popular Ibadan-based cleric, Shelkh Taofeek Akewugbagold, were on Sunday released to their father at about 5.30 am by their abductors. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  reports that the twins were kidnapped at gunpoint at their father’s residence at Abatakan, Ojoo area of Ibadan at about 8 pm on April  25. Akewugbagold, who confirmed the release on his Facebook page on Sunday, said he took custody of the twins near...

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