Month: August 2021

The Edo State Government has restricted mass gatherings across the state in a bid curb the spread of COVID-19.   Governor Godwin Obaseki made the announcement while flagging off the second phase of the COVID-19 […]

The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (BASEMA) has confirmed that flood killed three people, destroyed 2062 houses and 6000 farmlands in the state this year. Dr Abubakar Gabarin, the Head of Operations, BASEMA, told the […]

The national power grid has collapsed for the second time in less than a month, leading to a blackout in some parts of the country.   Some electricity distribution companies in the country confirmed the collapse […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja Zonal Command, has arrested 15 suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects were apprehended within Brick City and Kagini in the Kubwa axis of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, on Thursday, […]

R. Kelly allegedly ‘pressured’ a former girlfriend into having oral sex with him when she was 17, a court has heard.   The 54-year-old legendary R&B singer’s federal trial for racketeering and sex trafficking charges […]

The National Association of Resident Doctors has said that it will continue its strike despite a court order, asking the group to suspend its strike pending judgement on a lawsuit filed by the federal government through the […]

A judge has increased Tory Lanez’s bail for violating a protective order granted to Megan Thee Stallion after he appeared on the Rolling Loud stage in Miami last month shortly after her performance.   After […]

Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has outlined the need for reduction in external borrowing.   Lawan who interacted with State House correspondents after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday August 23, said the federal, State and local […]

A UK health worker,  Deméi Tito, 27, cheated death after slipping 13 ft from a bridge before landing with her face on a concrete floor.   The accident happened after she had sat down to […]

Two lawmakers from President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state, wept openly on Monday August 23 over the recent attacks in communities across Katsina state.   Dalhatu-Tafoki, member representing Faskari state constituency during a plenary presided over by speaker of the […]

A trailer crushed an unidentified mobile policeman to death on Monday afternoon, August 23, at Central Police Station, CPS, by Bende road in Umuahia, Abia State.   The trailer is said to have lost control following […]

Suspected bandits have invaded the Afaka barracks of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, killing two officer.   According to reports, the bandits were also said to have kidnapped one officer during the attack.   […]

Uche Secondus has reacted to the court order restraining him from acting as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).   LIB had reported that Justice Okogbule Gbasam of the Degema Division of […]