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Woman kidnapped along the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture Mr Folorunsho Olabode has regained her freedom in Kwara State while the Commissioner remains in the abductors’ net. The Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Sunday Abutu while confirming the woman’s released from her abductor said though she was kidnapped on Sunday evening along Isan-Iludun road at gunpoint, she was released inside a forest in Kwara State. The Ekiti Kidnapping The Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO stated; “The only information at our disposal, for now, is that the woman that was kidnapped with the Commissioner had been…

An incumbent lawmaker representing Nasarawa Central Constituency in Nasarawa State, Suleiman Adamu, has been reported dead at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi. According to Mohammed Okpoku, who is a colleague of the late lawmaker, he died after a brief illness and his remains would be buried today May 1, 2020, according to Islamic rites. “It is very sad news to announce the death of my colleague, Hon Suleiman Adamu, who is from the same local government with me. ” His death is a painful loss to us, and we will continue to pray for the reposed of his soul,” While adding that the…

As kano state now has 219 confirmed cases of Coronavirus which is the second largest number in the country, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, NCDC, has opened a second testing centre in the state. The announcement of the second Molecular Laboratory was announced on the agency’s official Twitter handle. “The 18th COVID-19 testing laboratory has been activated at Bayero University, Kano – the second laboratory to be activated in the state. “We remain committed to rapidly scaling up COVID-19 testing capacity in Nigeria, as outlined in the national testing strategy.” According to NCDC, this new Molecular laboratory is meant…

Kano State has taken over the second position from the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja on the Coronavirus chat of the country. Lagos state has been the epic centre of Coronavirus in Nigeria and has retained the position since the country’s index case was confirmed in February 2020. With the newly confirmed Coronavirus cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Lagos State has 1,011 cases. Before the last updates by NCDC on Thursday, April, 30, FCT held on to the second position but has now lost it to Kano State that currently has 219 as against 178…

Edo State government has declared one of its state residents, Amaka Okoro who was reported to have tested positive for the Coronavirus wanted. According to the State Governor Godwin Obaseki, the woman ran away from one of the isolation centres in the state after she was confirmed positive to the virus. He urged anyone who has information about Amaka Okoro’s whereabout to help in locating her while also calling the on the victim to come back to the isolation centre for adequate medical care. According to Obaseki, everyone in contact with the woman is at risk of getting infected with…

Lagos State Chairman of the National Union Of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Musiliu Akisanya also known as MC Oluomo, has lost his mother in the cold hands of death at the age of 87. Late Abebi Akinsanya who was said to be health hours until she developed an illness today has also been buried according to Islamic rites. According to Personal Assitant to the NURTW Chiarman, Jimoh Buhari, the burial took place at MC Oluomo’s house in Lagos State. ” Mama woke up early this morning to observe the early morning Ramadan prayer and Sari, but later complained of ill…

Two men are now in trouble after a corpse got missing from a morgue located in Owo, the home town of the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Mr Oladejo Edubi a 50-year-old owner of a clinic and morgue in the community and one Mr Samuel Oluwatodimu, a 74-year-old the morgue attendant have been dragged before a chief Magistrate Court over the missing corpse. The trouble started when the body of a woman identified as Rebecca Ogunoye was reported missing at the more and the two men have been accused of having disposed off the body without the consent of her…

Father of a young man denied entering into his house for breaking lockdown order by sneaking into Ekiti State from Lagos State, Mr Femi Adeoye has been made state COVID-19 Respond Ambassador by Governor Kayode Fayemi. The video of Mr Femi Adeoye went viral after a member of the state COVID-19 task force, Sola Durodola, recorded the man and his son when he came to report him for sneaking in from Lagos state the country’s epic centre of the Coronavirus. After the state COVID-19 task force member who shot the video was suspended by the state Governor, Kayode Fayemi, the new development following the…

Sixteen newly confirmed cases of Coronavirus have been recorded in Kaduna State as the country at large works towards reducing the rate at which community spreading of the virus increases. The state’s ministry of health while confirming that the number of Coronavirus in the state is now 25, stressed that new cases came from Almajiris who came into the state from Kano state. The state Health Commissioner, Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni said the new cases came from the 40 samples taken for clinical tests. According to her, “These latest cases have raised the number of active COVID-19 cases in Kaduna State…

A 25 years old Nigerian has died of Coronavirus complications at a Lagos State isolation centre, adding to the number of lives lost to the novel Coronavirus in the country. According to the state Commissioner for Health. Professor Akin Abayomi, the victim, had severe breathlessness while he was battling for his life on admission at the isolation centre. In his tweet, he said, ” We regret to announce additional COVID-19 related death involving a 25-year-old male, who in a state of severe breathlessness. A total number of COVID-19 related death in Lagos is now 20.” While advising the state residents…

Nigerian famous Fuji musician, Abass Obesere, is currently giving fans of another musician Wizkid N10,000 after a little task on Twitter. According to him, he is ready to give at least a hundred of Wizkid’s fans free cash if they can retweet his post and reply with any of Wizkid’s songs. He, however, stressed that only those who follow him would be able to win his N10,000 surprise freebies.

Picture Kodak a Nigerian dancer and video vixen, Love Divine has reportedly died in the house of a popular videographer Clarence Peters. According to report Picture Kodak met her untimely and unfortunate death after she got electrocuted while charging her phone. Efforts to save the life of the dancer proved abortive as she was declared dead at the hospital she was rushed to n a bid to salvage the already lousy scenario.

Former federal Lawmaker from Kaduna State Senator Shehu Sani has taken to his Twitter handles= to ask the Federal Government a vital question ahead of May 4 when civil servants are to resume work after the president relaxed the earlier issued lockdown order. In his post on Twitter, Sani wondered about the preparation the Federal Government has made before asking civil servants to resume work on Monday, May 4. Senator Shehu Sani also wondered if the federal offices and secretariats are safe to the civil servants to work and the status of those expected to work together. While Nigeria works…

Sexual workers whose enterprises have been adversely affected by the ongoing lockdown order issued because of the Corondemic ravaging the world, including Nigeria, have asked the government to come to their aid.

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has suspended a member of the COVID -19 Task Force, Sola Durodola, for his display of incompetence and highhandedness. Durodola got into trouble after he shot a video of a father who approached the state COVID-19 task force to report his who violated the current lockdown order. The video he shot had since gone viral, with the man and his soon appearing in it while the suspended man lauged at them both. The statement reads”The attention of the Ekiti State Covid-19 Taskforce has been drawn to avideo clip in circulation where a man refused…

Despite the lockdown order in Lagos and Ogun States, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, says about 20 people have lost their lives in 57 road accidents in the last four weeks. This data was given in Lagos by the Mr Samuel Oabyemi, FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer- in- charge of the two states. According to him, “The lockdown directive which was announced by President Muhammadu Buhari on March 29 was enforced by FRSC operatives in Zone 2 which comprises Lagos and Ogun states. “Although the enforcement started at different dates with Lagos starting first because there was an already existing…

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB who has been rumoured to have recently died, maybe giving the world a come back prove later today. A staunch follower and defender of IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu on social media, Moses Agbo, took to his Twitter handle @MazimosesAgbo to announce that he is alive and should be waited for by 7 pm today as he would be live on a radio program. Meanwhile, a group called Igbos in Nigeria Movement, INM is stressing that Kanu is dead and has released a statement to console his family and friends. In…

Controversial Nigerian Journalist, Kemi Olunloyo who has been under fire for a while now after insinuating that the Indegieniuos People of Biafra, IPOB, leader Nnamdi Kanu was dead, has again thrown another fireball into his camp. Kemi Olunloyo who took to her Twitter handle to reveal a secret about Nnamdi Kanu she said happened as far as 2015. In her allegations, she claimed the IPOB leader was sleeping with a pregnant prostitute in a Lagos hotel when he was arrested by the men of the Department of State Security, DSS in 2015. She did not stop at that but went…

Dr Jerome Muyangi might be just one out of the several millions of scientists we have in the world, but that status would have been good for him before the Coronavirus pandemic made him one whose name now rings a bell and thoroughly sought globally. The man who hails from Congo is doing just fine after news broke that a man has found a drug that could cure the almighty Coronavirus. For those who care to listen, Dr Jerome might not be just another scientist who has found himself in Madagascar doing what other scientists do but seems to have…

Winner of the 2019 Big Brother Naija, Mercy Eke has made a demand from her numerous fans spread across the world, a few days after starting her new reality show called What Next. The trending BBNaija winner who took to her twitter handle to appreciate her fans for their support and also referred to them as her family members, but went ahead to ask them to respect her personal space. Mercy Eke did not state what happened before making such post, but the BBNaija Queen thinks this message must be sent to those it may concern. Mercy and her boyfriend…

A suspected Coornavirus victim has been reported dead in Ikare Akoko area for Ondo State after suffering alleged neglect by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. According to source, the patient suffered fever and severe cough, difficulty in breathing and was unconscious before he finally passed. Before the suspected Coronavirus victim died, a family member claimed all efforts to get him tested by NCDC to ascertain if he truly did had Coronavirus proved abortive. The family member claimed the NCDC could not get the deceased tested because they said they lacked logistics to reach him at Ipe Akoko where…