Ravaging COVID-19 Kills Eight Nigerians in 24 Hours
Eight people died from the COVID-19 infections ravaging the country between Sunday and Monday, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown. It revealed that on January 9, a total of 3,077 deaths were so far recorded from the virus in the country but by January 10 the total number of deaths had grown […]
3,598 Cholera Deaths Recorded In Nigeria In 2021, Unacceptable — Nigerian Government
The Ministry of Water Resources has described figures recorded for cholera-related deaths in the country last year as unacceptable. The Cholera Situation Report documents over 3,598 deaths resulting from Cholera across the country in 2021. The ministry queried the figure, stating that the number of deaths recorded from cholera was less than COVID-19 in the […]
39th Birthday: You’ve finished me with so much love, Seun Kuti’s wife write husband
The wife of Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti, Yetunde, has penned her husband a lovely message as he marks his 39th birthday. Caracal Reports gathered that in a picture of herself and him, which she shared on her Instagram page and captioned, “Happy birthday my darling husband”, she wrote: “This year ehn! I am short of […]
Most Abia Residents asking me about flyovers don’t have cars – Governor Ikpeazu
The Executive Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has said it’s nobody’s business as he decided to start a flyover project. He noted that most of those asking him about the flyover do not have cars. This was revealed in a viral online video, which captured the moment Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State fired […]
Standard Chartered Bank To Shut Down Half Of Nigeria Branches
Standard Chartered Plc says it is closing about half of its Nigerian branches in a pivot to digital banking. The decision was reached following the finance industry coming under pressure from mobile money providers. The London-listed lender’s local unit has already started to shut some offices in December and will eventually operate only 13 branches […]
Nigerian Army Arrests Personnel Caught In Video Publicly Assaulting Policeman In Oyo
The Nigerian Army has arrested a Lance Corporal in connection with a trending video that showed some officers assaulting and brutalising a police traffic officer in Ibadan, Oyo State. This was made known in a statement issued on Monday by Onyema Nwachukwu, the Army spokesperson. In the video, about four soldiers were seen hitting the […]
Enugu Boils As Gunmen Enforce Sit-At-Home Order, Set Vehicles On Fire
Some unknown gunmen on Monday in Enugu State-enforced the weekly ‘Sit-At-Home Order’ which the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had cancelled. Vehicles were set on fire and the gunmen shot sporadically before dispersing road users in some parts of the state capital. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, had in November 2021, said that it […]
Anger In Oyo As Makinde Shuns Olubadan’s 8th Day Fidau Prayer
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Sunday stepped on toes when he failed to attend the eighth day fidau prayer of the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji – an action which has led to mixed reactions from political and traditional circles. Though the governor has been out of the country since the […]
Bola Tinubu Presents 2023 Presidential Ambition to Buhari, Osinbajo
Former Lagos State governor and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his aspiration to succeed him in 2023, The Guardian reports. Also informed of Tinubu’s aspiration is the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The duo was the cynosure of eyes as they met […]
Polio Ravages Nigeria As Bauchi Records 38 Fresh Cases
The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA) has recorded 38 confirmed cases of circulating Mutant polio Virus Type 2 (Cmpv2) in 12 local government areas. The Executive Chairman of BASPHCDA, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, stated this in Bauchi over the weekend when he flagged off the vaccination exercise against the virus at Bayan Fada. […]
