The Nigeria Center for Disease Control gave a breakdown of the new cases as follows; Lagos-697, FCT-201, Nasarawa-80, Plateau-74, Rivers-72, Edo-46, Adamawa-43, Osun-39, Akwa Ibom-35, Delta-31, Anambra-27, Oyo-24 Kano-21, Abia-19, Enugu-19, Ogun-18, Sokoto-12, Bauchi-7, Taraba-7, Ekiti-4, Gombe-4, Imo-4, Bayelsa-2, Jigawa-2, Zamfara-1. There are now 105, 478 cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria and 1,405 deaths have been recorded. 83,830 patients who recovered from the disease have also been discharged.
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The Founder of popular entertainment hub, Planet One, in Lagos state, Shaka Momoh, reported died. He died yesterday January 14 after a long battle with Diabetes. He was in the hospital for a while treating the illness. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
French striker, Moussa Dembele has been officially unveiled as an Atletico Madrid player after completing a shock six-month loan move from Lyon to the LaLiga club on Wednesday. The 24-year-old was unveiled at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium on Thursday afternoon, January 14 and handed the No 19 shirt, which was previously worn by Spanish striker, Diego Costa. Dembele was signed as a direct replacement for Costa, whose contract was terminated in December, with a reported £29.6million option to buy in the summer. Dembele scored 21 goals and made six assists during his first campaign and followed that up with 24…
Nigeria Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has tackled Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, who in the early hours of yesterday, via his page, said he did not celebrate or take pride in banning US President, Donald Trump, from the app. Dorsey tweeted ”I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter, or how we got here. After a clear warning we’d take this action, we made a decision with the best information we had based on threats to physical safety both on and off Twitter. Was this correct? I believe this was the right decision…
An operative of Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun has been dismissed for killing a young man in Ibadan, Oyo State. LIB reports Kazeem Afolabi was dismissed for killing Tosin Thomas at Mokola Roundabout on Wednesday evening, January 13 when the corps was called to intervene in an armed robbery attack. Commandant of the agency, Col. Olayanju Olayinka (rtd.) said investigation showed that Afolabi shot the victim against Amotekun’s protocol. A statement read; “At about 10pm on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, operatives of Amotekun, led by Team Leader George Idowu, got an alert of a purported armed robbery operation at…
Reno Omokri took to his Twitter page and explained that a person can’t be a feminist and a Christian at the same time. He tweeted: “You can be a feminist, or you can be a Christian. But you can’t be a feminist and a Christian. A Christian wife must submit to her husband. A feminist does not submit to a man. Thus, feminism (as is currently defined) cant coexist with Christianity. ” A follower responded: “That’s your opinion and it’s alright. It has been your opinion however doesn’t make it true for everyone else. I’m a Christian and a proud…
The Federal Government has said that there is no going back on the January 18 resumption date for schools across the country. Last week, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, announced that the government was reviewing the January 18 date due to the increasing numbers of confirmed COVID19 cases in the country. However, a statement released by Ben Bem Goong, the spokesperson of the Ministry today January 14, says the Minister after reaching a consensus with Governors, Commissioners, and other stakeholders in the education sector agreed that it was okay that the schools should be re-opened. Goong said schools are…
Mary J Blige, who recently clocks 50, shared a sultry photo to appreciate her followers for their birthday wishes. In the photo, the singer left one of her boobs exposed but kept it from the public view with one of her hands. See below.
A Kenyan pastor who reportedly raped his two underage daughters and impregnated one of them has been jailed for 140 years. According to several reports, Akorino ‘pastor’ John Gichini, 51, was sentenced by a Baricho court in Kirinyaga on Thursday after being convicted of the charges against him. He admitted that between June 2019 and August 2020 he sexually abused his daughters aged 14 and 16 years, Nairobi News reports. The prosecutor, Patricia Gikunju, told the court that the girls were abused and one of them gave birth to a baby girl who is now seven months old. During the…
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi Salihu has congratulated His Royal Highness, the Emir of Ilesha, Prof. Halidu Abubakar, Derekureku IV on the occasion of his 73rd birthday anniversary. The lawmaker, who represents Ilesha/Gwanara State Constituency at the 9th Assembly described the Emir as “A sage, whose support and contribution to the development of Baruten local government and Kwara State cannot be overemphasized.” “I congratulate my Royal Father, the Emir of Ilesha Baruba, His Royal Highness, Prof. Halidu Abubakar, Derekureku IV on the occasion of his birthday anniversary”, Danladi-Salihu said in a statement by his…