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The bail application of media personality, Omoyele Sowore and four others has again suffered a temporary setback after the Nigeria Police Force failed to produce them in court. Lawyer to the Defendants, Marshal Abubakar who spoke to newsmen at the Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja said the Police claim to have handed the case file to a …

Coach Steve Onishola, the Technical Director of Kwara Falcons Basketball Club of Ilorin, has died. Onishola died barely 24 hours after his younger sister, Folake Aremu, a Nollywood actress popularly called Orisabunmi, died at 60. The late basketball coach was said to have passed on at 71 on Thursday, Jan 7, in Illorin, following a brief illness. The State Chairman …

SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk has now become the richest man in the world with a net worth of $185 billion. Thursday’s increase in Tesla’s share price pushed Musk past Jeff Bezos, who had been the richest person since 2017 and is currently worth about $184 billion. Musk started 2020 worth about $27 billion, and was barely in the top 50 …

Former Nigerian vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has received the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, January 7. Publisher of Ovation magazine, Chief Dele Momodu, confirmed the news after sharing Atiku’s picture when he was administered the vaccine by a medical practitioner. Dele Momodu wrote: “Former Vice President The Wazirin Adamawa ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR receives Pfizer Covid-19 jab vaccination…” Although Dele …

Dr Haroun Hamzat, the younger brother to Lagos state deputy governor has reportedly died from contracting coronavirus on Tuesday at age 37. The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Wednesday mourned the death of his younger brother, Hamzat. He wrote via his social media pages; “There is urgent need for us as people to be conscious of …

A fuel tanker has reportedly fallen and exploded along the Oshodi/Apapa expressway, Lagos. According to reports the incident occurred on both lanes around Toyota bus-stop inwards mile 2 on Thursday morning. Although no casualty has been confirmed yet, it is gathered that emergency response teams were already on ground to control the fire outbreak.

A twenty-eight year old man identified as Daniel was knoked by a hit and run vehicle while riding his bicycle in Ughelli, Delta state. The incident happened in the early hours of Thursday, along the Ughelli axis of the East-West road of the state. According to reports gathered the deceased worked as a security guard in an undisclosed firm in …

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has joined other Nigerian government health agencies, to warn Nigerians on the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. According to an official statement from LUTH that was signed by the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Chris Bode, and shared on their official social media handle, issues that the second wave of the virus is easily …

The account of President Donald Trump has been locked by Twitter over his comments on the violence that rocked US congress on Wednesday. Recall that Trump, who has refused to concede the election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden, had charged his supporters to march to the congress when the lawmakers were in the process of certifying the victory of …

Anna Cristina “Rickie” Niceta, White House social secretary has resigned her role, effective immediately, a White House official tells CNN. This is coming after protesters loyal to President Trump stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, halting Congress’s counting of the electoral votes to confirm President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory as the police evacuated lawmakers from the building. Niceta served as …