A quarter of the Italian population was in lockdown on Sunday as the government took drastic steps to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus sweeping the globe, while Iran recorded another 49 deaths and the national airline suspended flights to Europe. Italy’s COVID-19 death count is now 233, more than any other country outside […]

The Lagos State Police Command said on Sunday a 16-year-old girl has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 49-year-old security guard, Babatunde Ishola, to death while trying to rape her. The Command spokesman, Bala Elkana, who disclosed this in a statement, said the deceased was a friend to the girl’s father. She claimed that the […]

United States President, Donald Trump, signaled Saturday that he has no intention of halting campaign rallies despite surging coronavirus infections, as a case was confirmed for the first time within miles of the White House. The president struck a defiant tone as he spoke to reporters about the outbreak at his Mar a Lago resort […]

A 64-year-old man died of the novel  coronavirus Saturday in Argentina, authorities said, making him Latin America’s first fatality in the global epidemic. The Buenos Aires man had returned from  Europe on February 25, Argentina’s health ministry said in a statement, without specifying which country or countries he had visited. He became ill on February […]

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa on Sunday congratulated Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on her appointment as a member, Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) of South Africa.

A Nollywood blockbuster, “Smokescreen,” that advocates family values, good parenting and depicts the dangers of domestic violence against women has made screening debut in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the star-studded movie produced by Vincent Ogbuehi was premiered on Saturday night at the NAF Conference Centre. The movie is directed by […]

The Lagos State Police Command said on Sunday three men have been arrested for allegedly removing a human skull from a cemetery for ritual purposes. The Command spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, said in a statement that policemen from Area ‘E’ Command, Festac arrested the suspects. The suspects are – Dauda Tijani (42), Olawale Shodolamu (70) […]

CRISIS is about to loom, just as the recent endorsement of Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known Auxiliary, as the chairman of disciplinary committee of motor park managers, by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has created a division in the camp of family heads in Ibadanland, otherwise known as ‘Authentic Mogajis’ of Ibadanland.

The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested a 16-year-old girl for allegedly stabbing a 49-year-old security guard, Babatunde Ishola, to death while trying to rape her. This was contained in a statement issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, and made available to newsmen on Sunday. Elkana said that […]

Up and coming Super Eagles keeper Maduka Okoye has been given a two game ban after a violent conduct. Okoye, who is one of the keepers in the list released by the coach Gernot Rohr for the Super Eagles AFCON 2021 qualifiers against Sierra Leone, ran into trouble when he “kungfu kicked” an opponent as […]