archiveOctober 2020

One of the 1,993 inmates who escaped during the jailbreaks at Oko and Benin prisons in Edo state has been arrested for murder. While parading 126 suspected criminals on Wednesday, Babatunde Kokumo, Edo commissioner of police, said 10 of the suspects were the inmates who escaped earlier. He said the...

Spark 5 Pro - The Nigerian mobile phone market witnessed an increase in the number of affordable devices released in the past few months, but sadly of many of these devices do not offer better camera, performance and storage capacity. That means if you want good camera and adequate storage...

Wizkid Made in Lagos Album - Wizkid has finally released one of the most anticipated album of the year, "Made in Lagos". The album was first announced in 2018 and since then there has been a series of postponement until now. In fact, Wizkid released an EP ‘Soundman’ last December...

A petrol tanker has been gutted by fire in the Lacasera area of Mile 2, Lagos State. Some vehicles around the premises were also reportedly razed by the inferno on Thursday. The driver was said to be conveying the petrol to a destination in the state when he lost control...

The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the State beginning from Monday, 2nd of November, 2020 while boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, 1st of the same month. Disclosing this today, Honourable Commissioner for Education,...

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 60-year-old native doctor, Yahaya Shehu, for allegedly trying to use a newborn baby's eye for rituals. Spokesperson of the Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this on Monday, October 25, said the incident happened in Hotoro, Nasarawa Local Government Area of...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that 10 new airports will be constructed across the country to boost civil aviation. Sen. Hadi Sirika, The Minister of Aviation, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, October 27, when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Aviation for the 2021 budget defence by the...

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was slated to be the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization. She will be the first woman, and the first African, to lead the institution. But there was an unexpected glitch in the process. Update from our earlier post: In a last ditch move, the United...