Today Naija News

Anambra state governor, Willie Obiano is taking no chances in the fight against Coronavirus even when no case has been recorded in the state.    The governor took to his official Facebook page to share photos of the 240-bed Isolation Centre taking shape at the NYSC Camp in the state, and said that when ready it shall have all needed equipment and beds properly spaced.   Obiano also revealed that the Isolation facility centres at Awka, Nnewi, and Onitsha are being worked on.    Anambra currently has no confirmed case of coronavirus.   

A youth leader Joseph Pessu was shot dead today by a soldier at Ada Val Arenyenka street, along the Ugbuwangue axis of the NPA Expressway, Warri, Delta state for disobeying the lockdown order.   The incident which happened at about 9:40am on Thursday, April 2, while the victim was riding his power bike, caused chaos in the community as youths attacked soldiers in retailiation to Pessu's death.   Pessu's friends have taken to Facebook to mourn his death. See their posts and more photos of the deceased below.

A 53-year-old Chinese national has been granted R20,000 bail in the Durban magistrate's court in connection with charges related to contravening the Disaster Management Act.   The man was arrested by a multidisciplinary team on Sunday for allegedly locking up 14 employees for several days and forcing them to produce masks in response to the demand created by the outbreak of the coronavirus.   After a tip-off, inspectors from the KZN department of economic development Consumer Protection Unit made the arrest and rescued 14 workers at the firm in Glen Anil.   His next appearance was set down for June 20. Share this story

Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since the Second World War due to the Coronavirus pandemic.   The tough decision was made by all the England Club chiefs at an emergency board meeting on Wednesday, where they decided that it will be impossible for the tournament to be moved back to later in the year, or to be played without fans.    The Wimbledon was initially due to start on 29 June, to late July.   A statement on the Wimbledon website said:  “It is with great regret that the Main Board of the All England Club (AELTC) and the Committee of Management of The Championships have today decided that The Championships 2020 will be cancelled due to public health concerns linked to the coronavirus epidemic. The 134th Championships will instead be staged from 28 June to 11 July 2021. “Uppermost in our mind has been the health and safety of all of those who come together to make Wimbledon happen – the public in the UK and visitors from around the world, our players, gu

Burna Boy has announced that he is quitting Twitter again, hours after being dragged by social media users for being "too proud and arrogant".    Recall that the singer was slammed by Nigerians after categorically saying that Reekado Banks who signified interest in a "battle of hits" with him, was an unworthy challenger.    Reacting to the backlash that trailed the Twitter exchange, the singer stated that "if what Nigerian twitter said about me had any effect on me then he would be dead by now".    Burna Boy who insisted that his last tweets were his "last personal tweet ever", stated that he is too real for the social media platform.    He tweeted;    If what Nigerian twitter said about me had any effect on me then I would be Dead by now. There’s even a Yoruba saying that translates “He who says the truth won’t even find a mat to sleep on”. well Ive proved that to be WRONG. You Can’t take nothing from Me. This is my Last personal twe

Nigerian veteran singer, Salawa Abeni has raised an alarm after being blackmailed with her old "nude photos".    Salawa who shared screenshots of her chats with the blackmailer, revealed that the man who identified himself as Jason and a resident of Osun state is threatening to tarnish her image and destroy her career of over 45 years.    She wrote as she shared the "nude photos" in which she suffered a nip-slip;   Good morning my Family, friends and Fans. I have something very important to tell you and I will really appreciate your audience. I am very disappointed that someone somewhere will try to tarnish my image and threaten to destroy my career of over 45 years. This morning, I received messages from somebody threatening to expose very old pictures of me and in the process, blackmailing me for money. These could’ve been pictures of me in the hospital or even with my partner, but is this what has become of us?? I plead with everybody out there to be

Governor Mai Mala Buni and his deputy, Idi Barde Gubana have donated 50 percent of their basic salaries to fight coronavirus in Yobe state.    The State's Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Abdullahi Bego also revealed that the members of the State Executive Council, the Secretary to the State Government, Head of Service and the Chief of Staff to the governor also donated 50 percent of their basic salaries  to the state’s COVID-19 Support Fund to help accelerate the effort in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.   All permanent secretaries, chief executive of boards and parastatals, permanent members of Commissions, including the Local Government Service Commission, House of Assembly Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission, Teaching Service Board, Science and Technical Schools Board, State Independent Electoral Commission, Fiscal Responsibility Board, Arabic and Islamic Education Board, Bureau For Public Procurement, Civil Service Commissi

12 new cases of Coronavirus have been detected in Nigeria.   According to the NCDC, nine new cases were detected in Osun, two in Edo state and one in Ekiti. The total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria have risen to 151.  Find Details below;

The actress posted a tweet where she questioned the quality of the relief package Lagos state promised to give to vulnerable citizens. A follower responded and accused her of doing worse when she was in a position of power. The accusation made included money laundering and the Twitter user threatened to release proof if Ms Henshaw denies it. And Kate Henshaw hit back.   It began with Kate tweeting: "Please o.. its day 1 of National lockdown in Lagos State. I no wan shout, I am just asking a question ni. The relief package sent to the households-in-need in Lagos state contains what? I saw a video on IG of those who received theirs and I don't want to believe it...."   @QOwerri responded: "It contains the tips of the Waiters of Radisson Blu in VI you seized on the 21 March 2019 from Gov Ayade of Cross River. I won’t call that stealing, but you laundered service staff money, in the name of SA to Gov on diaspora. Try denying this & I’ll post the pool side

As Nigerians wait for official photos from Banky W and Adesua's wedding going down in South Africa, the groom and his men continue to tease and tension the internet with snippets. First was a photo bomb of their footwear, now they've jusy showed off their wristwatches!

A middle-aged woman was seriously beaten and paraded topless in public, after she was caught with bunch of keys she allegedly uses to burgle homes in Edo State. According to online reports, the unidentified woman met her Waterloo after residents caught her carrying out an operation at someone's home. They also found in her possession, other stealing tools. When she was interrogated by the angry residents, the woman reportedly confessed to stealing from different people with the keys. See more photos below...

Lamido Immediate past governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has expressed disappointment with the way Nigerians, especially electorates, see members of the Peoples Democratic Party. He said the party was worried that people see its members as demons. PDP ruled Nigeria between 1999 and 2015 before it was ousted by the All Progressives Congress. Speaking with Vanguard on his presidential ambition in 2019, Lamido said one of his major challenges at the moment was the way Nigerians label the former ruling party, probably because of its past mistakes while in power. “We are all disturbed today because, for example, if you are a member of the PDP, you are labelled a demon. That is not politics,” he lamented. On how prepared he is for the general election, Lamido said, “I am still consulting with the leaders of the party. It is like internal memo for now, we are meeting various groups in the party to sell our philosophy and intention to run for the presidency in

Dino Melaye, Senator representing Kogi West. [Photo Credit: Punch Newspapers] The controversial senator, Dino Melaye, survived an attack by a mob as his car was reportedly pelted with stones and other dangerous objects at the Kabba Day celebration on Saturday. The attack is believed to have forced the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to snub the event. Source  premium times Mr. Bello was reportedly on his way to the venue when he was informed of the incident. He made a U-turn to prevent another ugly scenario. According to a report by Punch newspapers, all seemed to be well until the senator was leaving the Kabba Township Stadium, after delivering his speech and making a donation of N3 million. The protesters jeered at him and followed him outside the stadium. They threw stones at his car which was hurriedly driven away from the venue. The situation was put under control by security officials who used tear gas to disperse the mob. This led to the reported arrest of one of t

All seems to be well in Tyrese Gibson's life now. He's had a pretty tough week which led to people wondering if he is having a nervous breakdown. From crying in a video posted on social media to calling out his co-star Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese did it all.  But all that is now in the past as his contentious battle with ex-wife Norma Mitchell Gibson over custody of their 10-year-old daughter, Shayla has now come to an end. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services have closed their investigation in Tyrese’s alleged beating of Shalya and would not be seeking any criminal charges against the actor. The 38-year-old actor took to social media to celebrate this good news. He posted a loving message thanking his wife, Samantha Lee Gibson for her support during his trying moment. He also shared another message revealing he had "a real heart to heart" with one of Dwayne Johnson's associates and he will no longer call his co-star out on social med

She looks so much like him, the singer shared the photos on his page, another below!

The Rivers state Police command has declared a man identified as Enu, Wanted for allegedly stabbing his Neighbor Tornu Bari with Broken bottle, While preventing him from Killing his wife in Port Harcourt. One Enu from Emu-Obodeti, Delta State, yesterday, chopped off a neighbor's flesh in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, for preventing him from beating his wife. According to Imalah Ugoachanum who shared the incident, the couple has serious issues, and the husband Enu threatened to kill her, which made her to fun to the neighbor Tornu Bari's house. Few days after, on the 3rd of November, The wife received a distress call from Enu, that her attention was needed urgently at home, as one of their children was seriously sick. Considering the time and how the call came, she requested that Tornu escorted her home, without knowing it was a ploy by her husband to trick her back home to murder her as he had earlier threatened. However, unfortunately for him, as soon as he was abou

A socio-political group, G42 Imo Liberation Forum, has warned the Okorocha government has alleged that Governor Okorocha of Imo state is set to spend N850m on erecting a tree ahead of Christmas celebration. Okorocha was recently criticised by Nigerians for erecting a statue of South Africa president Jacob Zuma, in Owerri. In a statement on Saturday by G42 Director of Communications, Dr. Walter Duru, the forum described the alleged plan as misplaced priority and a sign of government’s insensitivity. It read:  “The attention of G-42 Imo Liberation Forum has been drawn to an alleged plan by the Imo State Government under the leadership of Chief Rochas Okorocha to spend about Eight Hundred and Fifty Million Naira on a meaningless tree ahead of the 2017 Christmas celebration.” “This is coming at a time Civil Servants and Pensioners in the state are being owed several months arrears of salary and other entitlements; while poverty is at its highest level in the history of the stat

                  A UK based Nigerian man Ibrahim Adam Mailafiya who just returned to the Country after bagging PhD at the University Leeds, has been shot dead by Armed Robbers on his Way to Kano state, His family and friends have taken to their page to mourn him.. See below!                        

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday said that Nigeria will be destroyed easily if the country is separated into tiny countries. The Vice President made this known in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi state during the wedding of his security chief which took place at pastoral centre, Abakaliki located along old Enugu road. He said: “this country is better together; stronger together than separated; there is nothing we gain by being separtated; the country around us are tiny countries; very tiny countries; Rwanda which is celebrated in Africa; lagos state alone is six times the economy of Rwanda. “One state in Nigeria; we are a great country and anybody that want to separate us must be rejected and we will refuse it because this country can provide for everyone of us; although our problem is corruption. “If we check corruption in this country, there is more than enough for all of us; i want us to bear in mind that this country, our country must remain a united country; we

Police in Egypt has arrested 3 Nigerian Students over the alleged death of their friend Onyeme Loveday aka 2shy.. The suspects, Luqman Abu Luqman, 23, Khalifa SA, 24, and Anwar AH. 17, all students at the University of Mansoura stabbed him to death during a Quarrel, over a love scam he taught them. Plenary Investigations by Police says that trouble started when Onyeme was approached by one of his killers, to teach him fraud. Onyeme agreed, on the condition that the first defendant would hook him up with a girl from his tribe, Hausa. A deal was struck and Onyeme fulfilled his part, but the first defendant reneged. On the day of the incident, the first defendant went to Onyeme's house, accompanied by the second and third defendants, and there was a verbal quarrel over the unfulfilled promise. Onyeme was said to have tried to assault him with a knife. The second and third defendants intervened to defend the first defendant. The knife was taken from him and used to stab him. .

     Nollywood actress Remi Surutu, whose acting career started with a role in 1985 classic TV series “Village Headmaster”, talked about some unknown things she did to make money in an interview with Premium Times. The actress who has stared in over 100 movies so far said; “I kicked off my acting career in 1985 with the classic TV series “Village Headmaster” and “Sparks”. My first paycheck as an actress was N35 for my role in the movie “Sparks.” I also earned N75 for my role in “Village Headmaster.”