This violent incident happened in the early Saturday when an armed group stormed the International Pentecostal Holiness Church in Zuurbekom, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, “inciting that they were coming to take over the premises,” the police said. At least five people were killed and 40 people which includes off-duty police officers, were arrested on…
The Federal Ministry of Youths and Sport in Nigeria has announced its 60days AppChallenge for youths in Nigeria. The aim of this challenge is to get more Nigerian Youths engaged in Tech related activities. This was cited in a tweet from the Ministry: “In response to the on-going #COVID19 Pandemic and beyond, The Federal Ministry…
A 32-year-old man, named Yemi Ajayi, has been shot dead by a police officer at the Iwo Road under the bridge, in Ibadan the Oyo state capital. Our reporter gathered that a team of policemen stopped the car in which the late Yemi was traveling alongside his cousin. An eyewitness said the policemen who were…
The highest authority in Sudan ratified a law criminalizing female genital mutilation. The justice ministry announced this on Friday. Sudan’s sovereign council, comprising of military and civilian authorities, approved a series of laws including one “criminalizing” the age-old practice known as FGM or genital cutting. Sudan’s cabinet approved the amendments to the criminal code that…
The Nigerian Immigration Service on Friday announced that it stopped 58 Medical Doctors from leaving the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport via a chartered flight. In his statement, Immigration spokesman Sunday James stressed that the NIS had not received any notification from the “Ministry of Health in Nigeria or any known Medical body”…
In March, the FGN stopped international flights as one of the measures to curb the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. But With the resumption of domestic flights in Nigeria this week, many Nigerians are hopeful that the Federal Government will soon lift the ban on international flights. Meanwhile, The British High Commission in Nigeria has said…
A new report reaching us from Belgium says that one of the Super Eagles Forward players, Ebere Paul Onuachu has tested positive to Covid-19. The report also says he will be quarantined for a week. It was reported that among his club members that were tested few days back, everyone tested negative for the dreaded…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections have risen with 249 and 499 new cases on Wednesday and Thursday respectively, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 30,748. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this total in a tweet on Thursday. The new infections were identified in 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory,…
A pastor 44-year-old at Ogo Oluwa Parish of the Christ Apostolic Church in Owode-Egbado, Ogun State, has been arrested by the police, he was alleged of continuous raping of his own biological daughter. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed on Tuesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State that the pastor was arrested after…
A suspected baby factory in In Umuocha community has reportedly attacked policemen who stormed the facility while trailing a man who allegedly stole a baby from its mother at gunpoint. Umuocha community is in Oguta Local council of Imo state The police were trailing a baby thief who ran into a hospital. On arrival at…