Eight footballers from top-flight Mexican team Santos Laguna have tested positive for the coronavirus, the club said Wednesday, jeopardising attempts to restart the national league after two months of suspension. A decision on the possible resumption of the Mexican league, the Liga MX, had been expected by the end of the week, and the tests … Continue reading COVID-19: EIGHT FOOTBALLERS TEST POSITIVE IN MEXICO
A British man, who was born 10 years before the deadly Spanish flu swept across the world in 1918, has been named the world's oldest living man. He is currently in quarantine from the coronavirus in his assisted living home. Bob Weighton, who turned 112 on Sunday, was recognized by Guinness World Records after residents sang "Happy … Continue reading 112-YEAR-OLD NAMED WORLD’S OLDEST LIVING MAN WHILE IN QUARANTINE
No student of Bethlehem Girls College died in the explosion that rocked the Abule-Ado area of FESTAC in Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lagos on Sunday, the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos confirms. Earlier reports have it that some students of the school were among the victims that lost their lives in the explosion. But … Continue reading ABULE-ADO EXPLOSION: NO STUDENT OF BETHLEHEM GIRLS COLLEGE DIED
In an attempt to milk profits from the coronavirus outbreak, porn sites are now posting films that feature people having sex in hamazat suits, face masks and hospital gowns. The twisted new trend has videos titled ‘Deserted Wuhan’ and ‘TSA Agent Detains Woman Suspected of Coronavirus’ among others appearing on adult sites. The sex scenes take … Continue reading CORONAVIRUS: PORN SITES MAKES FILMS FEATURING PEOPLE HAVING SEX IN FACE MASKS
The Director of Public Health, Enugu State, Dr. Boniface Okolo, has cautioned Nigerians against the consumption of soaked garri to avoid contacting Lassa fever. Okolo, who gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Enugu, said the rats that cause the disease were mostly in contact with Nigeria’s most popular staple food, garri, … Continue reading LASSA FEVER: AVOID DRINKING SOAKED GARRI -MEDICAL UNION
Properties worth billions of naira were on Saturday destroyed in a fire outbreak which gutted the building materials sections of Amu market in Mushin, Lagos State. According to an eyewitness, the fire started from one of the several lines of shops within the market in the early hours of the day. The actual cause of … Continue reading FIRE GUTS AMU MARKET IN MUSHIN, LAGOS STATE
Forty illegal revenue collectors including a 56 years old woman have been arrested in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State, by Focused Initiative Against Touting, FIAT, an anti touting taskforce set up by the Anambra State Ministry of Transport. The arrest yesterday of 56 years Ifeoma Obiora, brought to 40 the number of suspects … Continue reading 40 Fake Revenue Collectors Arrested in Onitsha
As we begin a new decade, I wish to remind the Nigerian Youth that we must strive hard to achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13 which calls for urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts in Nigeria and around the world.
- At least 29 people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed after takeoff into a densely populated area of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A survivor among the 19 people -- 17 passengers and two crew members -- who were aboard the plane was taken to hospital along … Continue reading 29 Killed as plane crashes into busy city in Congo
The Ekiti State Police Command, on Sunday, confirmed the death of two students of Ado Grammar School, Ado-Ekiti, who were drowned in Ureje River, on Friday. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti that the corpses of the drowned students had been … Continue reading Police confirm two students drowned in Ekiti river
The incident according to a dependable source, occurred on Friday night when residents of the flood-prone community were returning home after the days activities. However, there were conflicting accounts of what actually led to the death of the young man. Community sources, however, said the victim drowned in the overflowing water after the canoe he … Continue reading Middle aged man drown in Delta State due to Flood
For residents of Ayetoro community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, it was a day of agony after a torrential rain wreaked havoc in the community. With the effect of the rain taking its toll in the community, which was ravaged by flood, it was gathered that over 500 people have been rendered homeless with over … Continue reading Flood renders 500 people homeless in Ondo
Astronomers have for the first time discovered water in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star. The finding makes the world - which is called K2-18b - a plausible candidate in the search for alien life. Within 10 years, new space telescopes might be able to determine whether … Continue reading Astronomers Finds Water for the First Time in an Habitable Planet
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