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Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered the reopening of tertiary institutions in the state effective Monday, September 14.   The governor disclosed this development during a regular briefing on the state’s COVID-19 status on Saturday, August 29.   During his address, the governor announced that primary and secondary schools …

President Buhari has ended the estimated billing sent over by electricity companies to consumers across the country.   The Nigerian leader who directed a nationwide mass metering which signalled an end to estimated billing, also approved a one-year waiver of Import Levy on electricity meters so Nigerians who do not have …

A 19-year-old boy identified as Ledisi Kote risks losing one of his legs after allegedly being shot by a policeman for impregnating a 17-year-old girl in K. Dere community in Gokana local government area of Rivers State.   Facebook user Tuka Loanyie said the incident occurred on Friday August 21, and further revealed that the …

First Lady Aisha Buhari has returned to Nigeria from her medical trip to Dubai weeks ago.   Aisha Buhari called for better health care in the country as she disclosed that she is well now and fully recovered from her ailment.   The First Lady who revealed that they experienced …

A Nigerian man has narrated how he was brought back to life while being taken to the mortuary following an accident he got into.   According to Jude Uchechukwu, the accident occurred few weeks after he lost his job. He added that he woke up after some days in Jos University …

The Kano State Police command has uncovered corpse of a woman who was allegedly locked up in a solitary room by her husband for three days. The incident occurred at Mariri Quarters in Kano Metropolis. However, the image-maker of the Police DSP, Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the incident adding that investigation has …

A brake failure has caused a jet to run into a fence at the General Aviation Terminal of the Lagos Airport on Friday. In the latest accident, the King Air Jet was reparking when the driver rammed into the fence, according to an eyewitness. The jet had no passenger on …

A 60-year-old fake doctor identified as Charles George has been arrested for treating COVID-19 patients.   The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria who confirmed the suspect’s arrest on Thursday August 20, said he was apprehended at his one-room apartment at Block 1, Julius Berger Junior Staff Quarters popularly known as Berger Camp in Kubwa, …

A pensioner gave a hospital worker ‘the shock of her life’ when she came back from the dead after spending the night in a Russian morgue. Zinaida Kononova, 81, was pronounced dead after surgery to remove an intestinal obstruction at the Gorshechensky Central District Hospital on August 14. She was taken …

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is accused of raping a woman twice in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013, according to a lawsuit that escalates the severity of the growing number of claims against him. The new allegation was made in a civil lawsuit that was filed in Manhattan federal court …