13 people have been confirmed killed in a fresh attack launched by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Kwatas village in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. Confirming the attack, the state’s police command said five others were critically injured and are receiving treatment at the general hospital in Bokkos. Detectives, conventional policemen, and…
Health officials in Ivory Coast are investigating a suspected case of the deadly Coronavirus in a female student who recently arrived from China. The country’s health ministry announced that the student who is yet to be named is the first person to be tested for the virus on the continent. The Ivory Coast’s Ministry…
Nicki Minaj’s brother, Jelani Maraj has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for repeatedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter. Jelani who was handed his jail sentence by Judge Robert McDonald in a New York court on Monday January 27, was found guilty of predatory sexual assault against a child and endangering the welfare of a child. …
Senator Shehu Sani has been granted Ten Million naira (N10m) bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Sani who represented Kaduna Central, in the 8th senate was accused of collecting money in the name of the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu. A source familiar with the arrest told journalists that Mr Sani was arrested…
Governor Samuel Ortom has disclosed that he narrowly escaped death when suspected armed herdsmen shot at him in his farm at Adeke along Makurdi-Naka road. This is just as suspected armed herdsmen reportedly abducted and killed a member of the state’s Livestock Guard in Ado Local Government Area, LGA. The Governor, yesterday in a live…
The male and female basketball teams of Lagos and Ondo states respectively, have qualified as the South-West zone representatives for the up-coming 20th National Sports Festival scheduled to hold by March, 2020, in Edo State. This came after the four teams emerged winners respectively, at the zonal qualifiers series concluded yesterday, at the indoor sport…
In preparation for the 2020 Olympic Qualifiers scheduled to hold across four Nations, from February 6 to 9, the Nigerian Basket Ball Federation (NBBF) has revealed that, the Camp for the senior women’s national Basketball Team, D’Tigress would be opened on Saturday, February 1, 2020, at Belgrade in Serbia. According to NBBA Secretary General, Afolabi…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says 700,000 candidates have so far been registered for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide in two weeks. The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known in an interview with Akelicious in Lagos on Sunday night. According to him, the exercise has…
Angelique Kidjo has won Best World Music Album for Celia at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. This marks her fourth win in the category and fourth GRAMMY win overall. Angelique Kidjo beat out fellow nominees Altin Gün (Gece), Bokanté & Metropole Orkest Conducted By Jules Buckley (What Heat), Burna Boy (African Giant) and Nathalie Joachim With…
The last may not have been heard about the contest for the Imo State governorship seat as Emeka Ihedioha returns to the Supreme Court today to seek a review of the judgment that removed him from office. The court had on January 14, 2020 sacked Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the ground…
