The World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has berated recent comments made by scientists suggesting a vaccine for the new coronavirus should be tested in Africa as “racist” and a hangover from the “colonial mentality”. “Africa cannot and will not be a testing ground for any vaccine. We will follow all the rules … Read more
Taraba State’s Commissioner for Rural Electrification, Alexander Markus Senlo, has died after battling a brief illness. Senlo, a former local government council chairman and two-time commissioner, died in a Yola hospital on Monday. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, Taraba state is one of the 25 Nigerian states that has not recorded any case of … Read more
Justice has finally been served and Funke Akindele, her husband along with other guests at the birthday party will spend the next 14 days in an isolation centre. A Magistrate court sitting in Lagos on Monday sentenced Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and her husband Abdulrasheed Bello a.k.a JJC Skillz to 14 days community service each. … Read more
Naira Marley, a Nigerian musician, has been detained by the police over Funke Akindele’s COVID-19 House Party. Ekohotblog reports that the Lagos State Police Command says it has detained singer, Azeez Fashola better known as Naira Marley for attending a birthday party organized by Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele for her husband. This is coming after … Read more
The mother of Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has died after contracting COVID-19. Dolors Sala Carrio was 82 years old. A statement by Manchester City said: “The Manchester City family are devastated to report the death today of Pep’s mother Dolors Sala Carrió in Manresa, Barcelona after contracting Corona Virus. “Everyone associated with the club … Read more
The Canadian government on Monday evacuated 137 of its nationals out of Nigeria. According to a source in Immigration, the Canadians were flown out of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport ( MMIA), Lagos aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 aircraft flight ET8201 with registration number ET-ALO. The aircraft took about 11.29 hours to Abuja to … Read more
Nollywood actress, Moyo Lawal has been lambasted by fans on Instagram for sharing an elaborate photo of her camel toe. Angry fans who are suffering from the effects of coronavirus lockdown trolled Moyo Lawa’s photo slamming her for always exposing her sensitive parts without doing giveaway for fans. Sharing the above video, she wrote: “Meanwhile … Read more
Correcting the havoc of the decadence in the Nigerian socio-political sphere is not a task that could be achieved in a few years of democratization as many believe. The fact that most people in the country are not in their ‘real sense of being’ when commenting on the supposedly controversial issues in the polity is … Read more
As a result of violating the Lagos State’s lockdown order to enable it gain an edge in the fight against covid-19, Actress, Funke Akindele, popularly known as Jenifa, and her musician husband, Abdul Rasheed Bello, JJC have been sentenced to 14 days community service each Mrs. Aje Afunwa of the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in … Read more
Funke Akindele has pleaded guilty for defiling the orders of the Lagos state government which had ordered Lagosians to stay at home. Ekohotblog reports that the Nollywood actress and her musician husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skills, were arraigned before a magistrate court in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city on Monday. This online news … Read more
Funke Akindele’s husband JJC Skillz has turned himself into the police after he was asked to by the men of the Lagos state police. JJC Skillz turned himself in on Monday after the actress spent the night at Panti station. Funke Akindele was picked up at her residence by the police of Sunday for hosting … Read more
All prosecutorial arrangements have been concluded to charge Funke Akindele to court for violating the Lagos State Government Directive on public gatherings. The Lagos state police command has reportedly arraigned Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele today for flouting the orders of the government on social gathering amid the coronavirus pandemic. Recall the Nollywood and the award-winning … Read more
Dubai imposed a two-week lockdown Saturday night and Saudi Arabia sealed off parts of the Red Sea city of Jeddah as Gulf states tightened measures in big cities to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Dubai had been under an overnight curfew along with the rest of United Arab Emirates since March 26 but its … Read more
Nigerians have taken to social media to call for the arrest of Nollywood actress and NCDC Ambassador, Funke Akindele popularly known as Jennifer after she threw a house party that defied the lockdown, social distancing, and self-isolation. In a video circulating on social media, Akindele had her full of guests including other celebrities at a … Read more
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Nigerians have been advised to self-isolate for the sake of protecting themselves from contracting the deadly virus or ignorantly spreading to other people. READ ALSO: This has caused a detachment from friends, family, and lovers. Saturday Sun spoke with a cross-section of Nigerians in Lagos State which has been under lockdown since … Read more
A man wielding a knife attacked residents venturing out to shop in a town under lockdown south of the French city of Lyon Saturday, killing two people and wounding others after shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’. According to a local media report, the attack took place at 11 a.m. in a commercial street in Romans-sur-Isere. The assailant … Read more
Crude oil prices rose above $30 on Friday after indications that oil-producing partners of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, also known as OPEC+, would hold a meeting on Monday, TheCable reports. Donald Trump, president of the United States, had said a production cut as high as 15 million barrels may be implemented. He, however, … Read more
There was pin-drop silence in the room where only five of us sat; two men and three women. One of the women was her aunt who also doubles as her mother from age three when she lost her biological mother and the second woman is her elder sister who was 11 years old when their … Read more
The Nigerian Police Force visited a Nigerian man at his home after he caused panic at the airport two weeks ago by allegedly faking Coronavirus symptoms. Cent Remmy was in his home on April 3, when police officers arrived. Recall two weeks ago, Cent Remmy was filmed at the airport acting sick. His actions caused … Read more
Over 637 Europeans were evacuated from Benin Republic and Nigeria on Thursday, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has stated the reason for the evacuation, citing the familiarity “with the health system in their various countries and so prefer to go to the various countries.” Earlier, people had speculated as to what had … Read more