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Popular Nollywood actor, Ernest Asuzu, is dead. The veteran actor, died on Tuesday evening, January 26. He was said to have fainted and never woke up. His body is currently being conveyed to his hometown for burial. Ernest battled with his health for years after he suffered a stroke. He was in and out of the hospital for a number of years. Aged 37, he was a famous Nollywood actor, musician, rapper, producer, director and a television personality. He is popularly known as El Cream. Asuzu began his acting career in the late 90’s and was popular for hit man…

Nigeria recorded 15 deaths on Tuesday, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 1,522. In its official Twitter on Tuesday, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said ‘’On the 26th of January 2021, 1,303 new confirmed cases and 15 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.’’ NCDC wrote ”The 1303 new cases are reported from 26 states- Lagos (478), FCT (211), Nasarawa (83), Rivers (72), Kwara (42), Edo 36), Ondo (34), Benue (32), Kaduna (32), Katsina (26), Plateau (26).’’ Others are Kano (25), Taraba (25), Osun (22), Delta (21), Oyo (21), Niger (19), Sokoto (18), Ebonyi (17), Ekiti (14), Gombe…

New service chiefs have been appointed to replace the outgoing ones in Nigeria. The Presidential media aide, Femi Adesina in a social media post on Tuesday tweeted that President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new Military Service Chiefs, and congratulated the outgoing Service Chiefs for efforts of “enduring peace to the country.” The National Assembly to sack Service Chiefs had passed a resolution urging the President to sack the service chiefs over rising insecurity in the county. Adesina said: “PMB appoints new Service Chiefs. Maj Gen LEO Irabor, CDS, Maj Gen I Attahiru, Army, Rear Adm AZ Gambo, Navy, AVM IO Amao,…

With effect from Monday, Akwa Ibom Peoples Democratic Party has flown its flag half mast in honour of the departed Chairman, Udo Ekpenyong. In addition, the party has declared a one-week period of mourning for the late chairman. A press release signed by Lawrence Udosen, the State Deputy Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party on Monday, has directed all the chapter and ward offices of the party to comply. ”In line with the lingering mood of grief that the Peoples Democratic Party has been thrown into as a result of the death of the State Party Chairman, the late Obong Udo Ekpenyong,…

Open and night grazing have been banned in the South-West Region of the country. The decision was in a communique on Monday, after they met with the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) as well as security chiefs. Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo State), Gboyega Oyetola (Osun State), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti State), Seyi Makinde (Oyo State), Mohammed Abubakar (Jigawa State) and Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi State) were all in attendance. Makinde, speaking after the meeting, said: “Today, the South West governors held a security stakeholders’ meeting in Ondo State.’’ The meeting was attended by our brother governors from…

A former Nigerian Minister of Education has queried the deployment of battalion of soldiers against and operatives of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, in Orlu, Imo State. Oby Ezekwesili reacted to the clash between soldiers and ESN operatives that had allegedly resulted in the death of some persons, while scores were wounded. The clash was said to have occurred during a military operation in the community suspected to be the operational base of ESN. ESN is a regional security outfit recently launched by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Reacting to the development, Ezekwesili urged President…

A total of 765 members of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the current stream have tested positive for COVID-19 in the orientation camps. The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu announced this Monday at the PTF COVID-19 press briefing in Abuja. “Out of 22,119 @officialscng prospective corp members tested in orientation camps in the current stream, 765 have tested positive for  #COVID-19 using the new antigen-based rapid test kits (RDTs) in Nigeria,” he said. The Health Minister, Dr. Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire ”announced a new patient handbook for home care of #COVID-19 cases, within a state’s…

As tension builds up on the quit notice to Fulani herdsmen, Sunday Igboho, the Yoruba activist, has cleared air on those he wants to actually leave the Yorubaland. The Yoruba activist had given Fulani herders in the Igangan area of the state a seven-day ultimatum over the killing of the innocent people. Based on the quit notice, Presidency was said to have directed the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu to arrest Igboho. Igboho and his group was said to have stormed the residence of Seriki Fulani in Ibarapa in Oyo State, and allegedly set ablaze the buildings, cars and cows.…

No sooner has Anambra Government warned to deal with individual or a handful of individuals over flagrant abuse its values and flouting its laws than Onyeze Jesus begged for forgiveness. The drama ensued when the state Government disowned videos making rounds in the social media produced and circulated by one Onyeze Jesus based in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area. In the video clip posted by the Anambra Broadcasting Service, the General Overseer of Children of Light Anointing Ministry is seen misusing the Naira and broadcasting people’s nakedness without their prior consent. In a press release issued on Monday and…

A truck rammed into stores and wasted three students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba- Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Nigeria. The students who were siblings died along other unnamed traders on Saturday, January 23. According to a relative of the deceased, Ojinni Charles, on Facebook, ‘’the dead siblings were Oluwaseun Ojinni (aka Pope), Ben Ojinni (aka Benayo), and Seun Ojinni (aka Topmost).’’ Charles wrote ‘’Oluwaseun Ojinni just got married not up to a month ago and his wife is expecting a baby.’’ Joe Igbokwe, a former spokesman for the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, said the mother of…