A yet-to-be-identified kind-hearted lady was spotted helping school children wade through the flood at Mile 3 market in Port Harcourt as it rained, in order to avoid being swept away. Facebook user, Numbere Sokeipriye from Rivers State who shared the photo said that the lady also used a stick to halt plastic waste from entering the drainage. “I may never...
The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the state beginning from Monday, November 2, 2020, while boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, November 1. The state Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo, disclosed this in a statement released on Thursday October 29. The statement in part reads:...
DJ Switch has recounted her EndSARS experience and the Lekki Toll Gate shootings which happened over a week ago. In a chat with GQ.com, the rapper/DJ said she is currently on the run after she revealed an anonymous call from someone who threatened her life. She also revealed that a friend in the intelligence community advised her to disappear for her...
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s race to becoming the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) may have hit a roadblock. Quite a number of news platforms had already announced her appointment in the early hours of today. The ex-Minister of Finance was on course to become the first African woman to head the international organisation after getting support from the vast...
Newlyweds, Darasimi Mike-Bamiloye and Lawrence Oyor have dedicated a song to Nigeria amidst the recent happenings in the country. In his caption, he wrote: NIGERIA WILL BE GREAT Every discerning Saint knows by now that the birth pangs we are seeing will initiate the beginning of the Nigeria we all dream of. I have never and will never give up...
Morayo Afolabi-Brown has finally opened up about her experience after Television Continental(TVC )was attacked on Wednesday, Oct 21, 2020. The attack was barely 24 hours after the reported Lekki Tollgate shooting. The ‘Your View’ anchor and her co-host, Tope Mark-Odigie were hosting the live show when the TV station was burnt down. She says it’s one experience she and Tope...
Cross River State Health Commissioner, Dr. Betta Edu has suggested that the Lekki Toll Gate should be permanently brought down and be replaced with a statue of the #EndSARS protesters who reportedly lost their lives on Tuesday, October 20. According to her, the victims’ names should be written in bold letters so that they can forever be remembered as heroes...
Nigerian writer and author, Chimamanda Adichie has shared her thoughts on the EndSars protest in light of the recent happenings in Nigeria. She wrote this in an article in the New York Times dated October 21 titled ‘Nigeria Is Murdering Its Citizens’. Read below For years, the name SARS hung in the air here in Nigeria like a putrid fog....
It is a difficult moment for Nollywood actress, Ada Ameh as she loses her only child. She said she passed on in the early hours of today, October 20. Recall that Ameh had shared her story at different times of how she got pregnant at the age of 14. The Johnson’s family star took to her Instagram page to share...
Ayodele, daughter of the late journalist, Dele-Giwa has lent her voice to the EndSars protest adding that her father would have been proud of the youth. She said this on the 34th anniversary of his gruesome murder via her Twitter page. The Newswatch co-founder was killed by a parcel bomb in his Lagos home on October 19, 1986, at just...