Septuagenarian guard dies after attack by Lagos driver (Punch) The family of a security guard, James Emmanuel, has been thrown into mourning after he died from injuries he sustained when a cab driver, Habeeb Quadri, allegedly brutalised him while he…
Facebook, Twitter delete videos of doctor making COVID-19 cure claims
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter as well as video streaming site, Youtube, have deleted videos by an American-based physician, Dr Stella Immanuel, who claimed to have recorded a 100 per cent success rate in the treatment of COVID-19…
*Fire guts petrol-laden tanker in Lagos (Punch) *Third Mainland Bridge: Alternative routes ready, says LASG (Guardian)
Fire guts petrol-laden tanker in Lagos (Punch) Fire on Saturday morning gutted a tanker loaded with 46,000 litres of petrol at the Secretariat Bus Stop in the Alausa area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident happened around…
I am a refined feminist-Tara Aisida
If you are on Twitter, you may have noticed that in the past few days, women circles have been quite active and the word “Feminist coven” trended. Several ladies now have the word “member feminist coven” on their bylines and…
UBA’s innovative Mobile Banking App garners rave reviews
The glowing reviews and commendations have not stopped coming in since Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, upgraded its Mobile Banking app recently. Over the past few weeks following the upgrade, social media sites including Twitter,…
*Family demands justice for driver allegedly killed with charmed ring (Guardian) *Lagos approves increase in passenger carriage for BRT buses (Nation)
Family demands justice for driver allegedly killed with charmed ring (Guardian) Family of Suliu Ambali, 45-year-old commercial bus driver, whose life was cut down in his prime by another neighbor, is demanding justice. The Kwara-born Ambali was punched with a…
Twitter tags Trump tweet with fact-checking warning
A post by US President Donald Trump has been given a fact-check label by Twitter for the first time. President Trump tweeted: “There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent.” Twitter put a…
Coronavirus: Twitter boss pledges $1bn for relief effort
Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and payment app Square, has said he will donate $1bn (£810m) towards efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. According to Mr Dorsey, the donation represented approximately 28% of his wealth. He made the announcement…
*Lagos begins round two of emergency food response distribution (Guardian) *Fear grips medical workers as LUTH, UITH isolate 40 (Punch)
Lagos begins round two of emergency food response distribution (Guardian) Following the conclusion of the first half of phase one distribution of emergency food response packages to 20 local councils and 37 local council development areas, Lagos State said it…
Dear Nigerian, God gave you brain use it- Lucia Edafioka
Every now and then, twitter explodes over who is to cook in a relationship or in a marriage in Nigeria. The debate resurfaced recently. What I find amusing about it is that it is mostly single people who engage in…