The National Association of Resident Doctors, the umbrella body of all doctors working in government health facilities, has issued a notice of strike effective Monday, June 15, 2020. The association said the call to strike also includes doctors attending to COVID-19 patients and other emergencies. The National President of NARD, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, said this […]
There are strong indications that a major crisis is looming in Nigeria’s battle against coronavirus as COVID-19 cases are rising compared to bed-spaces available for patients that are being treated for the disease. On Saturday, COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 12,233, with 8, 065 of them active and 3,826 patients discharged. But the […]
A 26-year-old man, Patrick Onoja Igah, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl inside the 7th wonder church premises in Owukpa area of Benue state over the weekend. The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Anene Sewuese Catherine, who confirmed that, the suspect lured the victim who was out to buy something for her parents, […]
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has tested positive for Coronavirus as confirmed in a statement released by the state’s commissioner of information, John Okiyi Kalu and made available to bluebloodz.com on Monday June 8. The Governor who went into isolation before his test result came back positive has directed the deputy governor, Rt Hon Ude Oko Chukwu to […]
A gunman drove into a protest, brandishing a gun at protesters, shooting one of them in the process. The man reportedly drove through a barricade in Seattle, ploughing into crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters. The protesters surrounded his car and tried to stop him from moving further, so he exited the car with a gun. […]
Italian football striker, Mario Balotelli has reportedly been sacked by his club Brescia after he skipped training for ten days. Reports in Italy on Saturday morning claimed Brescia owner Massimo Cellino sent the controversial footballer a letter requesting the termination of his three-year contract at the club after he failed to show up for training […]
World football governing body, FIFA, has confirmed it has paid Nigerian Football Federation the outstanding $700,000 owed to the Super Falcons for participation in the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Nigeria’s women’s team, the Super Falcons participated in the Women’s World cup in June 2019 and as at February 2020 had not received payment of $1m […]
Mixed martial arts fighter, Conor McGregor has announced he is retiring from the sport at the age of 31. The two-division UFC World Champion made the announcement via his Twitter account on Sunday morning. This is not the first time the controversial Irish fighter is announcing his retirement ffrom the sport. In March 2019, he […]
Residents of Surulere in Lagos have taken to social media to raise an alarm of their community being overtaken by debris after last night’s rain. While some Twitter users called out the Lagos state government over an alleged poor drainage and poor waste disposal system in the community, others lashed out at residents of the area for […]
The Chancellor of the Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, has advised the government not to reopen schools, churches, mosques and similar institutions until a permanent solution is found to the problem. According to him, the reopening of schools and religious gatherings without having a cure or vaccine for coronavirus would bring about […]