At least five people have been killed and 1,000 hospitalised after a gas leak at a chemicals plant on the east coast of India, authorities said Thursday, warning the death toll would climb. The gas leaked out of two 5,000-tonne tanks that had been unattended due to India’s coronavirus lockdown in place since late March, […]
Earlier, the President of the LoveWorld Incorporated, aka Christ Embassy, Chris Oyakhilome, had slammed church leaders who agreed to the lockdown of churches without praying and consulting with other pastors. Following suit , The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, aka Winners’ Chapel International, David Oyedepo, has questioned the continuous closure of churches over […]
Tragedy struck on Wednesday when a 26-year-old man, Olajide Asade, was crushed to death by a commercial car, while he was making a video call to his girlfriend at the Adedero village on the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu Expressway. The accident involved a Honda Odyssey car with number plate AAA 589 FV, which was conveying crates of eggs. […]
Boxing legend Evander Holyfield is stepping back into the ring aged 57 – hot on the heels of 53-year-old fierce rival Mike Tyson announcing his return. Fromer undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight king Holyfield will contest exhibition fights for a “great cause”. He told TMZ Sports: “The Champ is back, I’d like to announce that I will be […]
The Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19, on Wednesday evening intercepted a vehicle conveying the corpse of one Peter Aiv Kogi who died of Coronavirus in Kano and was being taken to Konshisha local government area of Benue state for burial. When the Committee was alerted on the development, a roadblock was quickly mounted at […]
Doctor George Díaz who treated the first COVID-19 patient in the United States said on Monday he fears a second outbreak of the disease when lockdown measures are lifted. George Díaz’s first patient, diagnosed in January in Washington state, has already recovered after receiving remdesivir, an experimental drug that the US approved on Friday for […]
Ekiti State Government has said it will prosecute the soldier’s wife who came into the state from Katsina State with COVID-19 despite the lockdown order and prohibition of inter-state movement. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, said on Wednesday that the woman who came to visit her husband had committed an offence and would […]
Network Provider MTN has dropped the price of its 1GB monthly data bundle from R149 to R99 in South Africa bluebloodz.com has learned. Telecom operators in the country have recently reduced data prices after a two-year investigation by the Competition Commission found that internet rates for prepaid packages were too high. After an announcement in […]
The newly appointed Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Air Vice Marshal Muhammadu Muhammed (retd.), has formally assumed duty at the headquarters of the agency in Abuja. He was received on arrival by NEMA directors and later held a meeting with the management staff, according to a statement from the agency on Wednesday. The […]