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A train accident occurred on Monday along the Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State involving a truck carrying animal feeds. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the truck did not clear off the rail track completely which led to the train brushing it off from the rear. Although no causality was recorded, the accident led to vehicular traffic in the area. Rescue officials and security operatives have swung to action, by pulling the truck off the track for easy passage. Read also: Amaechi: FG will stop train services if any case of COVID-19 is detected among passengers The officials also explained to newsmen…

Robert Maraj, father of rapper Nicki Minaj, was killed in a hit-and-run case near New York. According to police, Maraj, 64, was hit by a car on Friday when he was walking on a road in Mineola, Long Island, reports hollywoodreporter.com. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead on Saturday. While Minaj’s representative confirmed her father’s death, she has yet to comment on the incident. Previously, Minaj had opened up about how her father was abusive towards her mother and recalled how he once set fire to their house while her mother was inside. Read also:…

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are expecting their second child since their marriage nearly three years ago. The couple are “overjoyed,” a spokesperson for the family said Sunday. Harry and Meghan’s first child, a son named Archie, who will turn 2 in May, is seventh in line to the throne. Their charitable foundation, Archewell, is named after their son. Meghan revealed that she had suffered a miscarriage in July, writing about the loss in a New York Times opinion article in November. “Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked…

Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore on Monday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Omisore had earlier arrived his polling Unit at Ward 6 in Ile-Ife to officially defect to the ruling party and subsequently pick his membership card. Read also: Ambode makes first public appearance since 2019 Omisore contested 2018 governorship poll on the platform of the Social Democratic Party, but went into coalition with the APC before the September 28 rerun. Details Shortly…

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Sunday said the Third Mainland Bridge would no longer be opened today but at the end of this month. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the phone that the bridge would experience one more total closure from February 19 to 21 before completion of the project for the final re-opening by the end of this month. Read also: Lagos govt announces partial closure of Third Mainland Bridge Popoola said the bridge would be totally shutdown from midnight on February 19 to 21 to cast concrete on…

Nigeria on Sunday recorded its lowest daily COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the second wave in December 2020. The 520 new cases reported in 19 states on Sunday indicated a significant decrease from the 1,143 reported in the previous 24 hours. Sunday’s relatively low figure occurred largely because no data was included from Lagos, the epicenter of the disease in Nigeria, which on Saturday recorded almost a third of the day’s total. No reason was given by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for the non-inclusion of data from Lagos. A similar situation has occurred twice this year with NCDC…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday said that the National Arts Theatre would become the number one event centre in Africa. The minister disclosed this during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Bankers’ Committee and the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in Lagos. Mohammed also added that the renovation of the theatre would lead to no job loss but rather, create more jobs during and after the reconstruction. “The main essence of what we are doing today is to set the stage for restoration and upgrade of the national theatre…

Kadaira Ahmed It is with a heavy heart, worry about Nigeria and a sense of impending doom that I am sending this message to my colleagues in the media. Let me begin with a question, what exactly will we gain if Nigeria descends into war? How does it advance us, if our fellow citizens turn on each other and begin large scale ethnic killings, against each other? Let me even assume that a few of us don’t believe in Nigeria anymore and want to see it broken into its constituent parts. How does enabling ethnic strife help achieve this objective…

As the world celebrates St. Valentines Day, some women in Jos say they would prefer ”meaningful gifts” than receiving flowers, cards and chocolates, usually accepted as standard lovers’ day gifts. A survey of both married and unmarried women also indicated their preference for spending quality time at home, than going out to fancy restaurants, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Valentine’s Day is a holiday when lovers express their affections for one another with greetings and gifts, and lately this had expanded to expression of affection between relatives and friends. Other activities identified with the holiday, believed to have its origins…

Indian-Nigerian restaurant owner Hamisha Daryani Ahuja gave up her long-running business to pursue her dream of making movies. Two years later, the 36-year-old will see her first feature film, the cross-cultural love story “Namaste Wahala”, debut on Valentine’s Day on Netflix. The film, whose title translates in Hindi and Nigerian pidgin as ‘Hello trouble’, tells the tale of a Nigerian woman who falls in love with an Indian investment banker living in Lagos. The young couple face a series of challenges – including their families – to be together. “I wanted to do something that will be more relatable so…