Senator Buruji Kashamu dies of COVID-19

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Senator Buruji Kashamu, a former lawmaker, is dead. Kashamu, who represented Ogun-East senatorial district between 2015 and 2019, died at First Cardiology Consultants, Lagos, according to his friend, Ben Murray-Bruce, in a tweet. The hospital is the same facility where a former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi; and the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, died. It was learnt that Kashamu, who had diabetes and high blood pressure, was admitted at the hospital for over a week before passing away. Confirming his death, a former lawmaker, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce,…

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Man found dead after sex romp with prostitute in Lagos brothel

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Bassey Asuquo, a 40-year-old Pharmacist, was found dead in one of the rooms of a brothel along Akesan road, Egan area of Lagos, Friday. The deceased was said to have slumped after having sex with one of the commercial sex workers. Late Bassey as gathered, visited the brothel at about 10pm the previous night, after a drink at the bar session. Policemen from Igando division who were alerted by the management of the brothel, stormed the scene, where a crowd had gathered to have a glimpse of Bassey’s lifeless body. A…

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Covid-19 restrictions: Naira Marley convicted

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Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, has been convicted and fined by a magistrate court in Abuja for violating COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Naira Marley was arraigned for a four-count charge by Magistrate Idayat Akanni. The charges include violating Presidential ban on interstate travelling, not wearing of face mask contrary to the Presidential Order imposing compulsory wearing of face mask by all persons within Abuja the Federal Capital Territory, violating social distance order as well as violating dusk to dawn curfew in the territory. He pleaded guilty to all charges…

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FG raises hate speech fine to N5m

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The Federal Government has increased the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million in the amended National Broadcasting Code. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the explanation on Friday when he featured on a live programme. He explained that the increment was to deter people deliberately violating the provision “to destabilise the country”. “What motivated the amendment was that when the fine was N500,000, we saw the provision being violated at will because the amount was very easy to pay,” he said. Mohammed while unveiling…

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MFM explains why Lagos, Ogun churches will not reopen yet

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The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries has explained why it will not reopen its churches in Lagos and Ogun states, despite the federal and state governments allowing for worship centres to reopen. The ministry, in a statement by the Chairman, MFM Media Committee, Pastor Oladele Bank-Olemoh, on Friday, noted that the church would not reopen in the two states until the tentative date of September 13, 2020. Bank-Olemoh said, “The leadership of this ministry is aware that the governments of Lagos and Ogun states had announced that churches could…

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Adesina describes #RevolutionNow protest as “child’s play”

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The #RevolutionNow protesters have been described by the Presidency as irritants who should not be taken seriously. On Wednesday, members of #RevolutionNow Movement protested in some states across the country, especially Abuja, Lagos, Ondo and Osogbo. The protesters railed against the government over the high level of insecurity and unemployment in the country. Speaking on a Television programme yesterday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, who stated this, said only few youths were involved in the protest, adding that it should not be seen as…

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NMA election turns bloody in Enugu

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Crisis in the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Enugu chapter, on Thursday took a dangerous turn as the election of the body turned bloody. Some members of the association who gathered at the Michael Okpara square for the election suffered serious injuries from thugs who invaded the venue allegedly sponsored by a faction of the body. The thugs, numbering over thirty, had stormed the venue with dangerous weapons while voting was going on and started destroying chairs, tables and canopies among other objects being used for the election. They upturned the…

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Covid-19: FG extends eased lockdown by four weeks

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the current phase of the national response to COVID-19 by another four weeks. The implication is that all the guidelines put in place to curtail further spread of the virus under the second phase of the eased lockdown which started on June 1 will remain in force with slight modifications to address the economic, socio-political and health concerns as contained in the latest report by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The  Chairman of the task force, who is also the Secretary…

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CBN, Accountant-General clash with NDDC over N2.1bn media expenses

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Record of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation showed that the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission spent N2.1bn on public communication between October 2019 and May 2020. The agency presented a conflicting record of N1.1bn in its submission to the Senate ad hoc investigative panel report. The report revealed that the CBN and the OAGF agreed that the agency spent N2.1bn, contrary to the IMC record of N1.1bn. According to the report, the IMC under the Joi Nunieh…

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Don’t sow religious strife in Ogun, Muslim group warns MURIC director

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An Islamic advocacy group, Community of Muslim Professionals (CMP), on Thursday, warned the Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola, to desist from sowing the seeds of religious friction in Ogun State in the bid to promote his own brand of irredentism. CMC described Akintola as a well-known rabble rouser fond of hiding under the guise of Islamic rights advocacy to promote division, sectionalism and religious strife, adding that Muslims in the state, being responsible and progressive individuals, had not at any time given him a mandate to…

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