Day: September 22, 2021

COVID-19: Nigeria announces 3 additional deaths, 513 new cases

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513 new cases of COVID-19 has been announced by fourteen states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Tuesday, according to figures released on Wednesday morning by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,(NCDC). The NCDC added that the 513 new cases, bring the total number of infections in the country to 202,704. The additional 513 COVID-19 infections, on Tuesday indicates an increase from the 393 cases reported on Monday. It added that lagos state led the chat with 132 news cases, higher than the 86 cases it recorded the previous…

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Amotekun arrests three for beheading septuagenarian

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Three men have been arrested by the Amotekun corps in Oyo State for allegedly kidnapping and beheading a 73-year-old man, Adebisi Adeniyi. The suspects — Muraina Ismail, Olalekan Muhideen and Abdurasheed Olanrewaju — confessed that the victim was kidnapped on Amuloko-Akanran Road on Sunday. Ismail explained that he had been given N35,000 to get a human head, which Olanrewaju needed to prepare a ritual for money. The suspect said when he and his colleagues could not get the head, Muhideen brought the victim, whom they slaughtered and beheaded. He said…

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