In an attempt to nourish their families, many women remain stuck in the age-old tradition of cooking over open-fire stoves, as they believe that it cooks food faster and properly, and makes it tastier, undoubtedly exposing them to smoke and toxins. The National Bureau of Statistics, in its 2024 Nigeria Residential Energy Demand-Side Survey, indicated…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed that a 103-year-old woman has died in an inferno that razed a residential building on Bola Street, Oyingbo, on Friday. Permanent secretary for LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement, said the building was a bungalow, adding that six shops attached to it, eight rooms, and a…
United States President Donald Trump has, for the second time, freed a female fraudster whom he pardoned during his first term but who went on to commit fraud again, as he pardons more criminals. The San Diego businesswoman who was granted clemency by Mr Trump in 2021, was later convicted on new fraud charges but…
A grieving father, Samuel Alozie, known as Promise Samuel on TikTok, has lamented the death of his nine-month-old identical twin sons, Testimony and Timothy, who reportedly died about 24 hours after receiving injections at a primary health care centre in Lagos. The tragic news went viral on Wednesday after Alozie posted a video on TikTok…
Abdullahi Abubakar, the Muslim cleric who gained international recognition for protecting hundreds of Christians during the 2018 sectarian violence in Plateau State, has died at the age of 92. Abubakar, who served as Chief Imam of Nghar village in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, died after a brief illness, according to reports. The cleric became…
African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said that 80 per cent of Lagos State residents were poor, faulting development policies that, according to him, continued to exclude the majority of residents from the benefits of urban growth. Speaking during an interview on ARISE News Channel against the backdrop of the…
Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (Rtd), has explained why no physical remains of terrorists were recovered following recent United States airstrikes in Nigeria, saying the nature of the weapons used made that impossible. Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Thursday, Musa said the terrorists were neutralised with advanced weapons, including Tomahawk missiles,…
A tragic incident has been reported in Umuoji community, Anambra State, where a 50-year-old man, identified as Ejike Basil Anoliefo, allegedly died after being poisoned at a local restaurant. According to reports circulating alongside a video from the scene, Anoliefo had returned from Lagos to Umuoji to bury his late father. He was said to…
Residents of the Odo-Kekere Community in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, on Thursday evening, were thrown into panic following the sudden partial collapse of a structure in a local public school in the area. The incident, which occurred after school hours, has been described as divine intervention. According to a source, a section of…
The Supreme Court has set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal that discharged former Jigawa State governor Sule Lamido and his sons, Mustapha and Aminu, of money laundering charges. A five‑member panel of the Supreme Court handed down the decision in a unanimous judgment delivered on Friday in separate appeals filed by the…
