The city of Enugu was thrown into mourning on Wednesday after two separate road crashes involving cement-laden trucks claimed 10 and left 10 others hospitalised along the busy Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway. Among the victims was an entire family whose car was crushed beyond recognition in one of the accidents that occurred at the Four Corner…
Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, sentenced two women; Folake Adeoti and Modupe Adewuyi, to one year imprisonment each for hawking Naira notes in violation of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act. According to a Sunday statement posted on X by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the defendants…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved with immediate effect, the appointments of both Prince Adesuyi Haastrup as the new Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesha land and Prince Johnson Adekanmi Abikoye as the new Asaoni of Ora Igbomina. A Press Statement issued by the Hon.Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, to…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery had exported two jet fuel cargoes to Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer and a leading integrated oil and gas company globally. Saudi Aramco is majorly state-owned petroleum and is the national oil company of Saudi Arabia. President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, made this known during a visit by the…
Reproductive and public health physicians have warned that using fake or substandard condoms may lead to the spread of infections such as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and other sexually transmitted infections. The experts said that fake condoms often lacked the necessary quality and reliability, increasing the risk of breakage or slippage during intercourse and leading…
The Federal Government on Wednesday said that the allocation for Rivers State will be released to the Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas (retd). The government also said President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State was timely and meant to avert an implosion in the state. The Attorney-General of the Federation…
President Bola Tinubu has cancelled his planned trips to South Africa and Angola, directing Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegations to both summits, senior State House officials revealed to our correspondent on Friday. The officials familiar with the development revealed that the VP is currently airborne to South Africa to attend the G20…
Immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, insisted that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, must follow due process if he wishes to return to the ruling party. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Friday,…
A doctor in the United Kingdom abandoned a patient on an operating table under anaesthetic to have sex with a nurse in another room, a medical tribunal has heard. Dr Suhail Anjum, 44, and the unnamed nurse were caught in a “compromising position” by a “shocked” colleague at Tameside Hospital in Greater Manchester. According to…
In a stunning twist of fate, the infamous bandit leader Bello Turji has allegedly set free all captives held by his notorious gang. This dramatic turn unfolds amidst an unprecedented surge in military operations aimed squarely at capturing Turji and dismantling his expanding network in Zamfara State and beyond. Intelligence sources revealed to Zagazola Makama…