Two persons John Moses and Yakubu Mohammed have been sentenced to surgical castration and death by hanging after being convicted for rape and incest in Kaduna. Another convicted rapist Mustapha Musa was sentenced to life imprisonment. Commissioner, Ministry of Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Rabi Salisu disclosed this to journalists in Kaduna on Wednesday….
In a groundbreaking clinical trial, researchers have successfully used patches of muscle grown from stem cells to repair a failing heart in a 46-year-old woman. The woman, who had suffered a heart attack in 2016 and later developed heart failure, underwent an operation to implant 10 patches of 400 million cells on the surface of…
A new global report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that loneliness is responsible for more than 871,000 deaths each year, equating to over 100 lives lost every hour. The report highlights the widespread impact of loneliness and social isolation on individuals and societies, calling it a “defining public health challenge of our…
The Anambra State Government has demolished a kidnappers’ den disguised as a hotel along the Onitsha-Owerri Road. This was made known in a statement shared on the Anambra State New Media X (formerly Twitter) account on Saturday. According to the statement, the hotel, known as Udoka Golden Point Hotel and Suites, also referred to as…
The Chairman of Okehi Local Government Area, Kogi State, Amoka Monday, has imposed a curfew across the council. Monday cited security concerns following the ban on political rallies and unauthorised public gatherings. In a statement he signed on Monday, he explained that the curfew was necessary to ensure peace and order in line with directives…
Armed robbers on Saturday morning dispossessed students of the University of Ibadan in Oyo State of their valuables worth thousands of naira during a raid on the Awolowo Hall of Residence. According to multiple sources, the items lost were mobile telephone handsets, pieces of jewellery, clothing and others. A student, who spoke on condition of…
Mohammed Idris, the minister of information and national orientation, says foreign lobbyists are fuelling the narrative of a “Christian genocide” in Nigeria. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Idris said the government’s findings point to a network of external actors, particularly in the United States, deliberately promoting divisive and misleading portrayals of…
The Oyo State Pacesetter Transport Service’s Chairman, Dr. Dikko Salami, has stated that just as the interest of the masses is prioritized by Governor Makinde, his interest is undiluted satisfaction and quality service delivery for the PTS’s passengers across Oyo State. Hon Dikko disclosed this on Wednesday during a media meeting with newsmen in commemoration…
Nigerian Singer, Dammy Krane has stated that social critic, VeryDarkMan, is joking with claims that N180 million was diverted from the NGO account he created in October this year. VeryDarkMan shocked Nigerians on Friday, December 27 when he released a video claiming hackers had breached his NGO website and moved N180m leaving only N20 million….
Okorie Sunday, a businessman who was detained on March 19, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos with $578,000 in cash, collapsed in court during his trial on Wednesday. Okorie appeared before the Federal High Court in Lagos, where his trial had begun earlier in the morning at 8:30 am. Okorie suddenly collapsed shortly after…
