A 36-year-old woman identified only as Abiola, has been confirmed dead while undergoing a buttocks enlargement procedure at a clinic in the Lekki-Phase 1 area of Lagos State. Our correspondent learnt on Wednesday that the incident occurred around 3 pm on Monday. PUNCH Metro reports that a buttock enlargement procedure, commonly known as a Brazilian…
The Federal Government on Friday issued a ‘Licence to Construct’ to UTM Offshore Limited for the development of a 2.8 million tonnes per annum Floating Liquefied Natural Gas facility. This historic project, the first of its kind in Nigeria, aligns with the government’s ongoing efforts to boost gas production, distribution, and utilisation under the Decade…
LG Autonomy: EFCC Issues Strong Warnings To Local Govt Chairmen The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has pledged to closely monitor local government activities to ensure good governance, accountability, and transparency. This follows the recent Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to local governments. It disclosed this at a national dialogue organised by Agora Policy,…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered an immediate and thorough investigation of the Head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), AIG Idowu Owohunwa, and seven other senior police officers. The investigation follows allegations that these officers engaged in the unethical practice of backdating their history records. According to a memo sent to the…
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspected kidnappers terrorising residents of the Ikorodu area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the suspects allegedly attempted to kidnap a car dealer at Ebute-Igbogbo Road, Ikorodu…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that gunmen have reportedly killed a mother, Mrs Mary Jonathan and her son, Mark Jonathan, in Plateau State. A member of the House of Representatives from Plateau State, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, who confirmed the incident said the victims were his mother-in-law and brother-in-law. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the…
A stray bullet from a police officer’s gun killed a young woman, identified as Ifeoluwa Adekalu, in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, on Thursday. The incident happened near Okela Police Station, where the officer, reportedly attached to another unit, was visiting. According to sources, the officer allegedly discharged his weapon while celebrating the promotion…
Ten members of a family died early Sunday when their small plane slammed into a commercial district in the city of Gramado in southern Brazil, civil defense authorities said. Officials had earlier put the death toll at nine. The plane, a Piper Cheyenne 400 turboprop, was being flown by a businessman named Luiz Claudio Salgueiro…
The 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has boasted that the Labour Party would not only win but take over power in Lagos in 2027. Rhodes-Vivour, who made the boast while fielding questions from newsmen in Umuahia, Abia state capital, where he attended an extended Stakeholders’ meeting of the…
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has bagged the French Government Award in Plastic Waste Management in Nigerian Campuses, attracting €50,000 research grant. The award which was presented by the French Embassy in Nigeria on Wednesday 11th October, 2024,noted that a total of €753,000 was earmarked to help Universities across Nigeria develop innovative, adaptive and sustainable…