The Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, who is charged with defiling his wife’s 16-year-old niece, has denied the allegation and also accused his wife of framing him up to take over his house. Dr Olaleye, who is facing a two-count charge of defilement and sexual penetration against a minor, […]
Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, on Saturday decried the effects of insecurity on education in Nigeria. The revered cleric, who delivered the keynote address at the Parents Summit of the 2023 Education Week in Edo State, described terrorists terrorists behind the disturbing cases of insecurity across the country as saying no to humanity. […]
The Jigawa State High Court of Justice has sentenced four men to death by hanging and one other to life imprisonment for their crimes. The court, presided over by Justice Ahmad Muhammad Abubakar, found Salahu Yau, Aminu Salmanu, Salmanu Shafi’u, and Yusuf Sale guilty of culpable homicide, and sentenced them to death by hanging. […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the federal government of denying it the use of the Eagle Square to mark the Workers’ Day celebration. The Workers’ Day is an annual celebration marked on May 1. In a statement by Emmanuel Ugboaja, its general secretary, the NLC said the celebration will be held on […]
Indofood, makers of Indomie instant noodles, has reacted to a recall of its products in Taiwan and Malaysia over an increased cancer risk. Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan said they had detected ethylene oxide, a compound, in Indomie’s “special chicken” flavor noodles. Ethylene oxide is a colourless, odourless gas that is used to […]
Three Nigerians have been extradited to the US for allegedly engaging in a “multimillion-dollar inheritance fraud” targeted at elderly Americans. The suspects are Kennedy Ikponmwosa, Iheanyichukwu Jonathan Abraham and Jerry Chucks Ozor. According to the US department of justice, Ikponmwosa was extradited to the country from Spain, while Abraham and Ozor were extradited from […]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on strike if the federal government fails to meet its demands within two weeks. NARD issued the ultimatum at the end of its national executive council (NEC) meeting on Saturday at Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. “NEC resolved to issue the Government a two-week […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has asked a federal high court in Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against President-elect Bola Tinubu. The PDP and Dino Melaye, a chieftain of the party, had filed an order of mandamus to compel the NDLEA to arrest and prosecute Tinubu […]
Controversial businessman and politician, Andy Uba, is currently behind bars at the Police Headquarters, otherwise known as Force Headquarters, Abuja. According to Community Reporters, He was arrested on Thursday, April 27. However, the reason behind his arrest is yet to be known, as the police are keeping that close to their chest. A former […]
Senators-elect for the 10th Assembly are mobilising against the plans by the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to make the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Senate president, Daily Trust Saturday has gathered. It was also reliably gathered that governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are divided on the […]
