A great feat has been achieved by the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, giving hope to sickle cell patients after a bone marrow transplant was successfully conducted on two patients with sickle cell disease. The patients, one pediatrician, and an adult were admitted into the Sickle Cell Foundation, Marrow Transplant Center in Lagos, […]
Importers, distributors, and retailers have been advised to prevent the importation of a particular brand of Nivea Roll-on deodorant, causing health hazards to its users, which was produced in Germany with bar code 42299882. The attention of the public was drawn by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, towards […]
The detained 76 #EndBadGovernance protesters which included some teenagers who were allegedly were seen in a distressing state upon arrival at the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment before Justice Obiora Egwuatu. In some videos circulating the internet, the protesters seen in the courtroom, mainly minors, looked malnourished as four of them were […]
Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky), the controversial crossdresser, has been taken by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for questioning and interrogation. Bobrisky was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed Airport trying to escape Nigeria to Amsterdam, UK, on a night flight on Thursday. Sources from the Commission revealed that the crossdresser had been flown from Lagos […]
On Thursday at the Red Chambers, Nigerian Senators suspended their plenary again till November 19, 2024. This is coming after a seven-week annual recess that the senators went in July and was to resume on September 17 but was postponed by one week. This new suspension is to allow the lawmakers and committees to […]
The change of name and reshuffle of ministers in President Bola Tinubu’s administration, which also affected the Ministry of Niger Delta Development Commission to the Ministry for Regional Development, brought a decision by the House of Representatives for the Presidency to reconsider. The motion was initially sponsored by PDP member Oboku Oforji from Bayelsa State […]
A building collapse in Jegede Olorunsogo, Ona Ara LGA in Ibadan, has reportedly killed more than ten persons, with seven others who have been rescued from the rumble. Currently, there’s a rescue team on ground trying to recover others from the debris, according to the General Manager of Oyo State Fire Service, Rev. Akinyemi […]
Veteran actor, Abdulsalam Sanyaolu, popularly known as Charles Olumo and Agbako, is dead. This was made known in a statement by the president of Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) , Bolaji Amusan, popularly known as Mr Latin on Instagram on Thursday. He wrote, “#tampanglobal announces the passing of […]
The Governor of Delta State, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, has said his administration is investigating allegations of connivance by some contractors and asphalt producers to shortchange the state. Governor Oborevwori disclosed this on Wednesday when he played host to the leadership of Isoko Church Leaders’ Forum, led by the Anglican Bishop of Oleh Diocese, Rt. […]
…Calls for Reconstruction of some Streets in Asaba The Delta State Government has ordered the contractor responsible for the supplied and installed refurbished transformers as against brand new ones, in some localities in Ika North-East, Ika South and Aniocha South Local Government Areas of the state, to replace them immediately. Special Adviser to […]
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