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Dr Folakemi Cole-Adeife, a Consultant Dermatologist, says the cosmetic tattooing of eyebrows known as Microblading, done by an untrained aesthetician can cause infections, keloid, toxicity and allergic reactions. Cole-Adeife who works at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. She described microblading as […]
The supreme court has nullified the nomination of Emmanuel Bwacha as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba state. The judgment delivered on Wednesday by a five-member panel led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun affirmed the verdict of the federal high court which held that the APC did not conduct any valid […]
Bodies were still being pulled Tuesday from the wreckage of a mosque blast at a police headquarters in northwestern Pakistan that killed more than 80 people and wounded 150 more. The attack happened during afternoon prayers on Monday in the provincial capital Peshawar, close to areas along the Afghan border where militancy has […]
Pope Francis embarked on his fifth visit to Africa on Tuesday, flying to the Democratic Republic of Congo and then South Sudan to plead for peace in the two violence-plagued nations. The 86-year-old pope boarded the papal plane via elevator before it took off from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport at 8:28 local time (7:28 GMT). […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says a cashless policy, when effectively operated in Nigeria, can help stem the surge of illicit election financing by making it possible to track funds. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the vice president received a delegation of the EU Election Observation Mission led […]
A house of representatives ad hoc committee has rejected the deadline extension for the validity of the old naira notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had earlier fixed January 31 as the deadline for depositing the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes. But on Sunday, Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, announced that President Muhammadu […]
The Election Petitions Tribunal hearing the All Progressives Congress’ Adegboyega Oyetola’s petition against the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Ademola Adeleke on Friday annulled the result of the July 16 Osun governorship poll. Justice Tetsea Kume, while delivering a majority decision, declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission did not comply substantially with […]
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has lost his son, Hassan Sule. It was gathered that the governor’s son died in Lafia in the late hours of Thursday, January 26, 2023. The deceased who got married to his first wife, Hajiya Sule, in June last year was Governor Sule’s eldest son. Hassan aged […]
The house of representatives has asked the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NABTE), National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), and the ministry of education to direct all tertiary institutions to suspend academic activities ahead of the elections. The lower legislative chamber said this will enable students to travel to […]
The Delta state Police Force has arrested Chief Joseph Ologbo of Otor community, an alleged sponsor and member of Aro bagger cult group in Sapele. This was revealed in a statement by the state public relations officer, DSP Edafe Bright. The suspect was reportedly arrested on Monday at about 8pm in Sapele. The […]
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