MTN has tendered an apology to customers after barring their lines. It happened that several subscribers today took to social media to express their displeasure over the barring of their communication lines by telecommunication network providers in Nigeria. However, the Mobile Telephone Network, in tweets, apologised to the complainants over the restrictions. Some customers called…
Reverend Sister Dorathy Okoli, a Catholic nun, has carried out free medical tests for pr*stitutes at brothels in Onitsha. Sister Okoli has been campaigning to rescue young girls who are into commercial s3x business. The girls were tested mainly for hepatitis B and C, the two most deadly variants of the killer disease, as well…
The federal government has uncovered 1,500 workers who joined the Federal civil service with fake appointment letters in the past year. While over 1,000 culprits were discovered in one ministry, 500 others found in other ministries, departments and agencies during a service-wide verification exercise. They will now be delisted from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll…
Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has said that North Korea will nuke South Korea if it violates “even an inch” of its territory. The threat was issued just after the secretive country ramped up its ballistic missile testing with nine launches so far this year. State media quotes Kim as…
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill into law that codifies the right to an abortion in the state. Polis, a Democratic Governor, signed the bill Monday, April 4, following a flurry of recent restrictive abortion laws advanced by Republican state legislatures across the country. House Bill 1279, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, states that “every…
Men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command have rescued a 67-year-old man who attempted to commit suicide on his birthday. The elderly man was stopped from leaping into the lagoon by the officers on patrol of 3rd Mainland Bridge on Tuesday, April 5. The police in a statement said that the man…
Seven people have died in a fire outbreak at a filling station in Market Town, Kaugama Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The incident happened at Al-masfa Global Enterprise Nigeria Ltd filling station on Monday, April 4, at about 6 pm. According to an eyewitness, the fire which started on Monday morning engulfed a building…
A married woman has reportedly taken her own life after investing millions in Chinmark Group due to the failure of the company to give her back her money. The sad incident happened following reports that the whereabouts of the owner of the company, Marksman Chinedu Ijeomah is unknown. It was gathered that the woman identified…
The Ogun state police command has uncovered a large expanse of land cultivated for the planting of India hemp in the state on April 2. After the land was uncovered, seven suspects met planting the weeds were all arrested by the authorities. The suspects identified as Nelson Enu, Patrick Emmanuel, Samuel Paul, Ekioya Joe, Monday…
There is no end at sight for the ongoing strike action embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This comes as the strike action enters its 50th day, today. According to Punch, the Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, has said striking university workers including the the Joint Action Committee of the…