A Nigerian consultant anaesthetist Adekunle Okunuga based in the United Kingdom has been reinstated following his suspension from work for beating his son. The 59-year-old medical personnel, who was arrested after the incident in June 2014, blamed his cultural upbringing in Nigeria for the act, Daily Mail UK reports. He said corporal punishments are common…
A 3-year-old boy, has been rescued alive after a yet-to-be-identified woman allegedly threw him into a well in Sapele, Delta state. The incident happened at Comprehensive Road in Amukpe area of Sapele on Saturday night, January 16. It was gathered residents of the area heard a child crying from inside the well around 7:pm. One…
A former Minister of State for Finance and Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye, has passed on. He was 78 years of age. Late Kuye died in his home at Victoria Garden City, Lagos toward the beginning of today January 17. Born on August 1942 in Ago Iwoye, Ogun State studied human science…
No fewer than 566 persons have been arrested and 502 convicted for breaching COVID-19 Regulations in Lagos, since the advent of the pandemic’s second wave. The Nation learnt that 32 clubs and event centres have also been shut by the Lagos State Safety Commission including the Event Hall of Eko Club, which was closed down…
At least 200 defilement cases were recorded in Gombe State in 2020, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Ethical Orientation, Dauda Dauda, has said. Dauda who disclosed this in a chat with journalists on Saturday, disclosed that 40 out of the cases were reported in Gombe, the state capital, adding that the state recorded…
The House of Representatives has faulted the Federal Government for giving schools the go-ahead to resume on Monday despite the increasing cases of COVID-19. The House said government officials did not consult the relevant committees of the National Assembly, contrary to their claim that all relevant stakeholders were consulted before arriving at the January 18,…
An Advocacy Journalist and Founder of Obasi Foundation For Justice, Isaac Obasi has called on the government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to free Solomon Akuma. Akuma is a bright young pharmacist in his 20s serving with National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC and has been unlawfully detained in Abuja…
In what will always be known as a black day, another 15 lives have been lost in Nigeria. They were killed in two separate auto crashes that occurred on Friday, January 15. The accident which also claimed the lives of 6 siblings – four girls and two boys – occurred in Arue-Uromi and Agbede, in…
Gunmen have shot a yet-to-be-distinguished man dead at Mofor intersection in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. The gunmen likewise made away with an undisclosed amount of cash the victim collected from a Point of Sale Operator, POS, before he was assaulted and murdered in his vehicle. It was found out that the deceased…
Road merchants at Obikabia and Opobo intersections, Ogbor Hill in Aba, have been given seven days to empty the roads and move into affirmed markets in the city. The State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Tony Nwamuo, who gave the final offer when he drove a taskforce group including the service of climate, APUMA, and TIMAAS…