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At least 90 people, including 65 children, are believed to have been infected with the HIV virus in Pakistan by a doctor using a contaminated syringe, officials said Friday. “We have arrested a doctor after receiving complaints from the health authorities,” said Kamran Nawaz, the local police chief heading the case in the southern city … Read more
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of a member-elect representing Yola South/Yola North/Girei Federal constituency of Adamawa state, Abdulrauf Modibbo for age falsification. Justice Inyang Ekwo held on Friday that Modibbo, who was declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries, held on October 7, 2018, in Yola, and … Read more
yprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday sacked the country’s police chief as pressure mounted over the authorities’ botched and delayed response to the killings of seven foreign women and girls. A letter by the president to Zacharias Chrysostomou, seen by AFP, informed the police chief that his services would be considered “terminated” as of May … Read more
Lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial district, Senator Dino Melaye, loses mum Comfort Melaye. The lawmaker announced the death of his mother on Twitter on Thursday night, Melaye did not, however, give details of the death. He wrote, “With total submission to the will of the Almighty God, I on behalf of the Melaye’s announce the … Read more
A chieftain of the PDP, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, said on Friday that he was set to dump the opposition party for the ruling APC. Ogunlewe, a former Minister of Works, confirmed the development in an interview with a political correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos State. He was reacting to the recent … Read more
Gen. Yakubu Gowon, former Nigerian Head of State, slumped mid way during the oration at the grave side of late Maj Gen David Akpodiete Ejoor, in Ovwor-Olomu Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. This is coming just as military personnel fruitlessly made efforts to bar visual coverage of the ugly incident. Military, … Read more
Four persons have reportedly lost their lives as suspected herdsmen, farmers engaged in a fierce battle in Iwoye Ketu area of Ogun State. Information had it that Fulani herdsmen took their cattle to drink from the community stream a development which was challenged by a resident. One of the herdsmen was said to have shot … Read more
Fatima Yasmin Kure, the first daughter of late Niger state Governor, Engineer Abdulkadir Kure, is dead. It was gathered that she died suddenly in Abuja. Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello, has commiserated with the family over the incident. The Governor expressed shock over the demise of Yasmin, a mother of one in Abuja. He … Read more
The Kano Government has sacked all Permanent Secretaries in the state, in line with the present government’s reformation resolve. This is according to a statement from the of the Head of Civil Service on Thursday. According to the statement, the decision is in line with the Kano Government’s decision to “Vigorously pursue/implement the reform initiative … Read more
The court of Appeal sitting over the case eligibility of Senator Ademola Adeleke in the September 2018 governorship election has been adjourned till May 8, 2019. The appeal court on Thursday adjourned the case to enable it to hear Senator Adeleke’s appeal alongside that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which is not ok for … Read more
A training aircraft belonging to the International Aviation College (IAC) Ilorin crash-landed at the Ilorin International Airport on Wednesday. The Diamond plane with registration Number 5N-BNH with two pilots onboard crashed landed at exactly 11:05am without any casualty, it was learnt on Thursday. The incident caused panic within the airport and Ilorin Community. It was … Read more
In a bid to reduce the number of sickle cell patients in the state, the Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill that makes genotype test compulsory before marriage. The bill, which was sponsored by Charles Ezeani, member representing Anaocha II constituency and 15 others, was passed on Tuesday. The new law also … Read more
A 16-year-old Guatemalan immigrant has died in US custody, days after arriving at an Office of Refugee Resettlement shelter. The boy died on Tuesday at a Texas children’s hospital where he had been treated for several days in the intensive care unit, according to a written statement from Evelyn Stauffer, spokeswoman for the Department of … Read more
Police in Katsina State on Thursday said the suspects in connection with the abduction of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Aide de Camp (ADC)’s father-in-law, have been arrested. The spokesperson of the Katsina State police command, Gambo Isah, in a statement disclosed that Magajin Garin Daura, Alhaji Musa Uba, was abducted on Tuesday evening at his residence. … Read more
Five persons have been reported missing after gunmen stormed Government Girls Secondary School Moriki, Zurmi Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State. The armed men were said to have entered the school through the back fence on Wednesday with an intention to attack the school and abduct students. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations … Read more
The All Progressives Congress APC has suspended the immediate past Deputy National Chairman (South) of the party and former Ekiti state governor, Segun Oni, from the party indefinitely over alleged anti-party activities. In a letter dated May 1st and addressed to Oni by the party’s executives in Oni’s Ifami Ward II, Ekiti, the party said … Read more
Gunmen have stormed Daura, kidnapping the father-in-law to President Buhari’s ADC. The victim Musa Umar who is said to be the Magajin Garin Daura was abducted in his Daura residence, Katsina North shortly after observing Maghrib prayer. A credible source in Daura told Channels Television that “the attackers shot sporadically to disperse the crowd and … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration will fully implement the new minimum wage. The President stated this on Wednesday in his message to mark the Workers Day celebration. He said “We will continue to commit ourselves to the cause of improving a lot of every working Nigerian and providing for those who cannot … Read more
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says going forward, Nigerians would pay between N36, 991.50 and N67, 055.85 to get electricity meters installed and maintained at their premises by approved third-party meter providers of the distribution companies (Discos). The arrangement comes under the Meter Asset Providers (MAPs) scheme, which NERC signed off for Discos to … Read more
President Muhhammadu Buhari says the spike in activities of bandits and kidnappers across the country has made him one of the unhappiest leaders in the world. Several states, including Zamfara and Kaduna, have come under repeated attacks by suspected hoodlums. The attacks have left many dead with many properties destroyed. On Saturday, some protesters marched … Read more