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  More than 300,000 nurses and doctors are expected to be employed in the NHS as part of a series of plans to improve the health service. The possibility of cutting the amount of time doctors spend in medical school, ...

  Sixteen-year-old Olayemi Agbeloba has died by suicide after the husband of her boss whose name could only be confirmed as Ajibode, allegedly raped her at their residence in the Eruwa community, in the Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo ...

  Bill Gates’s private office reportedly asked some female job candidates about their s3xual histories — including what kind of p0rn0graphy they liked, whether they ever had extramarital affairs and even if they had nude pictures of themselves on their ...

  The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has declared that its National Vice President, Engr. Munnir Atiku Lamido is missing. Disclosing this in a statement on Friday the National PRO, MACBAN, Alhaji Muhammad Nura Abdullahi, stated that: ...

  Idumota, Lagos Island stood still for President Bola Tinubu today after observing Jumaat Service at the Lagos Central Mosque. The president had arrived Lagos from London to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir in the State and decided to observe his Jumat ...

  The Nigerian Navy has reshuffled the appointments of 56 of its senior officers comprising 56 Rear Admirals and one Commodore. Director of Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan disclosed this in a press statement in Abuja. According to the statement, Rear ...

  A two-storey building under construction caved in, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Thursday. The building located in the Ada George part of Port Harcourt was said to have collapsed in the early hours of Thursday. Residents who ...

  Veteran Yoruba actress, Sidikat Odunkanwi popularly known as Iya Oko is dead. Iyabo Oko, reportedly died on Wednesday according to her daughter who broke the news via social media. Iyabo Oko, who has been away from the movie scene ...

  A gun battle between suspected cartel members left at least eight dead and one wounded in a mountainous area of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, local authorities said. The state prosecutor’s office said the violence took place in ...

  Three suspects are alleged to have killed Sub-Lt. Samuel Akingbohun of the Nigerian Navy in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, have been arrested by the police. Parading the suspects before journalists on Thursday in Akure, the ...

  It was a day of reunion. For the first time in four years, former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was reunited with his leader. That was after the seeming parting of ways, following the 2014 governorship primary, which he lost to ...

  More than 100 people have died due to extreme heat in Mexico in June, the government said, following a series of heatwaves in the Latin American nation. Scientists say global warming is exacerbating adverse weather, with many countries experiencing ...

South Koreans have become a year or two younger as a new law aligns the nation’s two traditional age-counting methods with international standards. The law scraps one traditional system that deemed South Koreans one year old at birth, counting time ...

  Some youths have burnt a woman to death in Cross River State, South-South after accusing her of witchcraft. The deceased woman, identified as Madam Martina Okey Itagbor, was accused of causing the death of two young men who died ...

OceanGate Expeditions is still advertising trips to the Titanic shipwreck on its website — more than 10 days after its submersible imploded on its deep-sea journey to the wreckage, killing all five aboard. The undersea exploration company lists two missions ...

  The Bayelsa State Labour Party governorship candidate, Udengs Eradiri, has described Governor Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party as clueless. According to Eradiri, the LP candidate in the November 11 state governorship election, Governor Diri has performed poorly ...

  In recent times, Nigerians have had to suspend their travel plans to the United States and Europe as a result of the increase in fares which has tripled as a result of the high exchange rate for ticket pricing. ...

  The Federal Government has so far saved about N400bn as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, since May 31, 2023, when the initiative was officially implemented, oil marketers stated on Thursday. ...

  The President, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said he invoked the spirit of freedom during his electioneering in Ogun State. He said during the campaign season, some of his popular statements that resonated with Nigerians and his supporters were used ...

  Abuja customer absconds with N55m Benz during test drive A car dealer, Mohammed Manga, has been thrown into confusion after a customer, one Henry, absconded with one of his cars, a Mercedes Benz GLB 250 in the Abuja area ...

  Police have identified the man fatally stabbed Sunday evening at a Scarborough parking lot as a 28-year-old student from Nigeria. Police were called to the parking lot, near Eglinton Avenue and Brimley Road, for a stabbing at 7:10 p.m. ...

  A woman in Kajiado, Kenya set her house on fire and locked her two children who were burnt to death. Neighbours said the woman had said that she was mentally troubled following her husband’s decision to marry a second ...

  Former Nigerian boxer, Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Okorodudu has reportedly passed away after battling foot ulcer. His wife, Adenike Okorodudu, confirmed the unfortunate news on Wednesday night. Jerry, who competed in the men’s middleweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, died ...

  A private hospital in Lawandon has seized the corpse of former Nigerian boxer, Jeremiah Okorodudu. Okorodudu died on Wednesday night after battling with foot ulcer that left him bedridden for weeks. Okorodudu’s wife, Adenike confirmed the news of his ...

  The United States Coast Guard says “presumed human remains” have been found in the wreckage of the Titan submersible. Debris from the ill-fated submersible was returned to shore on Wednesday in Newfoundland aboard a Canadian-flagged ship that had helped ...