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  The Academic Staff Union of the Polytechnics, ASUP, on Wednesday, declared a two-week warning strike starting from Monday, May 16. The declaration of strike came after the expiration of the one month ultimatum by ASUP to the Federal Government ...

A businessman, Ukatu Afamefuna Mallinson, has filed a fundamental rights suit against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. He is asking the court to order NDLEA to release him “forthwith” and ...

There is tension in Agbor, in the Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State over fear that inmates in a custodial centre in the town escaped after the wall of the facility collapsed. Punch Metro gathered that the wall ...

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has restated his position that the South-East should be allowed to produce Nigeria’s President in 2023, insisting that it would ensure peace, justice, fairness and sustainable national development in the country. Similarly, former secretary to the ...

The family of late Bamise Ayankole called for justice at the court, where her suspected killer, a BRT driver, Nice (Andrew) Omininikoron, is standing trial. Ayankole, a tailor, boarded a BRT vehicle driven by Omininikoron on February 26, 2022. That ...

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said Nigerians spend between USD1.2 and USD1.6 billion (N664bn at 415/$) on medical tourism annually. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this during a guided tour of Duchess International Hospital in Lagos. ...

    Following a report, on Sunday, by the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) that a person in England had been diagnosed with Monkeypox, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed circulation of the disease with 558 ...

  Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The 66-year-old tech giant wrote in a tweet Tuesday that he is experiencing mild symptoms and is “following the experts’ advice” by isolating himself until ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that all members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) running for elective offices to submit their letters of resignation on or before Monday the 16th of May, 2022. The Minister of information and Culture, Lai ...

Eleven medical professionals at a single Missouri hospital are all pregnant at the same time — with two nurses even due to give birth on the same day. At Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri, ten nurses and one doctor are ...

  A plane passenger with no flying experience safely landed a Cessna light aircraft with the help of an air traffic controller after the pilot suffered a medical emergency and fell unconscious. The unnamed passenger was flying in the Cessna ...

  Four teachers of Chrisland School have been arraigned at the Yaba Magistrate Court, Lagos State over sexual misconduct by five pupils of the school during an international trip. They are Oladotun Sotunde, Elesho Tajudeen, Rhoda Olanipekun and Ajiboye Hammed. ...

  Governor of Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi has stated that if elected president, he would establish an All Progressives Congress (APC) school to groom leaders within the party. The Ekiti governor is one of the presidential hopefuls of the ruling party. ...

  Elon Musk has said revealed plans to reverse Twitter’s ban on former US President Donald Trump. Speaking during a conference on Tuesday, May 10, at the Future of the Car event in London, Musk said: “I do think it ...

A forensic expert, Dr. Abdulhameed Adedeji, has dismissed as a poor hatchet job, the photograph circulating on social media purportedly showing that the Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, was arrested for criminal activities in the United States in the ...

Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams has said the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike is disturbing. The traditional leader told the Federal Government that the future of the youths was being toyed with. Adams spoke ...

  A Kano State High Court presided by Justice Usman Naabba has sentenced a 19-year-old man, Ibrahim Khalil to death by hanging for killing his five-year-old nephew, Ahmad Ado, by sellotaping his nose and mouth. Khalil, whose address was not ...

An Austin-area judge who regularly presides over drinking and driving cases was arrested over the weekend for allegedly driving while intoxicated. John Lipscombe, who was elected as a judge in Travis County in 2011, told deputies that he “had a ...

A former Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Adaeze Oduah has arrived the Federal High Court in Abuja to take her plea in the alleged N7.9 billion fraud charges brought against her by the Federal Government. She is to be arraigned ...

  Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected a presidential nomination form, saying it was bought without his consent. The form was for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that defeated Mr Jonathan in 2015 after he had been in ...

    Vladimir Putin has reportedly been ‘stunned’ to learn the woman widely believed to be his ‘secret lover’ is pregnant again. The Russian president, 69, is already alleged to have at least two sons with former Olympic rhythmic gymnast ...

A cross dresser in Benue state has been arrested after he posed as a lady and went home with a man for a night of fun. The man had met ‘her’ in the club, liked ‘her’ talked about money for ...

  Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Bauchi State have arrested a 52-year-old man for allegedly kidnapping and killing a five-year-old girl after collecting ransom from her parents. The prime suspect, Kabiru Abdullahi, a resident of ...

The Gulf Clan drug cartel has shut down dozens of towns in northern Colombia for four days in reaction to its leader being extradited to the U.S. for trial. It warned that anyone who disobeyed the stay-at-home order risked being ...

9, 2022 0 The relatives and friends of 62 passengers captured on the Abuja-Kaduna train have warned that the train service must not resume unless all abducted passengers are rescued. Terrorists had on March 28, 2022, planted explosives that derailed ...