Новости за 14.05.2023

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a National Youth Service Corps member, Adebola Sodiq, for allegedly raping a 20-year-old lady. The corps member was serving at a public school in Owode-Egba in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state when the incident happened. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola

An economist and presidential candidate of Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party in the 2019 general elections, Tope Fasua, tells EMMANUEL OJO what being a father has taught him People have varying views about fatherhood. What’s your view about it? I’m different from someone who just impregnated somebody or an absentee father. Fatherhood means being the pillar

Ernst & Young West Africa has urged African businesses to expand internationally to compete globally. This was according to the Advisory Sector Leader, Government and Infrastructure, Ernst & Young West Africa, Joe Cosma, who spoke with our correspondent during the launch of the firm’s new office in Abuja. Cosma said, “I would say we need

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the death of four persons in a renewed communal violence between the Amazaba community in Eastern Obolo and their Ikot Akpan Udo neighbours in the Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of the state. The police have also deployed a tactical force of about 300 officers in the

An 18-year-old man, Biliya Lawal, has died after receiving a punch in the stomach during a fight with his 14-year-old neighbour, simply identified as Danladi. The duo were said to have engaged in an exchange of words at their compound in Gadabiu in the Kwali area council of the Federal Capital Territory, which resulted in

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, shares his views with ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS on the zoning of the 10th National Assembly leadership positions and the forthcoming Bayelsa State governorship election, among other issues Why did many stalwarts of the APC in Bayelsa State like you abandon David Lyon, whose victory

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five teenagers suspected to be involved in cultism. This is also as some weapons shaped like small axes were recovered from them. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known on Saturday as he posted pictures of the teenagers with the weapons on his Twitter

A 60-year-old widow, Mrs Monica Nweke, whose house was set ablaze and household items destroyed by suspected hoodlums in Ndiagu village, in the Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on April 30, 2023, shares her grief with EDWARD NNACHI Can you recall how your home was destroyed on April 30, 2023? On that

Some months ago, a message was sent to one of the WhatsApp groups I belong to. It read, “If you know anyone suffering from prostate problem and difficulty to urinate, pls, the above plant just healed my brother of enlarged prostate complications within 3 days! He was bidding for an operation and already carrying urinary

Malariologist and Programme Manager, Osun State Malaria Elimination Programme, Dr Olufemi Oroge, talks to BOLA BAMIGBOLA about the need for improved investment in malaria control in Nigeria What is malaria? Malaria is a parasitic infection caused by the plasmodium species. The parasite is picked from an infected person by mosquitoes and transmitted to a healthy

Project Manager and Chief Executive Officer, Cogent Properties Limited, Folajomi Ibrahim, tells  FATTEH HAMID why the input of professionals in the built environment cannot be overlooked for the safety of property owners and occupants With growing concern over the use of substandard building materials by some developers who choose profit over safety, how can property

Princess Toyosi Osungbade, a retired nurse and the first child of the late Oluoke of Oke-Igbo Kingdom in Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Lawrence Babajide, who died shortly after he was sacked as a monarch by the Ondo State High Court, tells PETER DADA about her father’s reign How will you describe

By 2050, the World Health Organisation says nearly 2.5 billion people globally will be living with some degree of hearing loss. Currently, nearly 1.5 billion people are affected. Data from the WHO further show that one billion young people are at risk of hearing loss due to recreational exposure to loud sounds. This implies a

The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said disciplinary actions would be taken against some of its members who sabotaged the emergence of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, during the last general elections. The chairman of the party in the state, Basil Ejidike, disclosed this during the party’s stakeholders’ meeting in Awka, on

Chelsea Football Club have concluded a deal to appoint Mauricio Pochettino as the permanent coach for the club. Pochettino, 51, will take over the managerial role of the club from Frank Lampard at the end of this season. He returned to the English Premier League after he was fired by Tottenham Hotspur in November 2019.

The factional leader of the Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa, has asked the Nigeria Police Force to investigate Peter Obi and other individuals allegedly working to prevent the inauguration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023. He noted that anyone calling for interim government should be arrested by the police. The National Publicity Secretary of

The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Abubakar Rasheed, has called on the Federal government to adequately fund tertiary education in Nigeria. Rasheed made the demand at the 2023 National Reunion Conference of Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates Association (UNIFEMGA), at the Obafemi Awolowo University, on Saturday, in Ile Ife. Rasheed’s lecture was titled; “Funding of

Out-going Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has said that he will not join issues with his predecessors. In a late evening press release today May 13, 2023, his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Onyebuchi Ememanka said; “The attention of the Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has been drawn to a statement credited to Senator