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A family has been left fuming after a 90-year-old grandmother was declared dead by doctors and was placed in the hospital morgue only for a shocked crematorium worker to discover she was still alive. Norma Silveira da Silva, 90, was pronounced dead on Saturday, November 25, at about 11.40pm local time at Sao Jose Regional […]
Continue ReadingFormer United States (US) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War, has died at the age of 100. Kissinger served as America’s top diplomat and national security adviser during the Nixon and Ford administrations. In spite of leaving office in the mid-1970s, […]
Continue ReadingA woman has been detained in Moscow after allegedly forcibly giving oral sex to a male stranger sitting next to her on a tourist flight from Antalya, Turkey. Passengers and crew clapped and cheered when police came on board and detained the woman, named Valeria, 29, at Vnukovo airport in the Russian capital. The alleged […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the promised automation of the passport application process will begin “in the next one week”. Tunji-Ojo first gave the assurance to Nigerians in an October 4 interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, saying citizens would be able to use the feature from December. The Minister made an appearance […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Health on Tuesday raised concerns over the decline in the country’s health manpower. The committee disclosed that due to the relocation of doctors and nurses from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) to various parts of the world, five wards comprising 150 beds have been shut down. LUTH is Nigeria’s […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, presented the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget proposal to a joint session of the 10th National Assembly in Abuja. See the full speech below: 1. In furtherance of my sacred duties and obligations as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is my honour to be here today to present […]
Continue ReadingNigerians desperate to travel abroad have been warned by travel agency expert, Ruth Joseph-Audu, to desist from the marriage contract scheme, as many men are trapped by it. Ruth Joseph-Audu, who issued the warning in an interview with Daily Trust in Lagos, admitted that Nigerians are moving in numbers to seek greener pastures in foreign countries, but […]
Continue ReadingFormer Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that the commission needs to be unbundled by the national assembly to be more effective. Jega who said this at a Citizens Town Hall on Electoral Reform organised by Yiaga Africa, European Union (EU) in collaboration with the National Assembly joint committees […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), on Tuesday, said he used to say that any job that is expected to be done properly should be given to a woman. He said he had a change of mind when the nation had a female Minister of petroleum who he claimed excelled […]
Continue ReadingOba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Ewuare II, visited the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday. During the visit, he made a comment that the Binis founded Lagos, which has sparked debate on social media since then. The monarch had said: “It is in the history books that the Binis founded Lagos. When some […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigerians wait on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to make final pick for the Supreme Court bench, fresh claims have emerged to explain the lopsidedness in the 22-person list cobbled by the Federal Judicial Service Commission, from which the council, would recommend 11 justices of the Court of Appeal, for elevation. The Chief Justice […]
Continue ReadingA decorated Thai para-athlete murdered his bride and four other people at their wedding reception before turning his gun on himself, police said Monday. Chaturong Suksuk, 29, an ASEAN Para Games silver medallist, shot bride Kanchana Pachunthuek, her mother and sister at the wedding in northeastern Thailand on Saturday. “They had an argument on private […]
Continue ReadingThe Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court sitting at the Chief Magistrate’s court in Awka, Anambra State, has remanded a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen, for allegedly r@ping and impregnating a teenager. The magistrate ordered the prosecutor to transmit the original case file to the office of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview with Daily Trust, the former Governor of Jigawa state, Nigeria, Sule Lamido has alleged that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is dragging Nigerians to their graves. Lamido accused Tinubu of increasing the hardship in the country and influencing judgements in court. He also accused the Chief Justice of Nigeria of working […]
Continue ReadingA mother of two has died from drinking too much water and her husband lays all the blame on the health facility. Michelle Whitehead, a 45 year old woman, from England, was taken to Millbrook Mental Health Unit in Nottinghamshire on May 5, 2021, after suffering a mental breakdown, the BBC reported. She died two […]
Continue ReadingGovernment of Kano State, on Friday, sacked at least 3,234 civil servants it claimed were not eligible for recruitment into the state civil service. Secretary to Kano State Government, Abdullahi Bichi, said the officials were sacked following a verification exercise conducted by the state government. In June, Governor Abba Yusuf, suspended over 10,000 workers employed […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja berated the Independent National Electoral Commissioner, INEC, while accusing it of being partisan. The appellate court on Friday, Nov. 24, slammed the Commission for appearing before it to act in favour of a party in an election dispute, by disowning documents that it not only issued, but also […]
Continue ReadingA woman appeared in court for allegedly attempting to stab her house girl with a knife while accusing her of having an affair with her husband in Nairobi. Leyla Abdikadir is facing charges of attempting to strike with the intention to cause grievous harm in contravention of section 231 (b) of the Penal Code She […]
Continue ReadingOpeyemi Falegan, Nigerian politician, has tackled Wunmi, the wife of the late singer Mohbad, for allegedly refusing to conduct a DNA test on Liam, her seven-month-old son with the singer. His father, Mr Joseph Aloba, has repeatedly stated that a DNA test is mandatory, as people from Ekiti state, where he hails from, do not accept […]
Continue ReadingA video capturing the deplorable living conditions of some Nigerians residing in tents in a shelter in Mississauga, Canada has gone viral, sparking debates, concern and outrage. In the video shared online, it was stated that it was in same shelter a young Nigerian recently lost their life. A Pastor who spoke in the video, […]
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