Osinbajo Urge Nigeria To Produce Arms To Combat Insecurity In The Country
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Vice President, has stated that the politics of arms purchases has forced the government to produce its own weapons. In the face of increased terrorism and non-state actors’ access to illicit weapons, Osinbajo, speaking at the 45th Convocation of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Saturday, also advocated for smarter ways of […]
Court Fines Four Enugu Consultant Psychiatrists N2.5 Million For Defaming A Nurse
Four consultant psychiatric doctors working with the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, have been fined N2.5 million (two million, five hundred thousand) by an Enugu State High Court presided over by Justice E. M. Egumgbe for defaming the character of a senior nurse at the health institution, Mr. Afam Ndu. The physicians who were defendants in […]
Kaduna Pastor Was Killed After Bandits Got The Ransom
Rev Dauda Bature, the pastor of the Evangelical Church of Winning All in Nariya, Kaduna, was killed by bandits after they collected a ransom from his wife. On November 8, Bature was abducted from his farm in Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area of the state. His wife was kidnapped by the hoodlums after the ransom […]
Impose Specific Taxes On Alcohol, Cigarettes, Others – World Bank Tells FG
To strengthen primary healthcare, the World Bank has urged the federal government to impose specific taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened drinks. Shubham Chaudhuri, the World Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, made the plea on Friday in Abuja during a special National Council on Health meeting hosted by the Federal Ministry of Health. He said, […]
Russia Faces Consequences If Ukraine Is Invaded – Truss
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned Russia it will face “severe economic consequences” if it invades Ukraine. She said G7 foreign ministers meeting in Liverpool this weekend would put on a show of unity and make clear such a move would be a “strategic mistake”. Ms Truss said the UK and its allies had to […]
Buhari Promises Free, Fair Elections, Transfer Of Power To Winners In 2023
With barely 18 months to the end of his eight-year rule, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assured the international community of the readiness of his government to hand over power to winners of free and fair general election in 2023. He also lamented that democratic rule in the West African sub-region “is currently being threatened […]
New UK Mask Rules Start As Johnson Under Fire Over Parties
Tighter restrictions to curb the coronavirus came into force in Britain on Friday, as the government faced new allegations that officials flouted rules they had imposed on the nation with lockdown-breaking parties last Christmas. Face masks are once again compulsory in indoor public spaces in England under the measures British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced […]
At least 50 People Are Likely Dead Following Tornadoes In Kentucky, Governor Says
At least 50 people are likely dead after multiple tornadoes barreled through southwestern Kentucky late Friday, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. “We believe our death toll from this event will exceed 50 Kentuckians, probably end up closer to 70 to 100 lost lives,” Beshear said at a briefing Saturday morning, calling the storms that hit […]
Man Sets Himself Ablaze Over Debts In Osun
A lotto operator identified simply as Seyi has reportedly committed suicide by setting himself ablaze. The deceased who runs a gambling house in Ikire, Osun State, reportedly locked himself up in his gambling kiosk and set himself on fire. He was badly burnt before he could get help and it is suspected he carried out the act […]
Emirates Airline Suspend Flights To Nigeria Indefinitely
Emirates Airlines has suspended all its flight operations in Nigeria indefinitely after the federal government withdrew its frequencies approval. The Dubai-based airline said it took the action in response to a restriction by the Nigerian government limiting its flights to the country to just once a week. The government on Thursday limited the carrier’s daily […]
