FORMER Rivers State governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has slammed Governor Sim Fubara for the recent unrest in the state in the aftermath of the local government elections. Wike spoke when he appeared on “Politics Today,” a programme on Channels TV. According to …

THE Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, declared Julius Abure as the substantive National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, affirmed the Abure-led leadership and the March 2024 Nnewi Convention that produced the national leadership of the LP. Justice Nwite ordered the Independent …

THE Lebanese Hezbollah militia has expressed openness to a ceasefire with Israel, its deputy leader, Naim Qassem, has said. In a televised speech, the deputy leader of the Iranian-backed organisation, said he supported a corresponding initiative by the parliamentary speaker, Nabih Berri. “If the enemy continues its war, the field …

  A Makurdi Magistrate’s Court, on Tuesday, remanded two persons: Terfa Moji and Jiminbee Chenge, over alleged criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and act of terrorism. The Magistrate, Mrs Sonia Ayange, who did not take the plea of the defendants for want of jurisdiction, ordered their remand in Makurdi Correctional Centre, …

IN line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has commenced discussions with the Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, Carlos Garcete, to activate the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) and initiate direct flights between Nigeria and Brazil. A Monday statement by the Special …

CHIEF Medical Director (CMD) of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof. Yusuf Dasilva, says men can also be affected by breast cancer, advising both gender to always go for screening. Dasilva stated this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of a ‘Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness’, organised …

Prof. Shadrach Akindele, the Vice-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Ede, in Osun, says that 86 of its graduating students bagged first-class degree. Akindele disclosed this on Monday in Ede at a press conference to herald the 16th convocation ceremony of the university. The VC said that another set of 435 students …

Staff of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday following the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum issued to the agency’s management. This is coming after a meeting convened on Friday, October 4, 2024 over unresolved issues. The staff’s …

THE Lagos State House of Assembly has suspended the Chairman, Alimosho Local Government Area, Mr Sulaimon Jelili indefinitely over alleged non-compliance and unyielding attitude to the legislature. At plenary on Monday, the House made the resolution through an unanimous voice votes that the Vice Chairman of the council, Mr Akinpelu …

A British doctor, Thomas Kwan, on Monday, October 7, 2024, pleaded guilty to an unsuccessful plot to kill his mother’s partner with a fake COVID-19 vaccine. 53-year-old Kwan passed himself off as a nurse and took his own mother’s blood pressure before administering poison to her partner Patrick O’Hara in …