Day: March 15, 2023

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said 66 patients involved in the train-bus collision accident have been treated and discharged from five state public health facilities. Abayomi disclosed this in a situation update about the accident on Wednesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state had on

The National Working Committee of the African Action Congress has suspended the executive committee of the Rivers State chapter of the party. The suspension of the committee members followed the endorsement of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sir Siminialaye Fubara, by the Inter-Party Advisory Council, where the state chairman of the AAC,

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has advised Nigerian voters not to give in to apathy, assuring them that the alleged “electoral fraud” perpetrated by the Independent National Electoral Commission will be reverted soon. Atiku gave the charge in a broadcast, on Wednesday ahead of the March 18 governorship and state

Napoli made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time in their history after Wednesday’s 3-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt. Victor Osimhen struck either side of half-time and Piotr Zielinski added another from the penalty spot to secure a 5-0 aggregate triumph in the last 16 for Serie A’s runaway leaders.

The United Nations on Wednesday said that the presidential election held on February 25 have revealed the sharp ethnic, religious and demographic fault in the country, despite the signing of the peace accord by candidates and their political parties. The UN also stated that since Nigeria is standing at a crossroads, engagement in genuine dialogue,

Google has announced it is introducing Artificial Intelligence powered features to Docs and Gmail. According to the firm, it is now making it possible for Workspace users to leverage the power of generative AI to create, connect and collaborate. It stated that the AI-powered writing feature will be rolled out to trusted testers first. The

A nurse in the Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Zamfara State, Asma’u Lawali Bungudu, had been certified dead after slumping while discharging her duty. It was reported that the nurse was hale and hearty when she arrived at the hospital for work early on Wednesday but was confirmed dead a few hours after

Two journalists in Togo who are currently in hiding were sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for insulting public authorities, their lawyer said. The small West African state, ruled since 2005 by President Faure Gnassingbe, is often accused by rights groups of cracking down on opposition figures and the media. Ferdinand Ayite and

The Police Command in Ebonyi State on Wednesday said it has arrested no fewer than seven suspects in connection with the murder of the traditional ruler of Omege Village, Mr Igboke Ewa, in Umuezeokaoha, Ezza North Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Abakaliki by the

Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi and his wife, Firdaus, have welcomed their first child. Oba Akanbi, after ending his marriage with a Jamaican, Chanel Chin, got married to the Kano-born princess, Firdaus, in March 2022. The Queen has kept a low profile since, as she was hardly seen in public except on a few