Communications Ltd. and the Registrar of Trademarks, Patents & Designs to pay N770 million in damages for infringing on Citilink Accesscorp Limited’s registered trademark “WEBPLUS.” The court found MTN guilty of unauthorised use of the “WEBPLUS” trademark, which Citilink lawfully registered under Class 9 of the Trademark Registry. Justice Osiagor issued a perpetual injunction prohibiting…
Chewing gum could be a hidden source of plastic ingestion, releasing thousands of microplastic fragments directly into the mouth with every chew, researchers have found. A new study, presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego, revealed that a single gram of gum can shed an average of 100 microplastic fragments, with some…
The Nigerian Correctional Service is mourning the death of Senior Correctional Assistant Shuaibu David, who lost his life while attempting to prevent an inmate escape at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Koton-Karfe, Kogi State, on Monday. The jailbreak occurred when inmates tampered with padlocks in one section of the facility, enabling twelve prisoners to…
The Head of the Rivers State Civil Service, Dr George Nwaeke, has resigned his appointment. The resignation of the HoS, who served under the suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara was contained in a statement issued by the Chief of Staff to the Sole Administrator and obtained by newsmen on Tuesday morning. The Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a man, Mubarak, suspected to be mentally unstable for stabbing a 25-year-old man, Shamseen Danshehu, to death. The incident took place on Sunday evening in the Kwangila area of Minna, the state capital when Mubarak was said to have engaged Danshehu in a fisticuffs during which he allegedly…
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has ordered the immediate distribution of food and relief materials to the displaced people of Ilobu, Ifon and Erin Osun. According to a statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Monday, the Governor has also issued a directive to the Commissioner of Police and the Director of…
Osun State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly breaching the ongoing dusk to dawn curfew imposed by the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on some warring communities which includes Ifon,Ilobu and Erin-Osun. This was disclosed in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state command,…
No fewer than ten lives, including five students of the Osun State University were lost in an auto crash that occurred along Ife-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday. The Institution’s management in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Ademola Adesoji, obtained in Osogbo on Monday, confirmed that 10 lives were lost in the road accident…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has expressed deep sadness over the news of the tragic loss of five students of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN) and other citizens to a ghastly road accident on Sunday, 23rd of March, 2025. In a statement by the Governor’s Spokesperson Olawale Rasheed, conveys the heartfelt…
Operatives of Bauchi State Police Command have arrested two people in connection with the death of a 25-year-old motorcycle rider in the state, Dauda Manu. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, made this known in a statement on Monday. Wakil explained, “On 05/03/2025, an incident report was available at the disposal of Darazo…
