The Director General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus has urged countries to be prepared for the next pandemic. Dr Ghebreyesus said this on Monday at the ongoing 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, which sets to address global health challenges including future pandemics, and eradicating polio, among others. He said the end…
A group, Justice for Sylvester Oromoni Committee, on Monday, expressed displeasure over the prolonged delay by the coroner’s inquest set up by the Lagos State Government to investigate the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. Oromoni, a JSS II student of Dowen College, Lekki in Lagos State reportedly died on November 30, 2021, from…
Justice Adeola Olatubosun of the Chief Magistrates Court in Yaba, Lagos State, has reportedly adjourned the trial of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, to Wednesday, May 24, 2023. The trial, which was slated for today, May 23, 2023, was said to have been adjourned as a result of the judge’s absence from the court, a source…
Chef Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has urged people who are seeking to beat her 100-hour record time for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual” to wait until she receives her certificate from Guinness World Record. The chef made this known during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ on Tuesday….
The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture on Monday commiserated with the family and colleagues of late Yoruba actor, Murphy Afolabi, whose death was announced on Sunday, May 14. The Ministry disclosed this in a post on its official Facebook page. The statement partly read, “The Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs…
A bride, identified as Temilade Salami, has got people talking after wearing a white suit, trousers, and hat for her civil wedding ceremony. Reacting to a video of her wedding which went viral on Monday, Salami tweeted, “To say I don’t see this coming is a big lie. What is more TRUE is that, it…
The Osun State Police Command on Sunday launched a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death of a commercial motorcyclist in the Owode-Ede area of the state simply identified as Segun. According to sources, Segun lived in Owode-Ede with his family, where he also worked as a commercial motorcyclist. Colleagues of the deceased said some-yet-to-be-identified…
Cook-a-thon record breaker, Hilda Effiong-Bassey, popularly called Hilda Baci has spent over N1.1m on a lunch date with her friends. Baci’s friend, in a video clip reposted by Instablog9ja, was heard saying after church service on Sunday, they all visited a restaurant for lunch. She explained that after placing their orders, the bill was N1.1m,…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, on the opening of the Dangote Refinery at Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, on Monday. During his speech at the refinery’s inauguration, the governor stated that Dangote had nothing when he got into the state from Kano 45 years ago. He said, “A young…
The Presidential Election Petition Court on Monday dismissed the application seeking to allow the day-to-day telecast of the ongoing election petitions proceedings. The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani dismissed the request which was made by the aggrieved parties and candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party as lacking in merit…
