UK pharmaceutical giant GSK says it will pay as much as $2.2bn (£1.68bn) to settle thousands of cases in US courts over claims that a discontinued version of its heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer. The firm announced that it had reached agreements with 10 law firms who represent around 80,000 claimants. The settlements account for…
The President of Adeleke Women of Substance, Yeyeluwa Modupeola Adeleke – Sanni has celebrated her late husband’s posthumous birthday today with marathon prayer sessions, describing her late hubby as “a kind, generous and good hearted family man” In an emotion laden posthumous birthday message, Yeye Adeleke-Sanni said late Sanni epitomized all that is good in…
Soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks led by a yet-to-be-identified colleague, who was accosted for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State have stabbed a policeman, Saka Ganiyu, to death. It was gathered that the soldier, who was not wearing his uniform, while…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has opened on its far reaching, ongoing agenda to introduce and implement multi sectoral green economy and climate initiatives as tolls of state development. The State’s consultant on climate change and renewable energy, Prof Chinwe Obuaku who represented Governor Ademola Adeleke made the disclosure at a twin events in…
A Senior Secondary School student of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi, in Akoko North West area of Ondo state, Habib Salau, has been reportedly stabbed to death by a female colleague. Habid, according to sources, was stabbed by the female colleague, identified, as Sandra, following a scuffle. An eyewitness told newsmen in Akure, the state…
Rafael Nadal on Thursday announced he will retire after the Davis Cup finals in November, ending a career which brought 22 Grand Slam titles, global respect and inspired epic, iconic rivalries with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. “I am retiring from professional tennis. The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last…
Former US president Barack Obama will bring his star power to Kamala Harris’s election campaign Thursday in a bid to get out the vote in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania. America’s first Black president is hitting the campaign trail in the steel city of Pittsburgh a day after Harris’s Republican rival Donald Trump charged…
Ratan Tata, who has died aged 86, was one of India’s most internationally recognised business leaders. The tycoon led the Tata Group – known as a “salt-to-software” conglomerate of more than 100 companies, employing some 660,000 people – for more than two decades. Its annual revenues are in excess of $100bn (£76.5bn). Founded by Jamsetji…
The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to resolve its pending welfare issues or its members will embark on an industrial action. The unions said it will resume its suspended strike on October 25, if its demands are not met. This was made…
Crowds of mourners gathered in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, on Thursday for the funeral of industrialist Ratan Tata, hailed as a “titan” who led one of the country’s largest conglomerates. Tata, who died aged 86 on Wednesday, transformed the Tata Group into a vast international enterprise, with a portfolio ranging from software to sports cars….
