The speaker caved in to outrage that trailed the introduction of the controversial bill which seeks to criminalise refusal to sing the anthem, ‘Nigeria, we hail thee’. Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas has withdrawn the controversial Counter Subversion and Other Related Bills which seeks to criminalise refusal to sing Nigeria’s reintroduced national…
The disease causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions. The World Health Organisation on Wednesday declared the mpox surge in Africa a global public health emergency, sounding its highest possible alarm over the worsening situation. “Today, the emergency committee met and advised me that in its view, the situation constitutes a public health…
Tobe Oboli, the 22-year-old son of renowned Nollywood actress and filmmaker Omoni Oboli, has welcomed his first child with his wife, Marelle Bergsma, just five months after their wedding. The exciting news was shared by Omoni Oboli on Monday via her instagram page. In a heartfelt post, the filmmaker expressed her joy and gratitude, sharing…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday, attended the National Campaign Council meeting for the 2024 Ondo governorship election.
The Olympic flag arrived yesterday in Los Angeles, where it will be flown in 2028 when the city hosts the next Summer Games. The flag arrived aboard a Delta Airlines jet carrying American athletes and officials, and was painted with “LA28” and palm trees on its side. Hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur’s “California Love” blasted on…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if their abducted colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, is not released by August 26. The President of NARD, Dr Dele Abdullahi, made this declaration at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, stating that the association has lost patience with the government’s…
The lawmaker representing Kano South, Senator Sumaila Kawu, has revealed that he earns over N21m monthly as a total take-home package. This revelation is coming barely 24 hours after the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission said that each of the 109 senators in the upper chamber receives a total of N1.06m in salary and…
He says a new government policy will facilitate incentives for medical workers to stay in Nigeria with improved welfare. Health Minister Ali Pate says doctors and nurses trained in Nigeria are sought-after globally, and that 67% of them work in the United Kingdom (UK). The minister, on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday, said…
During the spectacular closing ceremony of the Olympic games in Paris, Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee chairman in accordance with tradition, called upon the youth of the world to assemble 4 years from now in Los Angeles, the USA, to celebrate the 34th Olympiad. It drew the curtain over the 33rd Olympic games, Paris…
Four persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ekiti State High Court for offence bordering on kidnapping. The convicts, Adeoye Sunday, Adewusi Dare, Bamigboye Damilola and Ogunlayi Seun were also found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap by the court presided over by Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, and were accordingly sentenced to five years imprisonment…
