Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, said its investments in innovative ways to manage, control and eliminate malaria have caused its prevalence in the state to drop to 22 per cent, far below the national figure put at 46 per cent. In addition, a reduction in percentage of uncomplicated malaria cases from 74 percent in 2020…
A 22-year-old Canadian actor named Saint Von Colucci has died after undergoing surgeries to look like K-pop superband BTS’ singer Jimin. The actor died at a South Korean hospital on Sunday morning. Von Colucci died after suffering complications from the cosmetic procedures he had a few months ago, reports aceshowbiz.com. According to his publicist, Von…
RnB singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, popularly known as R. Kelly, has been moved to a correctional centre located in North Carolina, the United States of America, where he is expected to serve his 30-year prison sentence in connection with multiple sexual offences. He was moved to the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Caroline Wednesday…
Today marks World Malaria Day 2023. Here are signs to know that a child has the ailment to protect them from the illness which could be life-threatening. Malaria should not be taken lightly as two years ago, almost half of the world’s population was at risk of malaria, according to World Health Organization. In 2021,…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last 2023 general election, Mr Peter has said that no serious leader goes to rest in view of the present condition Nigeria as a country is facing currently. Obi who visited the Muslim community in Awka to felicitate with the people on the celebration of Eid al-Fitri,…
The Federal Government through the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development have published emergency numbers for stranded Nigerians stating that “concerted efforts are being made” to evacuate Nigerians in Sudan. In a joint statement by the two Ministers, Geoffrey Onyema and Sadiya Umar Farouq, they empathized with the citizens…
Once the pride of the nation and the best in West Africa, the 51-year-old National Stadium, Lagos has been left to rot away by successive administrations, writes ‘TANA AIYEJINA’ On Friday, sports minister Sunday Dare ordered the temporary closure of the dilapidated National Stadium, Lagos after the collapse of one of the giant floodlights at…
Britain on Tuesday said it had launched “a large-scale evacuation” of its citizens trapped in Sudan, where 10 days of urban combat have led to hundreds of deaths. It comes hours after a United States-brokered 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals officially came into effect, and following criticism in the United Kingdom that the government…
Tinubu returns after 34 days, debunks ill-health rumours The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday, returned to the country after holidaying in Paris, France, for 34 days. Tinubu who was accompanied by his wife, Remi and son, Seyi, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 4.40 pm to a rousing welcome by All Progressives…
The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned one Victor Williams before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a bank cheque belonging to his ex-employer, Alhaji Adekunle Moshood. He was accused of also forging Moshood’s signature on the cheque and withdrawing over N2m from the account. Williams was arraigned before Magistrate P. E. Nwaka on…
