No fewer than 20 people died and another 30 went missing after a boat carrying more than 100 people capsized in a river in central Pakistan on Monday, officials said. The overloaded boat was heading to a wedding when it capsized in the Indus River in the district of Sadiqabad, the government said in a Read More…
Month: July 2022
Aruna seeks redemption at $500,000 WTT Champions European
Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna, will be seeking redemption at the WTT Champions European Summer Series 2022 which kicked off Monday in Budapest, Hungary Aruna, the first-ever black Table Tennis player to be rated in the top 10 in the world, suffered a second-round exit in the WTT Contender Budapest. The inaugural edition of the WTT Champions Read More…
Aero Contractors suspends services
The management of Aero Contractors Company Nig. Ltd., has said it would temporarily suspend scheduled passenger services operations from Wednesday. It explained in a statement that the suspension does not affect Aero’s other businesses. ”These businesses are not suspended: the Approved Maintenance Organisation; otherwise known as AeroMRO; the Approved Training Organisation, also known as Aero Read More…
Eight-storey Lagos Revenue House ready in September
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the comprehensive renovation of Revenue House of the Lagos State Government will be completed by the end of next month. He said the contractor is already putting finishing touches on the imposing edifice located in Alausa, the seat of government. Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, led an on-the-site inspection of Read More…
Police probe Portable for claiming he founded ‘One Million Boys’
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered an investigation of singer Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable for claiming he formed the One-Million Boys cult group terrorising some parts of Lagos State. Portable was said to have shared a video of himself on social media where he claimed he created the notorious cult group, Read More…
Double blow for Nollywood as actresses Ireti’, Ameh die
Nollywood, Nigeria’s movie industry has suffered double tragedy following the deaths of veteran actress, Oluwasolamipe Onayiga, popularly known as ‘Ireti, and The Johnson series actress Ada Ameh. Ameh died on Sunday in Warri, Delta State, around 11 pm. She was a guest of an oil company top shot and his family when she suddenly collapsed. Read More…
PDP can’t win in Lagos like Osun, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has described as ‘ridiculous and a daydream’, the idea that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could win the state in the 2023 general elections. The party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo, who stated this in a statement on Monday in Lagos, explained that the PDP’s victory on Read More…
Reps demand conducive waiting rooms at LUTH
The House of Representatives Committee on Health has charged the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, to create conducive waiting rooms around the hospital. It said befitting and comfortable waiting rooms will help calm patients’ relatives and visitors, improve the outlook of the hospital and eliminate situations whereby people hang around the corridors of the Read More…
President Buhari’s jokes, Nigerians’ pains
The Sallah is a period of festivities. Perhaps in that spirit, President Muhammadu Buhari last week in paying a Sallah homage to the Emir of Daura, his hometown, was light-hearted. He told fairy tales. For instance, he said of his children: “They already know that I am not leaving anything for anyone to inherit.” What does Read More…
World Athletics: Ese, Amusan carry Nigeria’s medal hopes
Nigeria’s medal hopes at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Oregon, United States has shifted to long jumper, Ese Brume and hurdler, Tobi Amusan following the failure by the country’s male sprinters to complement the brilliant performance of the mixed relay team. Team Nigeria officials are also hoping on the women’s 4x100m relay team to Read More…