A Dane, Peter Nielsen, charged with murder of his Nigerian wife and daughter, on Tuesday said that he woke up one morning and found them dead on their kitchen floor. Nielsen testified before a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square. Nielsen said he watched a football match together with his wife and was Read More…
Following defence counsels’ complaints on Tuesday that the statements and audio served on them were illegible and inaudible, the trial judge in the Michael Usifo Ataga murder case, Justice Yetunde Adesanya directed the prosecution to make available clear proofs of evidence to the defence before the end of day. The complaint by the defence counsel Read More…
Abuja, Nov. 8, 2021(NAN) The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), has vaccinated 5,770,899 eligible persons with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination while 3,146,885 have taken the second dose (fully vaccinated). The Director, Planning Research and Statistics, NPHCDA, Dr. Abdullahi Bulama Garba, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, at the Ministerial Press Briefing Read More…
Judge lambasts prosecution for not joining two banks – UBA and Fidelity – as accomplices Even though he has been sentenced to a total of 61 years on money laundering charges, former Nigerian Pensions boss, Abdulrasheed Maina will serve just eight years as all the convictions against him will run concurrently. Delivering judgment against the Read More…
In preparation for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) third stage Super Eagles World Cup Home Qualifying Match with Cape Verde, the Lagos State Government will divert traffic to and from the Stadium in Surulere on Monday, 15th November, 2021. In a statement signed by the Honourable Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde said that vehicles Read More…
Death toll now 43 With an additional body found on Saturday evening, after the announcement of the official figure of 42, the death toll at the collapse of the 21-story building at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi is now 43. The additional figure was announced by Channels Television in its news broadcast at 10pm on Saturday. According Read More…
To sponsor a bill at the Lagos State House of Assembly The presence of too many quack doctors in Lagos has become an issue of concern to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). For this reason, NMA has said that it will sponsor an anti-quackery bill to the Lagos State House of Assembly to give legal Read More…
In picture above: A box containing an enrolled bill is wheeled through a hallway after the bipartisan infrastructure bill package passed in the House at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) – After a daylong standoff, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass Read More…
It is no longer a question of if but when Nigeria will unbundle the 5th Generation mobile network (5G technology). This reality is coming with the impending auction of the 3.5GHz spectrum band. On Thursday, a stakeholder engagement forum was held at the Marriott Hotel, Ikeja, on the draft Information Memorandum (IM) on the auction Read More…
Says even if Africa triples gas consumption, only 0.67% of global gas will be emitted African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said on Thursday that gas remained critical for African economies despite the global push to end investments in fossil fuels as the world transitions to cleaner fuels. Speaking from the side-lines at the COP26 Read More…