Ayodeji Alomoge, a 28-year-old Ekiti man, was found guilty of killing a man who was having an affair with his wife and sentenced to death by hanging by the Ado Ekiti Division of the State High Court. According to the indictment against Alomoge, who was tried on a count that implied murder, he had “murdered…
Ayodeji Alomoge, a 28-year-old Ekiti man, was found guilty of killing a man who was having an affair with his wife and sentenced to death by hanging by the Ado Ekiti Division of the State High Court. According to the indictment against Alomoge, who was tried on a count that implied murder, he had “murdered…
Three students of the Nasarawa State University, NSUK, were feared dead on Friday in Keffi in a stampede during the distribution of rice palliative to them by the state government. The incident occurred at the convocation square where the bags of rice were kept awaiting the arrival of Gov. Abdullahi Sule for the commencement of…
The Federal Government has approved the appointment of Chief Medical Directors for Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, and Jabi, Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement shared on the X account of the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, on Friday, March 22. Dr. James Omietimi was appointed as the Chief Medical…
A pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a living human, a United States hospital announced on Thursday. Massachusetts General Hospital said the genetically-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease. Surgeons from the Mass General Transplant Centre conducted the four-hour surgery on Saturday. The procedure marked a major…
The All Progressive Congress, APC, Forum has held a closed-door meeting in Abuja with leaders and chieftains of the party in Plateau State to strategize and intensify their plans on Governor Caleb Mutfwang of the state to decamp from the People’s Democratic Party ( The Forum asked the governor to dump the PDP for the…
A former spokesman of the defunct Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, has alleged that the 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is plotting to unite with former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai in the Social Democratic Party, SDP. Bwala claimed Obi’s move followed the decision of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to…
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has suspended all mining activities in the state until a miners’ data has been compiled. The governor gave the directive when he met with members of the Miners Association of Nigeria, Benue Chapter in Makurdi. He also directed the Mineral Resources and Environment Management Committee, MIREMCO, to immediately begin documenting…
Sixteen state governors have submitted reports expressing their support for establishing state police to the National Economic Council. This was revealed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Vice President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, on Thursday. The reports were received at the 140th NEC meeting presided over by Vice President…
Abducted students of Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State will soon be rescued, the Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru Abubakar, has assured. He spoke on Thursday in Kaduna while addressing troops of 1 Division in the frontline of fighting bandits in the North-West and other parts of the country. The Minister also…
