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COVID-19 Intervention Fund: ICPC investigates UniPort Teaching Hospital, other health institutions

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced an investigation into the utilisation...

Dowen college update: Three suspected bullies in police custody over Oromoni’s death, two at large – Lagos police commissioner

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Lagos Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu, has disclosed that three out of the five students of Dowen College,...

Dowen College latest: Fellow students threatened us with worse things if we snitched on them — witness

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A boardinghouse student and mate of the late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, who was last week tortured to death...

Man arrested for hacking late Sound Sultan’s Instagram account

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A man, Victor Majekodunmi, is now cooling his heels in police custody for hacking late singer Olanrewaju Abdul-Ganiu...

Stockfish Analysis: Why Stockfish should remain important in Nigerian cuisine

By Edwin Nwachukwu   Over the years, Norwegian stockfish has become an important component/ingredient in Nigerian meals. This seafood has high nutritional benefits...

Tragedy hits Lagos coastal town of Badagry as eight children allegedly suffocate inside abandoned car

  Badagry, a coastal town in Lagos State, was enveloped by grief on Sunday as the lifeless bodies of eight children were evacuated...

Dowen College

Dowen College: I will not bury my son until I get justice — grieving father

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   The father of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, the deceased student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, who was allegedly...

CBN’s Emefiele is changing Nigeria’s Agric growth story

  By Stella Igwe-Adesoga   It was not out of caprice that President Muhammadu Buhari reappointed Dr Godwin Emefiele, in May 2019, to...

Omicron COVID-19 variant

Omicron: UK re-introduces pre-departure tests for all arrivals, adds Nigeria to travel red list

    In its desperate bid to curtail the spread of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant UK announced that all international arrivals to...

Former DPR boss, Auwalu, busted for multi-million dollar fraud, returns huge sums of money

  Following an audit team’s report exposing fraud, bookkeeping deficiencies, and abuse of office, Engr. Sarki Auwalu, a former boss of the Department...

WHO says no deaths reported from Omicron yet as variant spreads to 38 countries

The World Health Organisation said on Friday the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has now been detected in 38 countries around the world....

Ex-Ekiti Gov. Fayose rearraigned in Lagos, faces 11- count amended charge

  A former Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose was on Thursday rearraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos on an 11- count amended...

Give Nnamdi Kanu maximum comfort in detention, court orders DSS

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow the leader of...

Omicron variant now detected in 23 countries, alerts WHO

With at least 23 countries reporting cases of the new Omicron variant, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says every country should take it...

UBA Group Dominates 2021 Banker Awards, Wins African Bank of the Year

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has again reaffirmed its leadership position across Africa with the latest recognition bank as...