•Police The Delta Police Command said it has recovered arms and ammunition in Ekpan Community in the Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the command, DSP Bright Edafe, stated this in a statement in Warri. Edafe said the Divisional Police Officer, Ekpan Division, CSP Aliyu Shaba, received credible information about th...
The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Yaba has seen a tremendous surge, with a 100% increase in psychiatric patients admitted in 2023. The hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Dr. Olugbenga Owoeye, revealed this during the hospital’s Annual Score Card presentation titled, “A Day with the Medical Director” in Lagos, reports Daily Trust. Dr. Ow...
•Photo used for illustration purposes only In the next 25 years, the greatest number of people who are over 60 years old will be residents of Africa, and a large number of people will have dementia, a brain disorder affecting memory, thinking, and the ability to perform daily activities, an expert has said. Dr Temitope […]
•Prison The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said no fewer than 53,836 inmates in the 253 correctional centres nationwide are awaiting trial as of December 18. The spokesperson of the service, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC), Abubakar Umar, told our correspondent in Abuja today. Umar said the summary of the inmates across the cou...
•Nigerian debt problem The Debt Management Office (DMO), yesterday revealed that Nigeria’s sovereign debt as at September 30, 2023 was N87.91 trillion or $14.35 billion. The figure represents the domestic and external debts of the federal government, the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. At N87.91 trillion, the total public debt sto...
•Ivan Toney Brentford striker Ivan Toney is expected to be on the move during the January transfer window with Arsenal leading Chelsea in the race to sign the £80m-rated hitman, reports The Independent UK. The two London giants have long been linked with a move for the 27-year-old and are expected to battle-it-out over a […]
Two Lagos-based human rights activists – Dabiraoluwa Oni-Ayoku and Ifeanyi Okoye – have blamed the government of Muhammadu Buhari for the violence that trailed the 2020 #EndSARS protests in some parts of the country. They argued that if the then government had not deployed security operatives, including soldiers in the streets, the protesters ...
The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreation Services Employees (AUPCTRE) has rejected a plan by the management of the Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) to sack more workers at the LWC. AUPCTRE said the plan came to light on Monday during a meeting of the union leadership with the LWC’s Managing Director [&h...
•Mbappe’s younger brother Ethan (C) celebrates win with colleagues Kylian Mbappe marked his 25th birthday with a brace as Paris Saint-Germain beat Metz 3-1 in Ligue 1 yesterday to reach the halfway stage of the season five points clear at the top of the table. Vitinha gave PSG the lead early in the second half […]
•JAMB registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, has opposed the federal government’s automated deduction of funds accruing to it from the registration fees paid by candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, UTME. This came as JAMB denied report that it increased its 2024 UTM...
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