Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, has adjourned judgment in the divorce suit brought before it by a man, Rashidi, against his wife, wife, Jemila, whom he claimed was irresponsible, hostile, defiant and never ceased to fight him. Rashidi stated that Jemila further extended her unfriendly nature towards his parents. The plaintiff...
•A hospitalised student At least 30 students and one teacher have been reportedly hospitalised following a gas leakage at Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. According to witnesses, the incident occurred shortly after the school assembly today, when a gaseous substance spread across the premises, leaving many studen...
Gunmen At least six health workers were abducted in the early hours of today when suspected gunmen attacked a Primary Healthcare Centre in Akure, Ondo State. The assailants reportedly stormed the facility in the Oke Ijebu area of the state capital at about 2:00 a.m., catching medical personnel and patients unprepared, reports The Nation. Eyewi...
Fresh facts have emerged on how three teenagers allegedly attempted to blow up parts of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital with explosives concealed inside a food flask before they were intercepted by security personnel at the entrance of the facility. It was gathered that the suspected suicide bombers had targeted the main hospital...
•Nurses Two nurses have been arrested in connection with the death of two young sisters following an alleged drug misapplication at the General Hospital in Zuru, Kebbi State. The victims, aged six and three, reportedly died on March 18, under circumstances linked to suspected negligence during treatment at the facility, reports Channels TV. Th...
•Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State The Bauchi State Government is considering legislation to control the increasing rate of childbirth at home, which poses danger to the health of mothers and babies. According to data from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), only three out of 10 women deliver in hospitals, representing 31 per cen...
•Abubakar Abubakar Binji, husband of the late Aishatu Umar, who lost her life due to alleged medical negligence following surgery at a Kano hospital, narrates to Tukur Muntari how his wife endured excruciating pain before dying after a pair of scissors was reportedly left inside her stomach, reports Sunday PUNCH. Excerpts: How are you related ...
•Late Aishatu Umar The Abubakar Imam Urology Centre, Kano, has been accused of medical negligence resulting in the death of Aishatu Umar, a patient. The deceased’s husband, Abubakar Muhammad, alleged that his wife died from complications linked to a surgical procedure carried out at the facility, reports Daily Trust. It was gathered that she p...
•Scene of the accident The driver of the vehicle in which former boxing heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, lost two of his associates following an accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has been discharged from the hospital. Our correspondent learnt this following a visit to Duchess International Hospital, Lagos, where Joshua was initially...
•Ebonyi Police spokesman, Joshua Ukandu An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola, has died in Ebonyi State. A police source, who spoke to our correspondent yesterday on condition of anonymity due to lack of authorisation, said the incident occurred around 11am on Tuesday while he was attending a management meeting at the co...

