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Details have emerged how Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu singlehandedly footed the bills to fly the remains of former Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu from Germany to Nigeria for burial. Akeredolu was buried last week. The former governor’s widow, Betty Akeredolu disclosed this on Wednesday when President Bola Tinubu paid the family a condolence visit […]
With 3,000 children born through IVF at Bridge Clinic, Nigeria, fertility experts say there is no scientific evidence showing any difference between IVF children and others. They also lamented the fragmented landscape of IVF in Nigeria, regretting that the practice remains unregulated. Meanwhile, to enhance reproductive healthcare standards, the Bridge Clinic Nigeria played a host […]
The Minister for Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, has advised women to always keep quiet whenever an argument comes up with their husbands at home. Kennedy-Ohaneye made this appeal at a Conference of Commissioners of State Ministries of Women Affairs in Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. The minister said avoiding trading words would prevent physical assault […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps has said the multiple road crashes that led to the death of no fewer than five people in the Nasrul-Lahi-Li Fathi Society of Nigeria corridor along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday were caused by dangerous driving. The FRSC Chief Route Commander, Florence Okpe, who spoke with our correspondent further confirmed […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission has ruled out an extension of the February 28, 2024 deadline for the linkage of Subscriber Identity Module cards to National Identification Numbers. As a result, telecommunication companies have been directed to bar 12 million lines which have not been linked to the owners’ NINs after the expiration of the deadline. […]
The Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has said that it recorded 342 road accidents that claimed 22 lives in the state between January and February 2024. The state Sector Commander, FRSC, Babatunde Farinloye, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with PUNCH Metro on Tuesday. The PUNCH had reported that the FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda […]
Reports have indicated that some traders who deal in grains have began to sell their goods to foreign countries in a bid to make higher profits. Naija News understands that the traders decided to sell their goods to foreigners because they had stronger currencies compared to the naira. Below are some countries that traders in Sokoto, Cross […]
A Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Emmanuel Orekoya, was on Tuesday arraigned before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for allegedly raping and impregnating his 17- year-old daughter. The defendant is facing two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and sexual assault preferred against him by the Lagos State Government. It […]
The Presidency has faulted the nationwide protests by the Nigeria Labour Congress, alleging that some people are leveraging the situation in the country for their political agenda. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in an interview with TVC on Tuesday, monitored by one of our correspondents, said protests organised […]
A senior Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation official has been slammed with bribery and tax-related charges in the United States, court filings seen by Peoples Gazette said. A jury recently returned a three-count indictment against Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo after the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that he used his position as a general manager in NNPC’s […]
