Experts separate conjoined twins after 13 hours of complex surgery
By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja A pair of conjoined twins are finally living independent lives after a team of Nigerian medical experts spent 13 hours performing complex surgery to separate them in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Goodness and Mercy Martins came as a surprise when they were born on 13th of August 2018 at the […]
National Minimum Wage: Need to move from exclusive to concurrent legislative list (2)
LAST week I examined the ongoing dispute between organised labour and some state governments over the implementation of the new minimum wage.
Why FG, elite neglect maritime sector — Capt Eniosuoh
THE Federal Government and the elite in Nigeria are neglecting the maritime industry because it does not affect their lives directly as the aviation sector, a marine captain and former director of Shipping Development, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Waredi Eniosuoh, has said.
Stakeholders say Customs contribute to inflation
ACTIVITIES of officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to the nation’s port is contributing to the rising inflation in the country.
FG ties cargo clearance to payment of CRFFN POF
THE Federal Government, yesterday, said that henceforth, the payment of Practitioners Operation Fee, POF, will now be required to take delivery of cargoes from the ports.
NATO temporarily pulls troops out of Iraq following
NATO is temporarily pulling some of its troops out of Iraq and moving others around within the country, Dylan White, Acting Spokesperson for the military alliance, said on Tuesday. According to him, to protect the safety of its troops NATO will take measures including the temporary repositioning of some personnel to different locations both inside […]
Iran-US: Oil prices spike over 4.5% after attacks
Oil prices spiked Wednesday morning, rising over 4.5 per cent at one point after Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles against two airbases in Iraq used by the United States and coalition forces. The benchmark WTI jumped as much as 4.53 per cent to $65.54 a barrel before settling down slightly after Iran unleashed […]
Damning description of how US embassy portrays Nigeria on its website
By Rasheed Sobowale Of the 1,095,299 international students studying in the United States, there are about 13,423 Nigerian students ― a figure representing 33 per cent of the total African students in the country; thus the leading source of students from the African continent. The United States Embassy on its website also announced that the […]
Iran threatens to attack Israel, other US allies
Iranian Revolutionary Guards has revealed the country may attack Israel and other United States allies in revenge of US action. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday responded to the assassination of commander Qassem Soleimani with a missile attack on an Iraqi airbase used by the US military, Iranian state media said. The IRGC confirmed the […]
US insists no plans to pull out of Iraq
The United States has no plans to withdraw its troops from Iraq, the White House and Pentagon insisted Tuesday, as Iraq premier Adel Abdel Mahdi said he had received a US letter signalling a pullout. President Donald Trump said withdrawing the more than 5,000 US troops in Iraq would be the “worst thing” for that […]
Iran fires ‘more than dozen’ missiles against US forces in Iraq
Iran launched a missile attack on an Iraqi airbase in the country’s west early Wednesday where US and coalition forces are based, Iranian state media said. Security sources told AFP that nine rockets hit the sprawling Ain al-Asad airbase, the largest of the Iraqi military compounds where foreign troops are based. The attack came in […]
Bus crushes teenager in Ogun State
A commercial bus, on Tuesday, crushed a teenager (name withheld) around Wazobia axis of Ogere toll gate on the Lagos/Ibadan expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi said that the accident, which occurred at about […]
Alleged N92m fraud: Court grants N20m bail to ‘fake’ colonel
Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday granted N20 million bail to a suspected fake colonel, Paulson Ogbonnah, standing trial over alleged N92 million fraud. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, in a short ruling, Justice Solebo said that the defendant must provide two sureties who reside within the jurisdiction […]
Putin visits Damascus, meets Syrian president
State news agency SANA reported have reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Damascus on Tuesday and met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. SANA said the two leaders met at a gathering location of Russian forces in Syria’s capital Damascus. According to the report, the two leaders were briefed by the head of the […]
Gov. Ayade signs ‘Budget of Olimpotic Meristemasis’ into law
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has signed the state’s 2020 appropriation bill of N1.1 trillion into law. Speaking at the ceremony on Tuesday, Ayade commended the State House of Assembly for meeting the Dec. 31, deadline of passing the appropriation bill. According to him, the state is the first in the history of Nigeria […]
Suspected cannibal killer reportedly butchers man, devours his testicles
Mark Latunski, a 50-year old resident of Michigan was on Tuesday arrested by cops after allegedly murdering a man he met via a dating app and consuming certain parts of his body. According to the reports by WILX media outlet, court documents reveal that the naked body of the victim, a 25-year old man named […]
