FMC Nguru CMD loses twin daughters
….Medical community mourns Hadiya, Aisha Usman By Maryam Abdul-aziz Usman, Damaturu The Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, Yobe State, Dr Hadiza Usman Abdullahi, has lost her twin daughters, Dr Hadiya Usman and Dr Aisha Usman, two days apart. Hadiya, a medical doctor, died on Friday, while her twin sister, Aisha, a […]
Court jails Ghanaian 3 years for smuggling 10 kilos of Tramadol
By Onozure Dania – Lagos A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday sentenced a Ghana citizen, Elisha Sokpor, to three years imprisonment, for exporting 10 kilograms of Tramadol tablet and injection to his country, Ghana. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, convicted and sentenced the Ghanaian after he pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of unlawful […]
Court sentences four traders to 3 years in prison for theft
An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Friday sentenced four traders to three years imprisonment for conspiracy, trespass, house breaking and theft. The convicts are Bashir Tukur, 20, Nawas Rabiu, 18, Mutar Umar, 20 and Abdullahi Isaq, 22. The Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced the four traders after they pleaded guilty. He, […]
Road accidents kill 40 in Adamawa — FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Adamawa says no fewer than 40 persons died in road accidents between September and December 9. The corps also states that 203 other persons sustained various degrees of injury. Mr Ocheja Ameh, FRSC Adamawa Sector Commander, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Yola, that […]
Hoodlums abduct medical consultant, Bolt driver in Calabar
By Emma Una – Calabar A Consultant Cardiologist with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr Vincent Uhegbu Maduka and a Bolt driver were abducted on Thursday by hoodlums in Calabar. Dr Maduka was kidnapped at his gate on his return from church by gunmen who laid siege in his home at Eta Agbo layout […]
Kano girl dies inside well as 17 passengers survive auto-crash
By Bashir Bello A 10-year-old girl, Binta Shehu, Thursday, drowned and lost her life inside a well in Yanka Tsari village, Dawakin kudu local government of Kano State. This was coming as 17 other passengers also cheated death and survived from an auto-crash along Maiduguri road in Kumbotso Local government area of the state where […]
