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Ekiti sacks surgeon over alleged non-consensual kidney removal
By Deborah Nnamdi The Ekiti State Government has dismissed a surgeon accused of removing a patient’s kidney without prior consent at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH). The decision was announced in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Health, Oyebanji Filani, and made available to journalists on Thursday.…
Read More »FG suspends enforcement of proposed sachet alcohol ban
The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) has directed that all enforcement actions related to the proposed ban on sachet alcohol products be suspended until further notice. The directive followed an official correspondence from the House of Representatives Committee on Food and Drug Administration and…
Read More »Review withdrawal of police from VIPs, Akpabio urges Tinubu
By Deborah Nnamdi Senate President Godswill Akpabio has appealed to Bola Tinubu to reconsider his directive ordering the withdrawal of police operatives from Very Important Persons (VIPs), citing concerns over the safety of federal lawmakers. President Tinubu had, on November 23, ordered the redeployment of police officers attached to VIPs…
Read More »Tinubu presents N58.1trn 2026 budget to National Assembly
By Deborah Nnamdi President Bola Tinubu on Friday presented a N58.1 trillion budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year to a joint session of the National Assembly, outlining a spending plan focused on security, infrastructure, and economic consolidation. The proposal sets capital expenditure at N26.08 trillion, while recurrent (non-debt) expenditure…
Read More »Davido, French Montana to perform at AFCON 2025 opening concert
Afrobeats megastar David ‘Davido’ Adeleke will perform at the opening concert of the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 in Rabat, Morocco, on Saturday. The announcement was made on Thursday by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in an official statement unveiling the lineup for the opening ceremony…
Read More »Stakeholders oppose Senate’s move to prescribe death penalty for kidnapping
Key justice and human rights stakeholders on Thursday opposed a Senate proposal seeking to prescribe the death penalty for kidnapping under a proposed amendment to the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, warning that capital punishment would neither deter crime nor strengthen national security. The opposition was voiced at a one-day…
Read More »Ebonyi police mourn as ASP slumps, dies
The Ebonyi State Police Command has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola, who was in charge of the State Intelligence Department. Popoola reportedly collapsed on Tuesday morning during a management meeting at the command headquarters in Abakaliki. Witnesses said…
Read More »Police rescue kidnap victim, neutralize two suspects in Rivers
File Photo : Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga Adepoju The Rivers State Police Command has rescued a kidnapped woman and neutralized two suspected kidnappers during an operation carried out by operatives of the Anti-Cultism Unit (ACU), Emohua Annex. The development was confirmed in a statement issued by the…
Read More »Boko Haram abducts vice chairman, councillors in fresh Borno attack
By Deborah Nnamdi Suspected fighters of the Boko Haram terror group have abducted the Vice Chairman of Biu Local Government Area in Borno State and two newly elected councillors along the Kamuya–Buni/Yadi axis linking parts of Borno and Yobe states. The victims, identified as Alhaji Saidu and councillors representing Zarawuyaku…
Read More »Fuel subsidy removal has worsened poverty, insecurity – Dalung
A former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has criticized the removal of fuel subsidy, saying the policy has failed to deliver the promised economic relief and has instead deepened poverty, hunger, inflation, and insecurity across the country. President Bola Tinubu had announced the end of the fuel subsidy regime during…
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