The Indian government has said India is the highest employer of labour in Nigeria after the Federal Government. The Acting High Commissioner of India to Nigeria, Velagaleti Surendra stated this as he led an envoy during the commemoration of the 73rd Republic Day of India in Abuja on Wednesday, January 26. The Indian envoy also revealed…
A junior secondary school 2 student of Omole Junior Grammar School, Ojodu, Lagos, identified as Ernest Ibeh, has died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, where he was reportedly admitted on January 1, 2022. Premium times reports that Ibeh is one of the students involved in the Ojodu truck accident in December 2021. A truck…
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunmimbe Mamora, has denied media reports claiming the Federal government has concluded plans to conduct free deoxyribonucleic acid tests popularly known as free DNA tests for Nigerians in all general hospitals. On Tuesday January 25, rumor was rife on Twitter that the Health Minister had said government hospitals…
Arrested Nigerian fraudster, Hushpuppi will be sentenced on February 14, 2022. BBC Pidgin reported that this was confirmed by United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California and the court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek. A plea agreement document signed by Hushpuppi; his lawyer, Loius Shapiro; Acting United States Attorney, Tracy Wilkison, amongst others, revealed…
A 36-year-old Nigerian national and his accomplice have been arrested with 23 gram cocaine worth Rs 4.6 lakh in Pune, India. The suspects, Chukwujekwu Reuben who currently resides in Nalasopara, Thane district and his accomplice Mohammad Musavi,38, a resident of Padamji Park, New Nana Peth, were arrested by officials from Lashkar police station, Pune city police. Musavi, a…
A Police Inspector identified as Omolayo Olajide and two suspected bandits died during a gun battle at Saala Orile forest in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun state. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement said that policemen attached to Ayetoro Division acted promptly to a distress…
A Kenyan music producer Magix Enga has claimed that he joined Illuminati at 23 to gain fame and wealth. Sharing his experience in the “underworld community” in an interview with a local news platform, Enga said he joined the group due to difficulties he faced at home. He said; You know, in the past you either…
Actors Keith Powers and Ryan Destiny have called it quits after four years together. The Tomorrow War actor, 29, and Star actress, 27, are “taking time to focus on themselves and their emerging careers but are remaining close friends,” an insider confirming the split told People. The former couple spoke about their romance to the digital magazine We the Urban in July…
Chibuzor Oji, better known by his stage name Faze, has lost his mother Faith. The singer’s mother died on Jan. 12, 2022, two weeks to her 76th birthday. This comes less than a year after the singer lost his twin sister. “My heart is heavy, ” Faze confessed as he mourns his mother.…
The world’s oldest man has died less than a month before his 113th birthday. Father-of-eight, Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia passed away at his home in the northern Spanish city of Leon on Tuesday morning, January 18. The retired shoemaker was due to celebrate his birthday with his family on February 8, the date he claimed…
