By Abimbola Ogunnaike A pregnant woman, Shema’u Sani Labaran, has died in the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital in Kano as a result of delay in transfer made from a bank to the hospital. The negligence from doctors, which resulted in the death of the pregnant woman, was as a result of the new naira policy crisis introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN). The late woman’s husband, Malam Bello Fancy, said her death was as a result of delay in transfer made to the bank and claimed that the doctors didn’t attend to his wife for more than three hours.…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Prominent traditional rulers from the South West geo-political zone have back the candidature of All Progressive Congress(APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying that the party’s candidate has the qualification to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. The traditional rulers expressed their satisfaction over Tinubu’s credentials to succeed Buhari in a communique issued at the end of their meeting with the APC candidate on Thursday, 16 February, 2023. The traditional rulers in the communique issued at the end of the meeting by Director General of Conscience of Yoruba Nation, Abagun Kole Omololu stated that the royal fathers affirmed…
Mother of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Mama Olubisi, clocks 90 on Thursday, 16 February, 2023. In a church service laced with singing, prayers, musical performances and biblical ministrations, Nigerians from all walks of life joined Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, and the family in Lagos, to celebrate the grace of God in the life of the VP’s mother, Mama Olubisi Osinbajo. At the thanksgiving service held at the Cathedral Church of St. Jude, Ebute-Meta, which featured songs ministration, an elated Mama Osinbajo, fondly nicknamed “Mumisco” by her many children, grand and great-grandchildren was full of appreciation and gratitude, praying that…
A man identified as only as Chayi, has been arrested by the Plateau State Police Command after he allegedly beheaded his estranged wife and chopped off his daughter’s hand in the Kampala community of Jos North Local Government Area. The incident, according to the State Police spokesman, Alabo Alfred, happened on Tuesday, 14 February, 2023, when the woman who had left the husband following domestic abuse, went to the house with her six-year-old daughter to remove her things. A neighbour, Sunday Yaks, who spoke to journalists who visited the community, said: “The Kampala community right now is in shock over…
An on-air-personality, Kayode Oladotun, popularly known as Do2dtun, penned an emotional note to his two daughters on Valentine’s day. This comes after his ex-wife, Omotayo, filed for divorce over alleged forced abortion, domestic violence, and emotional abuse in December 2022. Do2dtun took to his verified Instagram account on Tuesday to express his love for them. He wrote, “LETTER TO MY GIRLS . Finding the best words in the world. To describe my eternal love for my baby girls. But none best suit this deep-seated affection. “I’ve searched through Homer’s best poems – for a phrase, thought or nuance. Still looking…
The stake continues going higher in movie production in Nigeria and only a. few are able to meet up the. standard. New flick JINA has recieved so many positive reviews for quality pictures and storyline. Shot in Yoruba language, produced and directed by James Peters, JINA features top rated actors, Funsho Aliu and Ayo Adesanya. Both as a couple failed in raising their two children and the family suffered the failure following the father’s death. JINA is a confirmation of the rot in the average Nigerian family raising children. The producer, Peters had previously shocked the industry with ENI BI…
It was a day of royal endorsements and blessings for the All Progressives Congress Candidate for Lagos Central Senatorial District, Rt. Hon. Wasiu Eshilokun Sanni (WES), when he led his campaign council on campaign visitations to three outstanding royal fathers in Lagos on Tuesday, 14 February, 2023. The campaign team was received with pageantry at the palace of the Oloto of Otto and Mainland, HRM Oba Bashir Abisoye Odesanya early in the day. Oba Odesanya, a former legislator at the Lagos House of Assembly, extolled the virtues of the candidate and invoked the spirit of his forebears to grant Rt.…
In continuation of his engagement with strategic stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Lagos Central Senatorial District, Rt. Hon. Wasiu Eshilokun Sanni (WES), took a bold step to preach unity in Nigeria by addressing representatives of Nigerians from other parts of the country at Whitley Events Centre, Surulere on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023. WES brought people from different ethnic groups under the same roof to ask for their support in the forthcoming elections. At the event, that witnessed a large turnout of the Arewas, the Igbos and people from the South South part of the country, leader after…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Following the violent protests which engulfed Ilorin the state capital on Wednesday as a result of residents’ frustration over the naira swap policy, the Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has suspended campaign rallies for his second-term ambition until further notice. Abdulrazaq stated this in a special broadcast to the people of the state on Wednesday, expressing his sincere sympathy with the citizens on the continuous scarcity of the naira as a result of the recent Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN’s) currency redesign. “For clarity, the Supreme Court has granted an injunction that allows the old and the new…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that of all the Presidential Candidates contesting to be president of Nigeria in this month election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the best character and courage to rule the country, just as he said he owed nobody an apology for endorsing Tinubu candidature. Wike stated in Port Harcourt, the State capital, while receiving Tinubu shortly after the APC candidate’s campaign rally in the State on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023, wished Tinubu luck in his presidential ambition. Wike also discouraged Tinubu from funding the APC governorship campaign in…