A neurosurgeon has been suspended for opening up the head of the wrong patient in one of the worst cases of medical malpractice to become public at Kenyatta National Hospital. Two men had been wheeled into KNH unconscious last Sunday. One needed head surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain, while the other only required nursing and medication ... Read More »
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Ronaldo’s son strikes a very familiar pose
It’s one of the most iconic photos of such a global superstar.Four years ago, Cristiano Ronaldo smashed home Real Madrid’s fourth in their Champions League rout of Atletico Madrid to claim the famous trophy at Estadio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. Upon doing so, he whipped his shirt off to reveal his considerable physique during his celebration. His son, then ... Read More »
FG extends search for abducted girls outside Nigeria
The Federal Government said on Friday that the ongoing search for the 110 girls who were abducted from the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, has been extended to the neighbouring countries. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this, said the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin; the Chief of Naval Staff, ... Read More »
GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR LONGEST READ ALOUD MARATHON ATTEMPT AT YOUREAD LIBRARY
The Guinness World Record for the Longest MarathonRead Aloud is being attempted by 40 year old OlubayodeTresures Olawunmi. The attempt is proudly supported by the GTBank YouREAD Initiative, a CSR initiative which the Bank launched in 2017 to rekindle the interest in reading. Since 2008, Deepak Sharma Bajaan has held the world record in book reading after he read ... Read More »
China Development Bank, UBA Sign Letter of Intent for a $100 million Loan Deal to Support SMEs in Africa
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a pan-African banking group and China Development Bank (CDB), the world’s largest development finance institution, on February 27, 2018 announced the signing of a letter of intent for $100 million seven-year to finance the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. The $100 million loan will enhance UBA’s capacity to provide ... Read More »
Nigerian Military Knew Of Boko Haram’s Plan To Carry Out Mass Abductions
New evidence showing that the Nigerian military was informed that Boko Haram was planning mass abductions in Yobe State has emerged. A document obtained by SaharaReporters indicated that the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) was notified by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) of plans by Boko Haram militants to carry out a massive attack in February. The confidential memo dated February ... Read More »
EFCC grills Oduah over N9.4b contract
After about 10 months of dilly-dallying, former Aviation Minister Stella Oduah yesterday appeared before an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) panel. She was grilled for about eight hours by detectives over a N9, 443,549,531.25 contract awarded to I-Sec Security Nigeria Limited for the procurement and installation of security equipment in 22 airports. She showed up as the agency got ... Read More »
How Lagos Banker Stole N700m From Customers- EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on Monday, February 26, 2018, arraigned one Nsa Ayi before Justice Mojisola Dada of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on an 11-count charge bordering on fraudulent false accounting to the tune of N700 million, an offence contrary to Section 335(a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State ... Read More »
Herdsmen allegedly invade Benue community, order villagers to vacate homes
Suspected Fulani herdsmen early hours of Monday invaded Mbatoho community in Makurdi, Benue State capital. Mbatoho community is a council ward located on an Island in Makurdi town. Leader of the community, who identified himself as John Tehemen, led a few other residents to lodge a complaint with deputy governor, Benson Abounu, saying that the herdsmen had ordered them to ... Read More »
One dead as cultists attack LASPOTECH Ikorodu campus
One person was killed while several others were wounded on Tuesday following a bloody attack on Ikorodu Campus of the Lagos State Polytechnic ( LASPOTECH ) by suspected cultists. The deceased, identified as Ahmed Amao, was a former LASPOTECH student who had been expelled from the institution. We gather that the groups of hoodlums invaded the Ikorodu campus from different ... Read More »