The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) declared 2023 as the hottest year ever recorded, emphasizing the urgent need for immediate global intervention to mitigate the devastating impacts of climate change. WMO Chief Petteri Taalas expressed the severity of the situation. “It’s a deafening cacophony of broken records.” the chief said. The report outlined alarming…
Former BBNaija lovebirds, Kiddwaya and Erica have stirred speculations online as they kick each other out of all their Instagram accounts, following a lenthy outburst from Erica Nlewedim. The point of issue is as yet unknown, but all doesn’t appear to be well between the two ex lovers. Earlier, Erica had taken to her Twitter…
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has ordered the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 6, Calabar, one Inspector Wofai Johnson and Jimmy Godwin to pay the sum of N20m to the village head of Oku Ikono in Uyo Local Government Area, for unlawful arrest. The Royal father Eteidung Okon Akpan was arrested…
The Senate has vowed to ask the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and other anti-graft agencies to go after defaulting beneficiaries of N135 billion disbursed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN for the purpose of national gas expansion programme. The Senators at the meeting frowned at the lack of synergy between the Ministry…
… We only presented results collated from polling units – LP … Let me confirm from legal team – INEC’s spokesperson The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday accused the Labour Party, LP, of attempt to smuggle forged copies of Certified True Copy, CTC, of the November 11, 2023 Imo governorship election materials. The…
The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Works, Environment, Finance, Justice, and Science & Technology, on Thursday, held a one-day public hearing on the adoption of concrete technology for road construction in Nigeria. Declaring the event open, the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, lamented the poor condition of roads across the country. Represented by…
A 70-year-old Ugandan woman, Safina Namukwaya, has given birth to twins in Kampala, Uganda’s capital. According to BBC, the woman delivered a set of twins; a boy and a girl, after becoming pregnant through an Invitro fertilisation treatment, Namukwaya went through a successful caesarean delivery at the Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Centre in the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday said that every former governor and indeed any individual with corruption cases will face the anti-graft agency’s investigation. The commission’s zonal commander, ACE Aliyu Yunusa stated this at the opening of a one-day EFCC Civil Society Organisations engagement organised in Sokoto. According to Yunusa, no one…
NEPWHAN, in Gombe State, on Thursday, announced the demise of four of its members had died for allegedly using herbal HIV treatment. The Programme Officer of the association, Mr Muhammad Ibrahim shared the information in Gombe at an event to commemorate the 2023 World AIDS Day. Ibrahim said the increase of the use of herbal…
The “upsurge” in respiratory illness in China is not from “a new or novel pathogen,” the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reassured members of Congress on Thursday. The surge is concentrated in northern China, she said, where NBC News has reported hospitals have appeared to be “overwhelmed with sick children.” Since…
