The World Health Organisation, WHO, has urged member nations of its global tobacco treaty to ban or regulate the use of e-cigarettes and other novel and emerging products of the tobacco industry, in the interest of public health. The call was made during a virtual media briefing by the Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals…
Worried by the recent killings in Plateau State, the House of Representatives is expected to hold a security summit. At least 30 people have been killed in renewed violence in the State, where clashes between Muslim herders and Christian farming communities have erupted for years. The senseless killings and burning of houses have continued in…
Ahead of the September 22 governorship election in Edo State, the deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, says he is confident of clinching the Peoples Democratic Party ticket. Shaibu and his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, have been at loggerheads over the former’s ambition to succeed the latter whose second term tenure is winding down. Already, the PDP…
A woman known for her height has died at the age of 23. Xiao Mo of Shaoyang, China, stood 7.5ft tall and boasted more than 152,000 followers on video social media platform Douyin. She reportedly died on January 15 after succumbing to complications from a cold she had recently caught. Mo was popular on Douyin,…
Liverpool las night defeated Fulham in the semifinal of the Carabao cup to set up a final with Chelsea. The Reds led 2-1 from the first leg and their draw at Craven Cottage was enough to get the job done and set up a Wembley final on 25 February. Luis Diaz gave Liverpool an early…
The main opposition party in Edo state APC is also gearing up in its preparation for the off cycle governorship election in the state. According to the party hierarchy, says it has garnered 250 million naira from the sale of forms to interested aspirants. So far five people have purchased the form ahead of the…
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere has annulled the office of the acting leader of the group, occupied by Pa Ayo Adebanjo. Afenifere, which appointed Adebanjo as the acting leader of the group in 2022, said the position had been abrogated and formed another group named Afenifere Elders Caucus, with Adebanjo a member and Fasoranti as…
A governorship aspirant in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has dismissed rumours of a misunderstanding between him and the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Adams Oshiomhole. Ize-Iyamu said he and Oshiomhole have a cordial relationship. “I will tell you categorically that we are on good terms. There is no quarrel between myself and…
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Tonye Cole and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Siminalayi Fubara as Rivers State governor for lacking in merit. The court held that the appellant did not prove the allegations of non-compliance with the Electoral Act among others. The court held that the appeal…
The trial of an undergraduate Chidinma Ojukwu who was accused of killing the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga resumed on Wednesday at the Lagos High Court with the testimony of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Olusegun Bamidele. He told Justice Yetunde Adesanya, that Chidinma the murder suspect told him she spiked…
