Malaria By Toba Ajayi Dr Oluwatosin Fakayode, the Director of Public Health at the Kwara Ministry of Health, has said that about 60 per cent of malaria cases are linked to environmental factors. Fakayode said this on Tuesday in Ilorin at the Kwara State Malaria Advocacy, Communication and Social MobilisationContinue Reading
Remand By Patience Yakubu A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of two men, Danladi Usman, 23 and Nasir Ahmed, 26, in a correctional facility over alleged kidnapping. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, are facing trial over alleged conspiracy and kidnapping. The Magistrate, Mr Ibrahim Emmanuel,Continue Reading
Development By Oyintutu Oyinkolade The Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) has urged the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to review the Abuja Master Plan without compromising designated parks and green areas. The President of REDAN, Oba Akintoye Adeoye, made the appeal in an exclusive interviewContinue Reading
Bail By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday admitted Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), to a N200 million bail with two sureties. Justice Mohammed Umar, in a ruling on Sowore’s application for stay of execution of the order for his bailContinue Reading
Suspects By Muftau Ogunyemi The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun, says it has rescued a kidnap victim, and arrested a father and his three sons at Oba-Ile Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state. Mr Adetunji Adeleye, Amotekun Corps Commander made the disclosure whileContinue Reading
Drugs Ibironke Ariyo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an 84-year-old and 75-year-old grandfathers for allegedly selling illicit drugs to teenage secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia. This is contained in a statement by Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. BabafemiContinue Reading
Arrest By Ibironke Ariyo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 75-year-old grandmother and two couples in separate operations across Oyo, Lagos, and Ekiti states, with over 1.5 tonnes of illicit drugs recovered. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statementContinue Reading
Remand By Patience Yakubu A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 26-year-old man, Samson Gandu, be remanded in a correction centre, for allegedly stabbing his older brother over disagreement over a plot of land. The police charged Gandu with attempted culpable homicide. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, did not takeContinue Reading
Ban By Stephen Adeleye The management of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, Kogi, has announced new security measures across campus following an “unfortunate security breach” on June 11. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on June 11, a 300-level Biochemistry student, was killed by suspected cultists. TwoContinue Reading
Newborn By Deborah Akpede The Police Command in Lagos State has apprehended a medical doctor, a traditional birth attendant and the parents of a newborn baby over the alleged sale of the child for N2.5 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 28-year-old mother and her boyfriendContinue Reading
