Doctors, under the aegis of Medical Guild, Lagos State, have suspended their three-day warning strike which began on Monday. The Secretary of the guild, Dr Ismail Ajibowo, in an interview with our correspondent, said the doctors would resume work on Thursday. He said, “We decided to suspend the strike t...
More details have emerged on the demise of Nigeria’s first female combat pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile. Arotile died at the Nigerian Air Force base in Kaduna on Tuesday. She died less than a year after she was decorated as the first female combatant helicopter pilot. The 24-year-old from Kogi...
The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have agreed to rescind a policy that would bar international students taking online-only courses from residing in the United States, District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs announced at a hearing on Tuesday. ICE will reve...
The winner of season five of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, will be walking home with a sum of N30m as cash prize, a home and one special utility vehicle amongst other prizes. This was made known by the reality show organisers, Multichoice Nigeria, a few days ahead of the commencement. With the countdown t...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed all lawmakers to go for COVID-19 tests following the death of the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Tunde Braimoh. Our correspondent also gathered that the Assembly had been closed for fumigation Braimoh, who represented Kosof...
The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill seeking to recognise boys and men as capable of being victims of rape. The bill also prescribes life imprisonment for kidnappers. The current maximum sentence for the offence is 10 years’ imprisonment. The bill contains amendments to the Criminal Code Act. The propo...
