Day: January 10, 2023

A Nasarawa State medical doctor, Ahmed Isaiah has died of Lassa fever while carrying out surgery on a patient. Members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Nasarawa State held a procession for the deceased in Lafia on Tuesday The doctor died on Dec. 31, 2022, at the National Hospital, Abuja. NMA chairman in the state, Dr Peter Attah, confirmed that the deceased Dr Isaiah, …

An evangelist has issued a warning to the federal government following reports of alleged plan to postpone the 2023 election. Samson Oluwamodede prophesied that there will be consequences if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, attempts to postpone the forthcoming general electionPointedly, Oluwamodede warned that moving the election from its already scheduled dates might plunge the country into chaos and unrest.  According to the popular …

Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank has been fined in the United Kingdom, according to a report by Punch.  UK- based financial watchdog, Financial Conduct Authority fined the British subsidiary of Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank 7.6 million pounds ($9.3 million).  According to a statement by the body on Tuesday, the FCA said the fine was imposed due to the failures in GTBank’s anti-money laundering systems and controls.  …

A suspected thief has been apprehended at Watchman Street in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. According to Facebook user, Oko Ejike Richard, the suspect allegedly robbed a young lady who was on her way to church on Sunday morning, January 8, 2023.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has reportedly shut down its East African office in Nairobi, Kenya.  A report by Punch revealed that the decision happened after its third party contractor, Sama, announced changes to its operation.  The operational changes by Sama begins March 2023, after the content moderation terms of service with Facebook come to an end, as the company would be …

Faezeh Hashemi The daughter of former Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has been handed a five-year jail term, her lawyer confirmed on Tuesday. The lawyer did not give detail of the charges against Faezeh Hashemi. But Tehran’s public prosecutor indicted Hashemi last year on charges of “propaganda against the system”, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency. State media in September reported she had been …

The Federal Government On Tuesday resumed the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction/rehabilitation project. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Umar Bakare, appealed to road users for their understanding while monitoring resumed work and laying of crash barriers along construction zones between OPIC and Berger, on the Lagos- bound lane. Recall that work was suspended on the axis days back in anticipation of the return …

Cyph Ex-BBNaija housemate, Cyph has apologised to his female colleague, ChiChi after he ridiculed her about her new age. Chichi sprung a controversy on the internet after she announced her new age as 23 in a Tweet prior to her birthday. Her revelation did not sit right with a number of trolls, who went in search of her throwback photos. Reacting to the ongoing brouhaha, Cyph …

Ahead of the forthcoming elections, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC,  has met with governors elected under the party as well as some members of its Presidential Campaign Council PCC. Equally at the meeting which held late Monday was his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. Although details of the meeting were not made available, Vanguard gathered that it was …

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has boasted that he will incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) if he wins the 2023 presidential election.   He had once made boasted of ending ASUU strike during one of his campaigns with President Muhammadu Buhari while his party was seeking power.  According to Tinubu, he provide loans for university students.  He …