The United States Embassy in Nigeria has advised its citizens living in the country to be vigilant and take safety precautions ahead of a planned countrywide protest by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, also referred to as Shiites. The US Embassy in Nigeria released a statement revealing this information, on Thursday. The Federal Capital…
Rick Slayman, the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, has been discharged from the hospital. Slayman, a 62-year-old manager with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, had previously said his doctors suggested that he try a pig kidney when he was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease last year. According to CNN,…
The Kano State Government has filed an eight-count charge against the immediate past governor of the state, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, for allegedly collecting $200,000 from a contractor, among other infractions, it emerged yesterday. Daily Trust made efforts to speak with the Attorney-General of the state, Haruna Dederi, last night but he did not respond to…
Food inflation or Headline inflation as the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics NBS, would tag the rising prices of goods and services in the country, coupled with the weakening value of the naira, the price of cooking is constituting a major worry to Nigerians across the federation. Tracing the factors responsible for the jump in the…
The Federal Government (FG) has set up a technical Committee on $617.7 million Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (I-DICE) programme The Vice President, Kashim Shettima inaugurated the Committee in Abuja on Wednesday to redefine the digital and creative landscape in the country. “We’ll embark on a journey of innovation, collaboration, and boundless opportunities. A…
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Self-Care Wheel has won the prestigious Director-General’s Excellence Award for Innovation 2023. This marks a significant milestone in the effort to demystify self-care and promote WHO’s recommended self-care interventions. The innovative tool, which was developed as part of WHO’s 2023 LEAD Innovation Challenge, has garnered attention for its potential to…
The Military high command has issued a public appeal for assistance in capturing the remaining seven wanted killers of its 17 soldiers in the Okuoma community of Delta state. Major General Erdward Buba, the Director Defence Media Operations, made the appeal while providing updates on the first quarter operational activities conducted by the armed forces…
Ward attendants at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, Kogi state, took to the streets in protest, Thursday demanding justice for the death of their colleague, Salamatu Aliu, in the post-natal ward. The protesters called on the Federal Ministry of Health to investigate the incident at the hospital. Chanting solidarity songs and holding fresh leafs, the…
Wunmi, the widow of popular late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, has said she did not tell anybody that she contracted sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) from her husband during his lifetime. Mohbad’s widow made this known on her Instagram post on Thursday in reaction to the video of her sister, Karimot, that she,…
Manufacturers and organised Labour have kicked against the Federal Government’s 240 per cent hike in the tariff payable by electricity users enjoying a 20-hour power supply. They insisted on the electricity subsidy, warning that its removal would send manufacturers out of business and worsen inflation. The subsidy on electricity has been withdrawn completely from the…
