Court slaps 3-year prison sentence on TikToker for cyberstalking Eniola Badmus
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a lady, Okoye Blessing Nwakaego, to three years imprisonment for cyberstalking Nollywood actress Eniola Badmus via a social media app, TikTok. Justice Nicholas Oweibo convicted Nwakaego following her plea of guilty to a two-count charge of cyberstalking. The court ruled that the offence contravened sections 24(1)(b)(2)(a)(c) […]
President Tinubu submits list of 19 more Ministerial-Nominees
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, unveiled 19 more ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu. The second batch of the Ministerial nominees was summited by the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, right during the screening exercise of Ali Pate– one of the nominees on the first list. Among the […]
Lagos doctors declare 5 days of mourning, strike action in Lagos Island General hospitals
The Lagos state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, has directed all the doctors working in the three government hospitals on the Lagos Island to begin an indefinite strike over the death of its colleague, Dr Vwaere Diaso. The NMA also declared a five-day mourning period in the state and asked doctors in the other […]
NLC: Senate intervenes, protests suspended for 1 week, as workers break National Assembly Gate
The labour unions in the country, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Wednesday held their protests rally over the hike in the pump price of petrol. In Abuja, the nation’s capital, the workers started their march from the Unity Fountain through the Federal Secretariat to the National Assembly, where it turned […]
Doctor dies in elevator crash in Lagos General hospital
A medical doctor identified as Vwaere Diaso has died after the elevator she was in crashed from the 10th floor of the Lagos Island General Hospital, Odan. In a now-viral tweet, the doctor is said to be a graduate of Babcock University who had 2 weeks until the end of her housemanship at the hospital. […]