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Lagos State University law students have again emerged as winners of the national Moot court competition. According to a statement obtained from the LASU handle on X on Wednesday. The team led by David Akinwunmi and had Temidire Adeyemi and Johnson Ogundein, represented LASU with exceptional skill and determination. The national Moot court competition organised

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Administration and Control, Prof Moji Adeyeye, has urged Nigerians to refrain from storing cooked food in the refrigerator for more than three days. Adeyeye warned that cooked food stored in the refrigerator for days is susceptible to contamination by disease-causing pathogens, key agents of foodborne

The Gombe Network of Civil Society on Monday called on government to prioritise the welfare of Nigerians. The Chairman of the group, Yusuf Ibrahim, stated this in a statement while felicitating with Muslims on the Eid el-Kabir. He urged the government to ensure policies are implemented with the best interest of citizens. He said, “We

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Nasarawa says it has commenced an investigation to unravel those behind the attack on its headquarters in Lafia. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Jerry Victor, said this in an interview on Tuesday in Lafia. Earlier, an unspecified number of bandits attacked the NSCDC

The Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers State chapter, Allwell Ihunda, escaped death narrowly as protesting youths chased him along Moscow Road in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Tuesday. Ihunda, who is the outgoing Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, was on his way to the council secretariat

The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam has condemned the recent violent incident in the Nnobi and Nnewi communities vowing to bring the perpetrators to justice. This follows the abduction and subsequent gun battle that resulted in the deaths of three individuals, including a vigilante operative, and left two others injured. In

As the activities for Hajj 2024 gradually come to a close for about 1.5 million pilgrims from across the world, the Commissioner of Operations, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Prince Anofi Elegushi, has congratulated pilgrims from Ogun State on the successful completion of the 2024 Hajj rites. Elegushi, according to a statement on Tuesday, expressed

The Kogi State Government has banned the traditional procession in Koton Kafe in the Kogi Local Government Area of the state for security reasons. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, announced the ban in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lokoja. Fanwo said that security reports indicated that all was not well in the

Controversial Nigerian music star, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has continually dragged award-winning singer David Adeleke, aka Davido, while claiming that he ripped him and used him to trend on social media. Portable claimed that Davido was supposed to feature him when he hosted him at a dinner in Atlanta, United States. The street-hop

The legal team representing the Aloba family has expressed dissatisfaction with the toxicology test results concerning the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba,  aka Mohbad. The legal practitioners, Wahab Shittu (SAN) and Taiwo Odumosu, Esq., during a press briefing held via Zoom on Monday, faulted the handling of the procedures, adding that it raised serious concerns about

The United State President, Joe Biden has announced plans to announce a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation. According to a report filed by the BBC today, the move will apply to those who have been in the country for at least 10 years and

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said that beverages, ice, and drinks prepared with unclean or contaminated water can spread cholera. Cholera is a food and water-borne disease caused by the ingestion of the bacteria— Vibrio cholerae— in contaminated water and food. Symptoms of cholera include acute profuse, painless watery diarrhoea (rice

Commentator and life coach Solomon Buchi, on Monday, hit out at the “alpha male” movement for their commodification and dehumanisation of women with a sexually explorative past. Posting on X on Monday night, Buchi said, “Women with a sexually explorative past are not ‘damaged goods’ like alpha male fools have strongly propagated. I uphold conservative

As the crisis over the tenure of the outgoing local government chairmen in Rivers State continues, there were sporadic gunshots at the Port Harcourt City Council on Tuesday morning. It was gathered that policemen fired severely into the air to scare away scores of Ijaw youths who came to demonstrate at the Council’s Secretariat against

Thirteen people have died in flooding and landslides in El Salvador and Guatemala as heavy rains pound Central America, authorities from the two countries said. In El Salvador, the hardest hit country so far, five people died Monday in a landslide in the western district of Tacuba, in the department of Ahuachapan, Civil Defence chief

A resurgence of cholera across Africa has driven an urgent need for more vaccine doses, but stock shortages have hampered the fight against the increasing outbreaks of the deadly disease. But pressure on the supply of doses is now decreasing, said Aurelia Nguyen, Chief Programme Pfficer of the Gavi Vaccine Alliance that raises funds to

Thailand on Tuesday became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a “victory” by campaigners. The Senate upper house gave final approval — by 130 votes to four, with 18 abstentions — to changes to the marriage law allowing same-sex couples to tie the knot.

The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department reported that a Nigerian suspect, allegedly involved in drug dealing, attacked one of its officers during an operation in Randburg, north of South Africa’s biggest city. JMPD said its officers were following a lead on the Nigerian suspect on Sunday afternoon and when they arrived at the scene, the suspect

Civilian deaths due to armed conflicts around the world soared 72 per cent last year, the UN rights chief, Volker Turk, said Tuesday. This significant rise highlights a worsening situation in terms of civilian safety and the impact of armed conflicts on non-combatant populations globally. Turk told the opening of a United Nations Human Rights

Abdulmumuni Abiola, a brother to Kola Abiola and son of the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late MKO Abiola, has criticised the poor handling of his father’s legacies. He expressed his disappointment in the podcast MIC ON with Seun Okinbaloye, released Saturday night. He also blamed Kola, Abiola’s eldest son, who

President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigerians are not the only ones facing poverty in the world. While admitting that there are poverty and suffering in the land, Tinubu said the challenges must be tackled. One of the ways of tackling them, he explained, is to eliminate banditry and terrorism so that farmers cab return

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that the abducted Fouani brothers and two others have been rescued. The spokesperson for the command, Benjamin Hundeyin, made it known via a text message to our correspondent on Tuesday. According to him the abducted brothers identified as Abbas Fouani, Youssef Fouani, and Amtal Fouani, who were abducted

The English Premier League has released the fixtures for the 2024/2025 season, with Matchday 1 set to kick off on the weekend of August 17 and 18, 2024. Fans are counting down the days until the action begins. Premier League lovers and supporters across the globe are buzzing with excitement as the schedule promises thrilling

France captain, Kylian Mbappe, has been diagnosed with a broken nose after an injury during Monday’s 1-o Euro 2024 win over Austria, the French Football Federation has confirmed. In a statement on Tuesday, the FFF said, “Kylian Mbappé suffered a broken nose during the second part of the Austria-France held this Monday in Düsseldorf.” It

Four Philippine policemen were found guilty Tuesday of killing a father and son, court officials said, in a rare case of law enforcement officers being prosecuted for taking part in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war. The four low-ranking officers were all sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for the shooting deaths