Month: October 2023

World Mental Health Day: de-criminalise mental health, says Pate
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, has called on Nigerians to de-criminalise mental health, but rather empathise with patients suffering from…

FG To Mandate Travellers’ Compensation For Delayed, Cancelled Flights
The Federal Government says it will soon issue an order, compelling airline operators to start paying compensation to passengers for delayed and cancelled flights not…

Clear forex backlog to boost naira confidence, Lemo tells CBN
A former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Tunde Lemo, has advised against the free floating of the naira. He said this while speaking…

NiMET predicts three-day dust haze, thunderstorms
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has issued a weather forecast indicating the likelihood of dust haze and thunderstorms from Monday to Wednesday across the nation. In…

FG denies subsidy return, more fuel stations shut
The Federal Government, on Monday, denied reintroducing the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, amid the closure of many filling stations nationwide due…

PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENTIAL MEDIA ADVISORY TEAM MEMBERS
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the following men and women to serve in the Office of the President under the Media &…

Court convicts crypto trader for fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, October 6, 2023, convicted one Lawrence Success Karinate, a Peer-to-Peer crypto trader for computer-related fraud….

BREAKING Bolanle Raheem: Court sentences ASP to death for murder
The Lagos High Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island, on Monday, sentenced the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who…

Israel, Gaza Reel As Death Toll Soars Above 1,100 In War With Hamas
Israel relentlessly pounded the Gaza Strip early Monday as fighting raged with Hamas around the Gaza Strip and the death toll from the war against…

FCT police speak as insecurity worsens in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command, has reacted to the deteriorating security situation in the nation’s capital The command in a statement issued on…