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Pope’s health improving as hopes of leaving hospital rise

Pope’s health improving as hopes of leaving hospital rise

Pope Francis spent a peaceful second night in hospital for treatment of bronchitis, a Vatican source said Friday, as a senior cardinal said the 86-year-old could be discharged as soon as Saturday. Doctors late Thursday reported a “marked improvement” in the condition of the pontiff, who was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Wednesday, and […]
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School bus conveying children summersaults in Lagos

School bus conveying children summersaults in Lagos

A school bus conveying children of ages one to five, on Thursday, somersaulted and injured the occupants, in Lagos. The accident occurred in the morning at Surulere. The bus with registration number KTU-465DN hit a median barrier and pulled off a concrete holding a street light, before somersaulting, a News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, correspondent, […]

Prof, firms facing N1.4bn fraud case gets N1m bail in Lagos

Prof, firms facing N1.4bn fraud case gets N1m bail in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March, has arraigned a Professor, Uche Edwin, before the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on charges of alleged N1.4 billion fraud. Edwin was arraigned alongside his companies, Visionary Integrated Consulting Limited, NEMAD Associates Limited and Revamp Global Enterprise, on an […]

Explosions, fire at Russian security building

Explosions, fire at Russian security building

One person was killed and two more were injured in southern Russia Thursday when a fire tore through FSB security service offices in a region bordering Ukraine. Local residents reported hearing explosions before the building burst into flames in the southern Russian city of this morning, TASS news agency reports Kyiv denied direct involvement in […]

<strong>UK bans TikTok on govt devices</strong>

UK bans TikTok on govt devices

The UK on Thursday announced a security ban on the Chinese-owned video app TikTok on government devices, in line with action by the European Union and the United States. “We will do so with immediate effect,” Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden told parliament. Western authorities have been taking an increasingly firm approach to the app, […]

How to apply for NDLEA recruitment 2023/2024 

How to apply for NDLEA recruitment 2023/2024 

The NDLEA online application will be open for a period of four weeks starting from Sunday 12th March to Saturday 8th April 2023. Interested applicants are to log on to the NDLEA online recruitment portal and complete the application.

Victory: 26-year-old rides bicycle from Kastina to see Tinubu in Lagos

Victory: 26-year-old rides bicycle from Kastina to see Tinubu in Lagos

The Bola Tinubu 4 President 2023 Support Group on Wednesday received a 26-year-old man,  Mr Gaddafi Musa, who rode a bicycle from Kastina to Lagos to celebrate President-elect Bola Tinubu’s victory.

Mr Fola Tinubu, the Convener and Director-General of the group, led the members to receive Musa in Ikeja.