Day: May 17, 2023

EFCC Operative Die During Fight With Colleagues, Suspects In Police Net

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrest of two of its officials, Apata Odunayo and Ogbuji Tochukwu, who were allegedly involved in a scuffle that led to the death of a cadet in the Sokoto Zonal Command of the anti-graft commission, Abel Isah. The suspects were said to have been dragged before a Chief Magistrates’ Court, Gwiwa in Sokoto for criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. The anti-graft agency also noted that the suspects have been suspended by the commission and handed over to the Nigeria Police Force.…

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Sunday Mbang, Methodist ex-Prelate, Is Dead

Efe Wellington

Sunday Mbang was born in Idua Eket, Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on August 26, 1936. A former Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Sunday Coffie Mbang, is dead. Mbang died at 86. Details of his death are still sketchy. Sunday Mbang was born in Idua Eket, Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on August 26, 1936 into a humble and Christian family. He studied at the Effoi Group School, Salvation Army School, Akai-Ubium, Government School, Eket, Methodist Boys’ High School, Oron, Teacher’s College,…

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Obi Watches As Two Labour Party’s Factions Fight At Presidential Tribunal

Abibat Babalola

A mild drama took place at the resumed hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting on Wednesday just as the doors to the court room was opened for lawyers and others to access the courtroom. The drama was between the two camps of the Labour Party (LP) on which group should be in court. The justices arrived to commence the day’s proceedings and also refused to acknowledge the representation of the party aside the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, who is present in court. READ ALSO: London…

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London Court Jails Nigerian Three Years For Flogging Son

ADEOLA YUSUF

An argument by the father, 66, that his action was to discipline his son couldn’t fly. He was, asides three years in jail, also ordered to pay £500 in compensation to his son   An appeal court in London, the United Kingdom, has sentenced a Nigerian man to three years in jail for physically abusing his nine-year-old son. The offender, 66, initially got away with 22 months imprisonment at the end of his trial at the Crown Court in Woolwich, South-east London, which the government disagreed with. Following the government’s appeal…

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Strike: Doctors Shun Talks, Medical Tourism Gulps $3bn In Three Years

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerians spent about $3bn on foreign healthcare-related services from 2020 to 2022, according to findings by The PUNCH. The total spending for the period under review was obtained from the Balance of Payments database of the Central Bank of Nigeria. This came to the fore on Tuesday as the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors insisted on starting a warning strike on Wednesday. The doctors are starting the strike despite the fact that the Federal Government said it had begun talks with their parent body, the Nigerian Medical Association. READ ALSO:…

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