Day: September 20, 2023

Tears As LUTH Doctor Dies Allegedly After 72-hour Non-stop Shift

Ganiyu Amodu

A medical doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, died during a Sunday church service after performing a 72-hour surgery without a break at the neurosurgery unit. The Association of Resident Doctors disclosed this in a letter dated September 19, addressed to LUTH’s chief medical director. The doctors accused their senior colleagues of bullying them, giving them stressful call hours without breaks, and not providing feeding and good accommodation. READ ALSO: Tribunal Sacks Kano Gov, Abba Yusuf Nigeria Gets 95,000 Quota For Hajj 2024 Pilgrims 2nd Time In 5…

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Tribunal Sacks Kano Gov, Abba Yusuf

Abibat Babalola

The Governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Kano State has sacked the incumbent governor of the state, Abba Kabir Yusuf, and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir Yusuf, as the winner of the March 18th, 2023 election. This is coming after the tribunal delivered its ruling via zoom on Wednesday citing security concerns. READ ALSO: Nigeria Gets 95,000 Quota For Hajj 2024 Pilgrims 2nd Time In 5 Days: National Grid Collapses Again How My Father Was Assassinated In My Presence – Teni The Tribunal is sitting…

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Nigeria Gets 95,000 Quota For Hajj 2024 Pilgrims

Abibat Babalola

The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced the allocation of 95,000 Hajj seats to Nigeria in the forthcoming 2024 Hajj rites. This was made known via a virtual meeting held between the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah held today (Tuesday). The meeting which officially marked the start of the 2024 Hajj was attended by the Chairman, House Committee on Hajj, Honorable Jafar Mohammed, representatives of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Abubakar Sani Bello as well as…

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2nd Time In 5 Days: National Grid Collapses Again

Aliyu Aliyu

Electricity supply dips by 97% to 88MW   The Nigerian Electricity transmission system also known as national power grid suffered another collpase on Tuesday, crashing the power supply by 97.1 percent from 3,152.7MW to 88MW. Platforms Africa reports that the partial collapse, which occurred between 11am and 12 noon, was the second time the grid collapsed in the last five days. READ ALSO: Power Minister Eyes 20,000 MW Generation Capacity In 3 Years National Grid Collapses, Plunges Nigeria Into Total Blackout Mohbad: Ekiti Private Radio Bans Naira Marley Songs NNPC…

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Power Minister Eyes 20,000 MW Generation Capacity In 3 Years

ADEOLA YUSUF

Thoughts, Time, and Target – Scanning Through Adelabu’s Mind: Word-for-word of what the minister, who blatantly declared ” I have limited time to use in power sector,” wants Nigerians, stakeholders to expect   Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has set ambitious goals to hike Nigeria’s power generation capacity to at least 20,000 megawatts (MW) within the next three years. The capacity, according to the latest figures, stands at 12,522 MW, Platforms Africa reports. Adelabu, who made this known while delivering his opening address on Day 1 at Nigeria Energy…

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Dangote Refinery Imports Crude As NNPCL Swaps Oil For Loans

Abibat Babalola

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is currently importing crude oil and expects its first crude cargo in two weeks’5 time, the Executive Director, Dangote Group, Devakumar Edwin, has revealed. Although the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited trades crude oil on behalf of Nigeria, Edwin in an interview with S&P Global Commodity Insights on Monday, said the NNPCL had committed its crude to other entities. The Dangote refinery boss did not disclose the other entities receiving the oil company’s crude but NNPC disclosed last month it had entered into a $3bn crude…

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Mohbad: Ekiti Private Radio Bans Naira Marley Songs

Abibat Babalola

A privately owned radio broadcast station, Fresh FM 106.9 FM, Ado in Ekiti State, on Tuesday morning, banned the playing of songs by Nigerian singer, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, from airing on the station till further notice. The radio station disclosed this in a post shared on its Instagram handle (@freshfm1069adoekiti) and signed by its Head of production and Music Content, Oluwaseunfunmi Williams. The ban follows the death of Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji, popularly known as MohBad, and criticism surrounding Naira Marley. READ ALSO: Adebola, 12 Year-Old…

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Adebola, 12 Year-Old Boy With Missing Intestine, Is Dead

Damilola Olonade

“After months in pains, anguish, and malnutrition, he developed complications,” family source gives pity-evoking details of how Adebola Akin-Bright breathed his last at the intensive care unit of LASUTH + Hospital’s reaction    Twelve-year-old Adebola Akin-Bright, whose small part of his intestines was missing while undergoing treatment has died. He died on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 evening at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. A source close to the family of the deceased told our correspondent that after months pains and malnutrition as a result of his condition. the boy…

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