Day: February 3, 2024

Why We Sacked 1,973 Employees — Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital CMD

Ganiyu Amodu

The Chief Medical Director, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. John Okeniyi, has indicted his predecessor, Dr. Olumuyiwa Owojuyigbe, for not following due process in the recruitment waiver approved for the hospital. The CMD of the teaching hospital offered the detailed explanation at an online press conference on Friday. Okeniyi said the waiver to recruit a total of 450 fresh staff into clinical and non-clinical positions was obtained from the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. He said the illegal recruitment…

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Mother of 19 From Different Fathers Pregnant With 20th Child

Ganiyu Amodu

. “I am not done yet,” what to know about the 39 year-old woman who claims she doesn’t even know who’s responsible for the new pregnancy   A woman has revealed she is mum to 19 children – and they all have different dads. Martha, 39, and pregnant with her 20th child, says she is keen to have even more kids. Like with all her existing brood, her newborn is from a different father too – but in this case, she is unaware of who the dad is. READ ALSO:…

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Owner Burnt To Death While Recovering Goods From His Shop

Ganiyu Amodu

A shop owner was burnt to death on Tuesday while recovering his property from his shop at the Gusau Central Market, Zamfara State. This development was revealed to the News Agency of Nigeria by the Zamfara State Fire Service on Wednesday. The Director of the Zamfara State Fire Service, Abdullahi Dauran, confirmed the incident. Darn told NAN: “We received a report of the fire outbreak and deployed our men to the scene. READ ALSO N4.9m Or Nothing: Govt Announces 2024 Hajj Fares for Nigerians Court Sentences Man To 30 Months…

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Kwara Opens Tanke Flyover’s Service Lanes, Gives Reasons

Abibat Babalola

Kwara State Government has opened the second service lane of the Tunde Idiagbon Flyover in Tanke to ease traffic along that axis. The government had earlier opened one of the service lanes. But the second one was opened on Wednesday afternoon along with the tributary roads emptying into it as construction work ramps up on the imposing bridge.  State Commissioner for Works,  Abdulqowiyu Olododo stated this in Ilorin during a facility tour of the bridge and other road projects in some parts of the metropolis.  “This afternoon, we have opened…

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N4.9m Or Nothing: Govt Announces 2024 Hajj Fares for Nigerians

Damilola Olonade

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has fixed the final fare prices for the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage exercise. The commission had earlier in October, pegged the initial fare deposit at N4.5m, noting that the fixed amount was “in tandem with the dollar rate that will determine the final cost of the coming Hajj”, and that the amount would give the commission a more realistic figure in bargaining for the cost of accommodation, airline fares, feeding, and other necessities. However, in a statement signed by NAHCON’s Assistant Director of Public Affairs,…

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Court Sentences Man To 30 Months Imprisonment For Raping Three-Year-Old Girl

Abibat Babalola

An Ado- Ekiti High Court has sentenced 20-year-old Seun Olarewaju to 30 calendar months imprisonment for raping a three-year-old girl. The convict was arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on June 6, 2022 on a count of rape. According to the charge, that Olarewaju, on August 6, 2021 at Ado Ekiti within the jurisdiction of the court did rape a three years old girl, contrary to section 31(1) of the Child Right Law, Cap C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. READ ALSO: Some Parents Are The Enemy! By Chukwuneta Oby Gunmen Strike…

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Suspended Monarch Linked To Illegal Mining, Says Oyo Government

Abibat Babalola

The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, has said that the Oyo State Government will hit hard at anyone, no matter how highly placed, who contravenes the law. Oyelade was reacting to the suspension of the Onido of Ido land, Oba Gbolagade Muritala Babalola (Gbadewolu I), by the state government on Friday. He revealed that the government took the tough measure of sending signals to those aiding and abetting criminals within the state’s territory, saying that “they are in the wrong place at the wrong time.” READ…

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