The Ondo State Environmental Protection Agency (OSEPA) has advised major distributors and retailers of plastic bottled drinks, water and sachets  to desist from displaying their products on the road kerbs and exposing the them to the ray of sun to prevent health hazards to human. OSEPA’s Administrative Secretary, Princess Korede Giwa gave the advice during an advocacy campaign against exposing …

Funeral rites for departed wife of a former Registrar of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), Mrs Regina Chinwe Bel-Molokwu commence on Thursday with a Service of Songs at Saint Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland, Lagos from 6 pm. Dr Josef Bel-Molokwu, the widower, was APCON Registrar/CEO from 1994 and 2005. According to Onitsha’s Molokwu and Umunna families, Mrs Bel-Molokwu …

The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot, has sent a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong to prison for one month. The lawyer, who has been handling a case for his client before Justice Obot’s court in Uyo, announced the development in a message he posted on his WhatsApp status around 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday. “I have been sent …

The two Nigerian young men shot dead on Saturday at an ATL Lounge in Canada recently were graduates of Canadian higher institutions, according to a GoFundMe account opened by one Adamu Abdul. According to Abdul, who says one of the victims was his cousin, the Nigerians killed at the facility at Vaughan, Ontario, Canada were Chibueze Momah (22), and Tosin …

... calls on Police to find murderers The Deputy President of the Senate Ovie Omo-Agege has called on security agencies to fish out the killers of his legislative aide, Cyril Mudiagbe. Senator Omo-Agege, who expressed shock over the murder, described Mudiagbe as a dedicated, committed staff and “grassroots loyalist who believed in the cause of a truly great Delta State,” …

…donates kidney dialysis centres to mark 70th anniversary The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has committed over N32.3 billion on 990,270 social impact initiatives across the country in the last four years. These projects – 990,270 in all – have benefited over 166 million people, and poised to do more, according to the Assistant Continental Overseer, Pastor Idowu Iluyomade. …

The Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Joseph Albasu Kunini has raised alarm over an outbreak of cholera epidemic which has killed no fewer than 10 people in Lau state constituency, which he represents in the parliament. About 100 other victims have also been hospitalised and in urgent need of medical attention. During plenary on Monday, the …

Two Nigerian men – Tosin Amos Arowoshegbe and one Eze – were killed in the early hours after a shooting at a nightclub in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, north of Toronto, Canada. They were employed as security guards at the facility. York Regional Police’s investigators disclosed that officers got to that scene following a report of a shooting at …

The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria has directed its members to suspend the nationwide withdrawal of services from Monday. In a statement on Saturday signed by its president, Alhaji Mansur Umar and National Secretary, Hon. Jude Okafor, the association said the suspension of the strike was to enable the Federal Government “take necessary measures to cushion our …

A week after he was hospitalised, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is back on his feet, grateful to Nigerians and all those who showed concern. In a statement on Sunday, Osinbajo also thanked the medical team that performed the surgical operation. The medical team at Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos had carried out the operation following complaints by the Vice President …