How Nigerian Hospital Offered Teenage Boy N1m For Kidney Removal A 16-year-old boy, on Monday, told an FCT High Court in Zuba that he was offered N1 million by Emmanuel Olorunlaye, for his kidney to be removed at Alliance Hospital, Abuja. The teenager made this known while being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Hassan Tahir. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, charged the defendants alongside the Hospital with 11 counts bordering on organ harvesting. The defendants are the Medical Director, Alliance Hospital, Dr Christopher Otabor, Emmanuel Olorunlaye, Chikaodili Ugochukwu, Administrative Secretary of the…
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Nigerian Government Moves To Ban Some PoS Operators Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Government Moves To Ban Some PoS Operators The Corporate Affairs Commission and some Point of Sale operators have agreed to protect customers’ interest. The Registrar-General of CAC, Hussaini Magaji, said this when the operators visited him in his office in Abuja. Mr Magaji said the operators agreed to a two-month timeline to register their agents and merchants with CAC. According to him, this is in line with the legal requirements and the directives of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He said, “The measure is to…
After CBN, FAAN Nigerian Government Set To Relocate Another Office To Lagos A non-profit insurance organisation, Transparent Protection Ltd/GTE, has said the management of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) should consider urgent reforms including staff rationalisation, relocating its supervisory operations to Lagos where the operators are concentrated, and building a strong IT capacity to enable it to carry out supervisory duties effectively. TPL said the call was necessitated by the fact that the commission was running at a rather languid pace due to a lack of funds and manpower to discharge its duties. “Although NAICOM like several other federal government’s…
Young Lady Commits Suicide A 34-year-old girl simply identified as Blessing has reported drank substances suspected to be Sniper, highly potent insecticides; thereby killing herself in Warri, Delta State. Details as to why she killed herself were still sketchy at the time of this report. A friend of the deceased, simply identified as Ejiro, said she killed herself out of depression. According to her: “She bought Sniper and drank it without anyone knowing. Before she drank it, she wrote a letter near her dead body, and she said in the letter that she was depressed. No help from family members…
Terrorists Invade Birthday Party, Kill Many Injure Others Bandits invaded the Sanga Local Government Area in Kaduna State, killing at least six persons and injuring about nine more with gunshot wounds. The terrorists invaded the Ambe settlement on motorcycles and began shooting at unsuspecting residents. Micah Aude, the community’s youth leader, confirmed the terrible event on Monday. He stated that the assailants targeted a specific house where a birthday party was being hosted, resulting in injuries among others gathered around surrounding stores. Micah further revealed that the locals managed to capture one of the attackers who was riding a motorcycle,…
2024 UTME: Some Candidates With High Scores Will Not Get Admission – Says JAMB, Gives Shocking Reason The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has explained why some candidates may not secure admission despite getting high scores in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The spokesman of the Board, Fabian Benjamin, spoke in an interview with Arise Television on Monday. “Admission is contingent upon the cut-off marks set by schools and specific departments. “There is nothing wrong with analyzing the performance of any exercise, but the first issue that one will have to bear in mind is understanding the purpose…
BREAKING: Many Causalities As Nigerian Policemen Shoot At Women Protesting Against Extortion There was pandemonium on Monday as policemen attached to the Ughelli Area Command, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, shot at protesting women in the area resulting to many sustaining injuries and taken to the hospital. It was gathered that trouble started when the women of Oteri-Ughelli community in the local government council protested to the Ughelli area command of the Nigeria police force over alleged police extortion and incessant harassment from the Nigerian police. It was gathered that the women in their hundreds protested peacefully…
Hoodlums Kill Policemen, Vigilante Operators Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Hoodlums Kill Policemen, Vigilante Operators Two police officers and three vigilante operators known as the Neighbourhood Watch Group were killed in an attack by a band of rampaging hoodlums in the Igga town of Enugu State’s Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area. One villager was also reported deceased after joint security forces allegedly entered the community following an attack on them by unknown gunmen. It was gathered that the hoodlums on Friday evening attacked and killed the security operatives at Ada Rice Production Nigeria Limited, a farm settlement near the community,…
BREAKING: Edo Assembly Fires Three Lawmakers On Monday, May 6, the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), unilaterally suspended three lawmakers. The suspension was apparently caused by an alleged juju panic at the Assembly compound, as well as an alleged plot to impeach Agbebaku and other key executives. The suspended lawmakers are Donald Okogbe (PDP, Akoko-Edo II), Bright Iyamu (PDP, Orhionmwon II), and Adeh Isibor (All Progressives Congress, APC, Esan Northeast I). Agbebaku, while announcing the lawmakers’ suspension, accused them of being influenced by external forces to cause chaos and…
Real Reason Tinubu Hurriedly Awarded Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road Contract – Atiku Exposes Top Secret Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar alleged on Sunday that President Bola Tinubu rushed to award the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project to Chagoury Group due to his son Seyi’s interest in the company. According to a statement published by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, Atiku stated that Seyi served on the board of CDK Integrated Industries, a subsidiary of the Chagoury Group, which is owned by Gilbert Chagoury, one of the president’s business associates. Atiku described the situation as a conflict of interest and a violation of…