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one dead, two injured in road crash on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), on Sunday, said that one person died, while two others sustained injuries in a road accident that occurred at Onihale area, near Owode-Ijako, on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Mrs Temitope Oseni, the TRACE Unit Commander, Owode-Ijako, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, that the accident occurred at about 6.15 am. on Sunday. She explained that a truck, with no registration number, heading to Sango-Ota from Abeokuta, lost control due to tyre burst. Oseni said that the vehicle somersaulted twice, resulting in the death of the motor boy, while the driver and one other sustained injuries. READ ALSO: Auto Accident: One died, nine injured in Anambra Oseni explained that the motor boy was trying to jump out of the vehicle when he hit his head on the road, which resulted in his death. “The corpse of the victim has been taken for burial by the family me...

Brain Drain: Vice-Chancellors, industrialists counsel Nigerian physicians Prof Bomi Ogedengbe, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LUTH; Dr Abayomi Ajayi, Founder/CEO Nordica Fertility Centre, Lagos, Asaba & Abuja, and Mrs. Funmi Babington-Ashaye, MD /CEO, Risk Analyst Insurance Brokers Ltd., Lagos, who are all mentors of the Physicians Mentoring Programme during the formal presentation of the programme weekend in Lagos. By Sola Ogundipe A group of professionals including the Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun; the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, and Nigeria’s first female Minister of Industry and former President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Nike Akande (CON), are mentoring young Nigerian doctors and emerging physicians towards stemming brain drain in the country. They are part of an 8-member group of mentors in a newly launched free Physicians Mentoring Programme designed to r...

Okowa rejects death penalty for hate speech Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Sunday, rejected the proposed death penalty clause in the Hate Speech Bill currently before the National Assembly. Okowa, who repudiated the clause during the 2019 General Harvest at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Anglican Communion, Abuja, stressed that the whole world was moving away from capital punishment for an offence. He noted that it would not be right for the country to resort to the death penalty at this time and age. The governor said: “I condemn hate speech in totality but we shouldn’t be moving in that direction. It is not the right path, more so, when people could misjudge the intentions of whosoever is making a speech. READ ALSO: Get closer to citizens, Okowa advises leaders “We may not know who will be the determinant at the end of the day and what will constitute the entirety of the hate speech. “So, you may just find innocent souls dying for nothing and these are souls creat...

Anti-social Media Bill: Senator defends alleged Plagiarism of Singapore Statute  By Henry Umoru  Chairman, Senate Services Committee and sponsor of the Protection from Internet Falsehoods and Manipulations Bill, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa, All Progressives Congress, APC, Niger East came out on Sunday to defend very strongly, allegations of plagiarism that have been levelled against him. Senator Sani, sponsor of the bill which is described as anti-social media bill, Senator Sani Musa in a Whatsapp message yesterday explained that the similarity between his draft bill and the Singaporean Statute on the same subject was in order. Recall that a copy of the Singaporean legislation on the same subject matter, which surfaced on social media weekend revealed that the title and most of the contents of Musa’s bill currently undergoing debate at the National Assembly were the same. READ ALSO: Civil Society Organisation calls for immediate stoppage of Social Media Bill A statement fro...

Poor Salary: Unions give Kaduna govt. 21 days ultimatum Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai A Joint Unions of Tertiary Institutions of Kaduna State has given 21 days’ notice to Kaduna State Government to settle their outstanding demands lingering for 10 years. This is contained in a statement signed by the Joint Chairman of the unions, Mr. Noah Dallami and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria on Sunday. READ ALSO: Customs seizes N43m smuggled goods within one week in Kaduna NAN reports that the unions included Academic, Non-Academic as well as Senior Staff Associations in the state-owned tertiary institutions of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria and College of Education, Gidan waya, Kafanchan. The unions said having waited patiently for government to respond on the lingering issues which started since 2014, the unions had no other alternative than to resort to the last option of industrial action. “Having waited patiently on government for ...

Heavy shooting in Rivers as police recovers remains of woman from water well By Davies Iheamnachor There was heavy shooting on Sunday at Rumuosi community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, by yet to be identified persons, after operatives of the Nigerian Police recovered remains of a woman who was killed and dumped in the well. It was learned that the lady identified as Wada Oluchi, who hails from a community in Emohua LGA, had been missing since 20th of November, but was later found dead Sunday, in a well in the area. The police which recovered the remains yesterday evening upon investigation has taken the remains of the victim to the mortuary. READ ALSO: Sporadic shootings leave scores injured, goods destroyed in Onitsha The police have, however, arrested three suspects including a boyfriend of the victim during the operation. Meanwhile, there was heavy shooting on the area after the police had removed the corpse of the lady from the well. It was alleged that the...

NSITF Scam Allegation: We won’t compromise investigations – ICPC Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, ABUJA-THE Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission, ICPC, has said it will not compromise on the investigation of the alleged N2.3 billion scam at the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF. Some of the management staff of NSITF were accused of spending N2. 294,161,025  without the approval of the board and the supervisory ministry which is the Ministry of Labour and Employment. READ ALSO:Alleged Extortion: Another 26 FRSC officials arrested, says ICPC(Opens in a new browser tab) Vanguard investigations revealed that the ICPC has written the Managing Director, Pastor Adeboye Sonefun and three Executive Directors of the Fund to appear before it to answer questions for alleged financial infractions. Aside the MD, the three Executive Directors according to the letter signed by Akeem Lawal, Director, Operations, IC...