A father, Olasunkanmi Adeyemi, has lamented the sudden disappearance of his 9-year-old son, Emmanuel Adeyemi, in Lagos State. Speaking to Punch on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, Mr Adeyemi said his child went missing while on an evangelical outreach in the Orile-Agege area of the state on November 19. “We went for an evangelism outreach three weeks ago on Sunday with a church where we go to pray. While in church, my wife brought him (Emmanuel) to me and …
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Protesters on Wednesday, December 6, invaded the National Assembly building in Abuja, to protest the killing of several innocent citizens by a military drone that bombed them on Sunday, December 3. The protesters surrounded the National Assembly entry gate with banners, demanding justice for the bombing victims and putting pressure on the Minister of Defense Abubakar Badaru to fulfill his obligations or step down. Recall that over 120 civilians who were celebrating Maulud in the village of Tudun …
The House of Representatives Committee on Health has revealed that not less than five wards, with about 150 beds, have been closed down at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba due to a shortage of health workers. The chairman of the committee, Dr. Amos Magaji said the five wards had to be shut because there were no health workers to operate them despite the large number of patients received at the institutions on a daily basis. He said LUTH was …
Social media influencer and medical doctor, Harvey Olufunmilayo has slammed the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani over a plan by the FG to engage in Telemedicine. It all started after Dr. Bosun (pictured top right) posted a tweet asking Nigerian doctors based abroad what they think about a tech platform that they can use to treat Nigerians. Dr Olufunmilayo didn’t buy the idea. He called it a very foolish idea which would not solve …
Australian basketball star Josh Giddey is being investigated by the NBA following an allegation of the Boomers ace having an improper relationship with an under-aged girl. In a since-deleted post, an anonymous social media user said a girl who is seen with Giddey in videos and photographs was a high school junior at the time. The social media account has since been deactivated. Giddey just turned 21 in October. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard was on Friday peppered …
Orlando Pirates star player Thembinkosi Lorch has been suspended from all club activities until 12 December 2023. Lorch was handed the suspension after a Randburg Magistrate’s Court found him guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Fundiswa Mathithibala, in a domestic violence incident that took place in 2020. He reportedly slapped and choked his then-girlfriend after she had asked about his whereabouts when he vanished. The two had planned to go out together. In July the Randburg Magistrate’s Court convicted …