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Return home – President Tinubu pleads with diaspora health workers

President Tinubu has appealed to Nigerian medical professionals practising outside the country to return home and contribute their quota to national development.   The President made the appeal at the State House on Friday, July when he received members of the Nigerian Diaspora Medical Associations.   The Director-General of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM),…

Ondo police command confirms arrest of officers in viral video threatening to slap, detain motorist if he’s Igbo

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and three inspectors over a viral video showing them making unprofessional and ethnically insensitive remarks to a member of the public.   The officers were arrested following the circulation of the video, which captured one of them threatening to detain a motorist…

No governor has power to suspend NURTW

The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has inaugurated a seven-member caretaker committee to oversee its affairs in Osun State, despite the state government’s suspension of the union’s activities in motor parks. The committee, chaired by Kazeem Oyewale (Asiri Eniba), was inaugurated on Friday, July 24, at the union’s national headquarters in Abuja. The…

Woman charged after police intercepted ‘extremely significant’ bomb on her way to Northern Ireland

A 25-year-old woman has been charged after Irish authorities intercepted what Gardaí described as the most significant car bomb discovered in the Republic of Ireland in a decade. The explosive device, believed to contain suspected military-grade explosives, was found during an intelligence-led operation on the N2 near Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, close to the Irish border….

Nigerian-American pharmacist convicted of illegally distributing 300,000 oxycodone pills in US

A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida, United States, has convicted a Nigerian-American licensed pharmacist and pharmacy owner, Olushola Yusuf, for her role in dispensing over 300,000 oxycodone 30mg pills to patrons who had no medical need for the drug.   The United States Department of Justice announced this in a press release…

7-Month Pregnant Crystal Palace star Justine Vanhaevermaet joins Pre-Season Training (video)

  Crystal Palace women footballer, Justine Vanhaevermaet has drawn praise after taking part in pre-season training despite being seven months pregnant. The 34-year-old Belgium international was pictured training alongside her teammates as the south London club stepped up preparations for the new Women’s Super League (WSL) season.   Vanhaevermaet, who joined Crystal Palace last summer…

“The Grave is not a witness box” — Atiku accuses Obasanjo of using late Speaker Na’Abba for Politics

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has responded to former President Olusegun Obasanjo over allegations that he bribed the late former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba, to orchestrate moves to impeach him while they were in office, accusing the former president of exploiting the memory of a deceased statesman for political purposes In…