… LASUTH, ALWAYS A LIFE SAVER This new statement is coming out based on the feedback we have received to the effect that we need to be clearer concerning our involvement in this case. We were of course being mindful of breaching medical ethics by putting out too many clinical details of our patient. One of the hazards of working in a teaching hospital is that you have to, nilly willy, deal with complicated cases. We do not complain. We do it. That is why government invested a lot of funds in recruiting highly skilled medical experts, training and retraining…
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The Game has slammed 50 Cent for injuring a woman with his microphone during a concert. In a Thursday Instagram Story, the Eazy rapper shared a TMZ video about an incident in which the In Da Club rapper injured a woman by hurling his microphone off the stage during his Los Angeles concert on Wednesday. The Game, real name Jayceon Taylor, captioned the video, referencing 50 Cent’s real name Curtis Jackson, “Curtis, yo fat a** came to LA hitting women.” The post came hours after a TikTok video surfaced which showed 50 Cent throwing a microphone – reportedly broken –…
The Board of the Africa Film Academy (AFA), the organizers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards – also known as AMAA, has announced the re-appointment of Zimbabwean Born but UK based international film curator and programme advisor Keith Shiri as President of the Jury for the 19th edition of the premier and most prestigious film award in Africa. Shiri, an advisor to several international film festivals presided over the 12 man board of international jurors of the awards in 2022. The well travelled and internationally recognized film programmer is expected to again lead other respected curators and renowned filmmakers and…
Nigerian songstress, Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, a.k.a Ayra Starr, has slammed organizers of the Headies Award 2023 for how the Best Female Artist of the Year was presented. The 2023 edition, which was held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, USA, on Sunday, was brought to an abrupt end with about 14 awards left to be presented, including ‘all-female category awards.’ Ayra Starr, who won the Best Female Artist of the Year award, expressed her displeasure in a post on her X account after the award wasn’t presented during the live event. Aderibigbe, “I will never be grateful…
Rivers State Government has shut down the operations of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM in Port Harcourt. According to a report on the media organisation’s website, the operations were shut down by telecommunications engineers contracted by the State Government who were accompanied by armed security operatives. PUNCH also observed a live broadcast on the TV channel where the alleged contractors were seen disconnecting the wave guard from the antenna on the mast while riggers were seen dismantling the mast. The statement reads, “Meanwhile, bulldozers were also deployed by the Rivers State Government to demolish the Transmitter Complex at…
A Nigerian schoolchild, Oluwademilade Odumuboni, has won the global grand prize of the 2022/23 edition of the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. The 10-year-old boy, a pupil of Corona School, Gbagada Lagos, competed and won the coveted prize in the 2022/2023 edition after beating 782,852 other contestants from 90 countries. Master Odumuboni’s creativity, which was a waste converter with the concept of helping countries, especially African communities, in food production and ensuring clean environment, was adjudged the best globally. The winner was presented with the prize money of $5,000, a plaque, and a certificate at a special event organised by…
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Monday to attend the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, India, on the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. On the sidelines of the Summit, the President will participate in and deliver keynote addresses at both the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and the Nigeria-India Business Conference. The CEO Roundtable will be attended by leading industrialists in the Indian private sector, Nigerian industrialists, as well as senior government officials from both countries. The President aims to leverage this platform to attract global capital and promote increased foreign direct investments in key labour-intensive sectors…
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday flagged off the distribution of food items for vulnerable households through the Lagos Food Bank Programme, to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal government on Lagos residents. The flag off of the food bank programme is part of the social and economic intervention programmes by the Lagos State Government to ameliorate the pains some Lagosians are experiencing due to the increase in transportation costs and food prices across the State as direct effect of the policy on the removal of fuel subsidy by the…
The Court of Appeal Headquarters on Monday said the presidential tribunal judgement on the petitions before it would be aired live. The court said this was to promote, transparency and openness and for Nigerians to watch. The Chief Registrar, Court of Appeal HQ, Umar Bangari, stated this in a statement while disclosing the date for the judgment on the matter. He said the date for the judgement had been fixed for September 6, 2023. It read, “The Court of Appeal wishes to inform the General Public that judgment in the following petitions before the Presidential Election Petition Court will be…
There is anxiety as President Bola Tinubu and 25 state governors await the verdicts of the tribunals handling the presidential, governorship, National Assembly, and state assembly election petitions. The panels are expected to deliver their judgments this month. Out of the 28 states where the governorship elections were held, the results of the polls announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission are being contested in no fewer than 25 states. Most of the tribunals which were sitting in Lagos, Sokoto, Delta, Kano, and 21 other states as well as Abuja had reserved their judgments after the parties concluded their hearings…