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Popular Nigerian actor, John Okafor, a.k.a Mr Ibu, has solicited prayers and assistance from Nigerians as he battles an undisclosed illness in a Lagos hospital. In a video posted on his verified Instagram page on Wednesday, the comic actor disclosed that his legs may be amputated. “I’ve been down for so many weeks. All I’m hoping is your prayers and assistance. As I speak to you, I’m still laying down in the hospital. The medical director of this hospital said the best solution, in case his new idea doesn’t work, my legs will be cut off. If they cut off…
Mrs Modupe Maduba, an Assistant Chief Intelligence Officer, told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that a 35-year-old man, Onyebuchi Ezema defiled his four -year-old daughter. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons ( NAPTIP), charged Ezema, who resides in Zone 9, Lugbe AirPort Road, Abuja with assault, to which he pleaded not guilty. Maduba of the NAPTIP said this while being cross examined by the defence counsel, Opeyemi Adeyemi at the resumed trial of Onyebuchi Ezema. During cross-examination, Adeyemi asked Maduba the time, date and place the defendant committed the said offence. He further asked if…
Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah al-Sissi on Wednesday warned against the repercussions of forcibly displacing Palestinians from the neighbouring Gaza Strip, now the focus of a massive Israel bombardment. Worries have grown in Egypt, the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, about a mass exodus into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula after the Israeli military told people in the north of Gaza to head south as an Israeli ground offensive looms. Egypt’s Rafah, the only border crossing into the Gaza Strip that is not controlled by Israel, is currently closed, although pressure is building on Egypt and Israel…
The Israeli army has released footage it said proves that a misguided Palestinian rocket was responsible for the deadly blast at a hospital in the Gaza Strip. The video released on Wednesday shows the Al Ahli hospital and a car park in Gaza City, comparing aerial shots before and after the deadly incident. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said there were no craters to be seen which typically resulted from an airstrike. The IDF had blamed the Palestinian militant organization Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip for the attack. Islamic Jihad rejected the accusation. Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Conricus told…
US President Joe Biden has arrived in Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He pledges US support and says last night’s hospital attack in Gaza “appears” to have been caused “by the other team”. Israel says the blast on Tuesday evening was caused by a rocket misfired by Palestinian militants. The IDF says its evidence shows a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket, fired from a cemetery, landed in the hospital car park. Hamas, Palestinian authorities, and other countries blame Israel for the explosion, which Hamas says killed 500 people. Israel has carried out air strikes on targets across Gaza since…
India’s top court on Tuesday said it cannot legalise same-sex marriages, with the chief justice of the country saying making such a law is the domain of parliament. A five-Judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud, heard arguments on same sex marriage in a case from April till May this year and pronounced its verdict on Tuesday. Chandrachud said there was a degree of “agreement and disagreement on how far we have to go” on same-sex marriages as he began reading his order. Two of the other four judges agreed with Chandrachud on the court not…
By David Orji The All Progressive Congress on Tuesday has described as a burden unto himself former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, saying his recent comments on the victory of President Bola Tinubu amounted to mere “Incoherent Aspersions.” The party said after what it called “a long hiatus leaking his wounds from the monumental electoral loss of his candidate in the last presidential election,” Lawal was peddling what it called “gibberish.” APC said the former SGF should have learnt from his political misadventure with equanimity. The party was responding to Lawal’s last comment where he…
By Kamil Opeyemi Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has described the removal of some railway coaches from Maiduguri to other states by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) as “suspicious and unfair”. Zulum made this known on Tuesday in Maiduguri when he visited the Maiduguri Railway Terminus. According to him, his government will follow all legal procedures to ensure that infrastructures meant for the state are not moved to other parts of the country. Zulum said that the state government was not informed about the decision to move the coaches until residents intercepted them as they were being moved. “About…
By Hallimah Olamide Twelve young ladies were on Tuesday arraigned at an Abeokuta Magistrate Court over alleged prostitution and indecent behaviour. They were arraigned on a two-count charge of prostitution, behaving disorderly and in an indecent manner in public place, as well as constituting nuisance. The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against them. The defendants are Abosede Adebowale, Olamide Balogun, Folashade Ogunleye, Opeyemi Akanni, Funmilayo Ishola, Ayomide Balogun, Tomisin Olakohun, Bukola Awonusi, Okiki Ogundimu, Jumoke Michael, Olamide Adebayo and Olamide Gbokiki. The Prosecutor, Insp. Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on…
The head of the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini on Tuesday expressed concern for the safety of civilians as UNRWA school was attached The UN envoy said at least six people were killed when an UNRWA school being used as a shelter, was hit in the al-Maghazi camp in the middle region of the embattled Gaza Strip on Monday. “Dozens were injured (including UNRWA staff) and severe structural damage was caused to the school. “The numbers are likely to be higher. This is outrageous, and it again shows a flagrant disregard for the lives of civilians,” he said…