Global health chiefs have raised an alarm after nine people d!ed in a new outbreak of an ‘eye-bleeding’ Ebola-like virus. Marburg, one of the deadliest pathogens ever discovered, has already infected ten people in the African nation of Tanzania since the country officially announced the outbreak last week. Of these infections nine have died Africa’s health agency has announced,…
A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Wednesday, January 29, sentenced four men to d€ath by hanging for conspiracy and kidnapping. The convicts are Manager Etonzor, Daniel Derietiedei, Inimotimi Rufus and Tari Firstman. The presiding Judge, Justice Patience Diri, in the suit numbered YHC/43c/2021, found the four persons guilty of the…
Operatives of the Cross River State Police Command have rescued a 25-year-old woman, Faith ‘Mercury’ Edu, who was abducted by a notorious kingpin, Michael Aboko, also known as “father,” Edu was rescued by the command’s Anti Kidnapping Squad about midnight on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at Edem Street Off Garden Street in Calabar South after…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn approval for admission into the Law program at eight universities. A statement from JAMB Public Communications Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, indicated that this decision follows the suspension of the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) program by the Council of Legal Education for the 2025/2026 academic session due to…
Manchester United football club of England and are close to agreeing a £30m deal to sign Patrick Dorgu from Leece. The two clubs have been locked in talks since last week over the defender but most of the aspects of the transfer have been agreed in principle and positive talks continued over the structure of…
A legal dispute is South Africa has arisen following the death of a man who had secretly married two women, leaving the courts to determine who is the legal spouse entitled to his estate. Pertunia Malatjie approached the high court in Pretoria, seeking an order declaring her marriage to the late Hlakong Malatjie valid….
