An elderly man yesterday died in Ebonyi State after a row with Vehicle Inspection Officials (VIO). Chief Geoffrey Mgbada, secretary of the Ebonyi State Elders Council, was said to be driving with his wife when he was intercepted by the VIO personnel along Presco-Ezza Road in Abakaliki. A witness said an argument ensued after the…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has slammed the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) with a fine of N300m over infractions and violation of regulations. NERC, in Order Number 169 issued yesterday, blamed AEDC for the death of a four year-old boy, Mohammed Arafat Jibril, who died on April 11, 2019 at an unlocked substation…

The death toll from a coal mine blast in a separatist eastern region of Ukraine rose to 13 on Saturday, with another four people missing, news agencies reported. The gas blast on Thursday ripped through the mine in Yurievka village in the self-proclaimed republic of Lugansk, which broke away from Kiev in 2014 and is…

The police in Lagos have arrested a woman in whose deep freezer the dead body of a six-year-old boy was allegedly found at Alapere in Ketu, near Lagos. The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, DSP. Bala Elkana, confirmed the arrest on Friday while speaking with crime correspondents. He said that the dead body…

A Lagos High Court in Igbosere has admitted in evidence a video showing an Islamic cleric, Taofeek Adamu, confessing to beheading a member of his mosque for N4,000. Adamu, 61, of Masinowe compound, Ikoga in Badagry, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder, preferred against him by the Lagos State government.   Prosecuting…

The police command in Kano State has arrested a 15-year-old housewife, Hassana Lawan, of Bechi Village, in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state for allegedly poisoning her 33-year-old husband, Sale Abubakar. The command’s Public Relations’ Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano yesterday. Haruna said on…

Adequate intake of certain nutrients is associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality when the nutrient source is foods, but not supplements, according to a new study. There was no association between dietary supplement use and a lower risk of death. In addition, excess calcium intake was linked to an increased risk of cancer death,…

An agrarian community in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Arigidi-Akoko, has been thrown into mourning following the gruesome murder of a 50-year-old trader by assailants suspected to be ritualists. The death of the victim, who was simply identified as ‘Iya Dunsi’, has reportedly caused tension in the community due to circumstances…

For those who get the least amount of physical activity, replacing a half hour of sitting time with physical activity was associated with up to a nearly 50 per cent reduction in mortality, according to a new study from the American Cancer Society. The study, appearing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, suggests that…

Some 100 people have died in the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo over the past three weeks, taking the overall death toll in the latest outbreak past 700, according to health ministry data. Local people are now at least receiving vaccines on a large scale for the first time with more than 95,000 getting a…

Muslims have been urged to be cautious of the appearance of the signs of Judgment Day, which is enough to make people repent and surrender themselves to the will of Allah alone. The guest lecturer at the Akeredolu Muslim community’s 54th monthly public lecture, Alhaji Abdur Rahman Bello Olaakewu, decried the killing of Muslims that…

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh” (Matt 24:…