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US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed a woman who accidentally shot her father dead, to be the US’s new Surgeon General. Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, 48, is expected to be sworn in to take the position of ‘the nation’s top doctor’. Glamorous Dr Nesheiwat is famous in the US as a medical expert on Fox News and has often talked about how losing her …

  French football legend, Marcel Desailly is ‘set for court amid ongoing paternity row over 10-year-old daughter he has refused to acknowledge.     Desailly and his ex-partner, Cosma Batista de Alcantara are due at the Paris judicial court on Tuesday amid an ongoing case to confirm whether he is the biological father of his ex-partner’s daughter, Victoria.      …

A retired Permanent Secretary in the Niger State Ministry of Works, Architect Adamu Jagaba, was stabbed to d3ath by an unknown assailant in Minna.     It was gathered that Jagaba was stabbed multiple times in his block industry located along the PDP Secretariat on Saturday afternoon, December 7, 2024.     Arc. Jagaba, a respected community leader, was also …

There is tension among Anglican faithful in Anambra State following the sudden disappearance of the retired Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi, Most Rev Godwin Okpala.    Okpala and his driver have been missing since Friday morning, December 6, 2024, after they went on a trip to the Umuchu community in Aguata Local Government Area of the …

The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has gracefully conceded defeat in the 2024 general elections.    In a public address broadcast from his residence, hours after election results began trickling in, Dr. Bawumia acknowledged the victory of his opponent and expressed his gratitude to Ghanaians for the opportunity to serve as vice president and …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a warning to bakeries across Nigeria, advising them against the use of saccharin and bromate in bread production. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made the warning during her appearance on a News Forum.   She emphasized that bakeries caught using these substances would face …

A former friend of Robert Mugabe Jr has explained why he decided to leak an explicit video showing the late Zimbabwean leader’s son in bed with two women.    The video, which has sparked a significant stir on social media, shows Robert Mugabe Jr enjoying an intimate moment with a woman, referred to as “yellow bone.” The revelation that a …

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has begun investigating a serious incident involving a Fly Bird HS 125 aircraft with registration number 5NKAL.    The aircraft, operating a flight from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (DNAA), to Kotoka International Airport, Accra (DGAA), experienced technical difficulties on December 6, 2024.   Reports indicate that the aircraft lost both of its engines …

President Bola Tinubu has expressed optimism about the progress of his administration, acknowledging the challenges facing the nation while assuring Nigerians of better days ahead.   Speaking at the graduation ceremony for the Executive Intelligence Management Course 17 at the National Institute for Security Studies in Abuja on Saturday, December 7, Tinubu, represented by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu, shared …

A Nigerian-born professor, Bolu Ogunyemi has been elected president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), becoming the first Black person to hold the position in the association’s 158-year history.    Ogunyemi, a clinical associate professor of medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland and a dermatologist in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, won the election against Susan MacDonald.   As president, …