Pope’s health improving as hopes of leaving hospital rise
Pope Francis spent a peaceful second night in hospital for treatment of bronchitis, a Vatican source said Friday, as a senior cardinal said the 86-year-old could be discharged as soon as Saturday. Doctors late Thursday reported a “marked improvement” in the condition of the pontiff, who was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Wednesday, and […]
Ekiti court remands 80-yr-old man over alleged murder, attempted murder
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court remanded an 80-year-old man, Lucas Ateniola, at the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday over alleged murder and attempted murder.
‘My brother-in-law’s wife ‘charmed’ my husband with her cooking’
An Ibadan-based trader, Sola Famuyibo, told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan that her brother in-law’s wife, Sumbo “charmed” her husband with cooking. Famuyibo, made the allegations in her counter argument against her husband’s claim that she was maltreating him in the matrimony. She added that things were going on normally in her […]
Charles III arrives Germany in first foreign trip as king
Britain’s Charles III arrived in Germany on Wednesday for his first state visit as king, with the trip billed as “an important European gesture” to maintain strong ties after Brexit. The royals’ plane, with “United Kingdom” marked on the sides, landed at Berlin-Brandenburg airport shortly before 2:00 pm (1200 GMT). “Ahead of our first State […]
BudgIT demands breakdown of N896bn NPC census budget
“To this end, we have requested the complete breakdown of the 896 billion for the National Population Census exercise—the amount released, utilized, and the cashback—following the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of 2011.”
Video: Lagos commuters stranded as commercial drivers protest extortion by ‘agberos’
The inscriptions on the placards read, “we are tired of Agberos extortion”, “we can’t continue working for Agberos”, “we pay over N25,000 daily to agberos extortion”, “Extortion killing us,” among others.
