Nurses with Ogun State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta joined by their colleagues mobilised from other parts of the state, defied the rain on Thursday to protest the alleged assault of a final year student nurse by a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nurudeen Adekunle. Adekunle, a staff with the hospital reportedly slapped the student nurse at the theatre

Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has granted former Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, bail to the tune of 150 million Naira and two Sureties in like sum. The two sureties must be residents in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with their house addresses verified by the registrar of

Justice Maryanne Anenih of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has issued a public summons against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello to attend court and answer to a fresh  16-count pending allegations against him. By the summons, the former Governor is to attend court on October 24 in response

A former Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Folashodun Shonubi, has said he learnt that there were intrigues and politics in the naira redesign exercise carried out in 2022. Shonubi, then Deputy Governor (Operations) before his appointment as Acting CBN Governor, said the former Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, told him

Israel has barred the secretary general of the United Nations, António Guterres, from entering the country, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday, criticising him for failing to forcefully condemn Iran’s latest missile attack. Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the United Nations secretary general had not condemned Iran’s missile attack on Israel in strong enough

As the security situation continues to deteriorate in the North-east and North-west, the senator for Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has advised President Bola Tinubu to employ the services of military contractors to wipe out Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State, who continue to pose a threat to the region. Ndume hailed the gallant

Nigeria’s federal government has unveiled a set of fiscal incentives and concessions designed to bolster operations in the nation’s upstream and downstream sectors of the economy. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, who unveiled the two major fiscal incentives, on Wednesday, said they were part of overall measures to

Nigeria imported 20.3 billion litres of petrol in 2023, recording a 13.7 per cent reduction compared to the 23.54 billion litres brought in the previous year, latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. Also, during the year under review, truck-out of petrol stood at 20.22 billion litres, a decrease of 16.96

Director of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs at Olam Agric, Ade Adefeko, has shared insights on the agricultural landscape in Nigeria in light of President Bola Tinubu’s speech on Nigeria’s 64th Independence anniversary. Adefeko In an interview with ARISE News on Wednesday, expressed a cautiously optimistic sentiment about the current state of agriculture: “My sentiment is