Doyin Okupe to Kemi Afolabi: Don’t give up… I know people living with lupus for 10 years

 BY IDRIS SHEHU  MARCH 14, 2022 Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has offered words of hope to Kemi Afolabi, the Nollywood actress, who is diagnosed with lupus. Afolabi recently left many social media users shocked and concerned after she said her doctor told her in 2021 that she has five years to live. […]

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Inquest: Sylvester died of pneumonia leading to sepsis, says doctor

Mathew Agbaje15 March 2022A Consultant Pathologist at the Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State, Dr Clement Vhriterhire, who carried out the initial autopsy on late Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), a pupil of Dowen College, Lekki, who died in controversial circumstances, on Monday, told a coroner that the pupil died of pneumonia leading to sepsis. The news of […]

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ASUU extends strike to May, parents beg, FG says demands met

Grace Edema, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole and Bola Bamigbola15 March 2022The Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria has appealed to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to as a matter of urgency resolve the issues leading to ASUU’s strike so that students can go back to school. Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH, the […]

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Obaseki: APC ready to capitalise on PDP crisis in Edo, says chairman

Adeyinka Adedipe15 March 2022Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Col David Imuse (retd.), has said his party will capitalise on the disarray in the Peoples Democratic Party to take over power in the state. While describing the problem facing the PDP in the state as self-inflicted, Imuse told journalists on Monday that his […]

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Wike, Obaseki continue verbal war, govs allege betrayal, unguarded comments

Dennis Naku15 March 2022Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, as a politician who is given to serial betrayal of those who helped to advance his political aspiration. Wike spoke at the inauguration of Community Secondary School, Omuanwa, in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state on Monday. He […]

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12 days to convention, APC holds forms, governors divided

Eniola Akinkuotu, Leke Baiyewu, Stephen Angbulu and Dogara Bitrus15 March 2022Twelve days to the national convention of the All Progressives Congress, the ruling party has failed to sell forms to aspirants while all the committees set up by the APC to ensure that the convention moves smoothly have failed to begin sitting. This is just […]

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