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Sep

20

2022

Nnamdi Kanu suffers gastrointestinal disorder in DSS custody, lawyer reveals.

Health, NewsBiafra, Freedom, Health, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Metro, Nnamdi Kanu

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said his client has been diagnosed with gastrointestinal disorder. In a statement on Monday, Ejiofor said the development followed a persistent heartburn earlier experienced by the freedom fighter. According to the lawyer, despite the order of Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja that Kanu should be given serious medical attention, the Department of State Services, DSS has been acting on the contrary. He raised the alarm shortly after visiting the IPOB leader at the DSS Headquarters in Abuja on…

Sep

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

COVID-19: Adamawa registers 103 new infections, six deaths

NewsCoronavirus, Health, Nigeria

COVID-19 infections have continued to spread in Nigeria, as the country recorded 285 new infections between September 6 and 7. the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reported Thursday on its Facebook page that the northeastern state of Adamawa recorded 103 cases and a backlog of six deaths from November 11, 2021, to February 14. The most recent NCDC COVID-19 data gives a strong indication that some states are still lagging behind in efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. The center added that the number of infections rose to 264,299, while the death toll now stands at 3,154. It…

Aug

30

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Deposed Abubakar Atiku dies in Egypt of undisclosed illness

NewsHealth, Metro, Nigeria, Politics, RIP

Abubakar Atiku, the deposed Emir of Zurmi in Zamfara State has died in Egypt after battling an undisclosed illness. A source at Emir Zurmi’s palace, who asked not to be identified, said the Emirate Council is fully involved in arranging for the body to be brought back to Nigeria for burial. Atiku, the uncle of the current emir, died on Friday in an Egyptian hospital. The source said: “He had been ill for a few weeks before his immediate family took him to Egypt. We were informed immediately when he died”. When asked why the body still hadn’t been returned as…

May

16

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Actor Leo Mezie dies after kidney transplant

Entertainment, MetroEntertainment, Health, Metro

Nollywood actor, Leo Mezie, has died. A colleague of the deceased, Chioma Toplis, announced his death on her Instagram page on Monday. She said, “Actor Leo Mezie is dead. He died on Saturday in Abuja while recovering from a kidney transplant. His corpse has been moved to Umuahia his hometown, RIP Leo.” Details later…

Apr

26

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abba Kyari: Drug baron with 103 bank accounts nabbed at Lagos airport

Health, MetroAbba Kyari, Crime, Health, NDLEA, Nigeria, Police

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested Chief Afam Ukatu, who it described as the billionaire drug baron behind the N3bn tramadol deal involving a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and former leader of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. A statement on Monday by the spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, said he was arrested “after months of surveillance and evading arrest.” According to Babafemi, Ukatu, who is the chairman of Mallinson Group of Companies, was nabbed onboard a flight to Abuja at the MM2 terminal of the Lagos airport, Ikeja, on Wednesday, April 13. He said, “Investigations…