Month: August 2025

Titanic sub disaster caused by operator failures — Report

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A final study released Tuesday details how a private submersible visiting the Titanic site in 2023 died because to several disregards for fundamental safety procedures. The high-profile accident that claimed the lives of all five passengers was caused by a long list of problems with OceanGate’s operations and design defects in its Titan submersible, according to the US Coast Guard inquiry. “The primary causal factor” for the implosion, according to the study, was OceanGate’s disregard for established engineering processes for the safety, testing, and maintenance of their submersible. Additionally, it…

Court remands suspected Lagos assassin, Olori Esho

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On Tuesday, an Ikeja Magistrate Court in Ogba, Lagos State, remanded 44-year-old Wasiu Akinwande, popularly known as Olori Esho, in the Kirikiri Correctional Center on charges of serial murder. His remand for the first 30 days was issued by Magistrate Mobolaji Tanimola, pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution office. Esho was charged with eleven counts that included conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, illicit firearm possession, membership in an illegal society, possession of a poisoned dagger, threats to life, severe bodily harm, and possession of other weapons. The Nigeria…

US Targets Absent Students with Visa Revocation

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International students have received a warning from the US about the repercussions of breaking student visa laws. The US Mission in Nigeria emphasized that students who discontinue their studies, skip classes, or abandon their academic programs without informing their schools run the possibility of having their US student visas revoked in a message posted on Monday via its official X Twitter. It said that such behavior can potentially result in exclusion from future US visas. To prevent any immigration problems, the mission recommended all holders of student visas to maintain…

Lagos urges calm as heavy rainfall persists

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As severe rainstorms continue to batter areas of the state, the Lagos State Government has issued a call for calm and warned that further downpours are likely in the days ahead. Tokunbo Wahab, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, confirmed in a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday that the state had seen heavy rainfall over the last 12 hours. He also mentioned that a new advisory from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency had forecast thunderstorms and rain over the next three days. According to NiMET’s most…

BREAKING: WAEC releases 2025 WASSCE results

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Exam Malpractice: WAEC Blacklists 13 Schools In Kogi

The results of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school applicants have been formally released by the West African Examinations Council. The testing body stated that test takers can now view their results online in a statement released via X on Monday, August 4, 2025. The results of the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2025 have been formally issued today, Monday, August 4, 2025, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said. It is recommended that candidates examine their performance on the Council’s outcome portal. The message further said,…

Obi Lauds D’Tigress on Fifth Historic AfroBasket Win

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Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has received congratulations from Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State and presidential contender for the Labour Party, after their historic victory at the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket Championship. Obi commended the team’s exceptional performance and tenacity in a statement on Monday headlined “MISSION V ACCOMPLISHED,” calling them “fearless, fast, and unstoppable.” “You accomplished it, D’TIGRESS. Congratulations. You performed like real court queens. Once more, you have achieved history by winning the AfroBasket five times in a row, and you have made Africa and Nigeria…

Justice for Slain Businessman: Anambra State Pledges Action

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The death of businessman Ifesinachi Onyekere, popularly known as “fish magnet,” has been denounced by the Anambra State Government, which called the crime “dastardly and heart-wrenching.” In a late-night attack on Saturday, July 26, Onyekere, the son of the Woman Leader of the Anambra State All Progressives Grand Alliance, was kidnapped and killed by gunmen at his home in the Ezinifite village, Okpuno, Awka South LGA of Anambra State. Law Mefor, the state commissioner for information, expressed sympathy for the family of the deceased in a press release issued on…

Ribadu delivers relief to 500 Adamawa flood victims

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The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has distributed relief materials to 500 households affected by the flood that struck Adamawa State last Sunday. Alhaji Mustapha Ribadu, the organizing secretary of the Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, stated during the distribution on Saturday that the goal of the intervention was to lessen the pain of the flood victims. The water severely damaged homes, livelihoods, and vital infrastructure in several areas of Yola South Local Government Area, according to Atiku, the younger brother of the NSA. A gallon of…

Nurses call off strike after four days

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The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives has suspended its nationwide warning strike. On Saturday, Chidi Aligwe, the Assistant Secretary-General of NANNM, informed our correspondent of this. In order to emphasize their long-standing demands—which include, among other things, a separate salary structure for nurses, an increase in core duty allowance, a review of shift allowance, a change to uniform allowance, mass recruitment of nurses, and the creation of a nursing department within the Federal Ministry of Health—nurses and midwives nationwide began a seven-day warning strike on Wednesday. After a…

NHIA, Roche FMC Introduce Innovative Cost-Sharing for Cancer Patients

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A cost-sharing program has been introduced by the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Abuja, Roche Pharmaceuticals, and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to assist cancer patients in lowering the financial barriers to receiving oncology care. Additionally, the partnership aims to improve treatment outcomes, increase access to cancer care, and protect Nigerians from the high costs of cancer treatment. Speaking at a presentation on the initiative on Friday in Abuja, Ms. Linda Makwe of the NHIA Department of Standards and Quality Assurance stated that the program’s goal was to increase…