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The Association of Resident Doctors of Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, on Thursday threw its weight behind the total and indefinite strike declared by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, scheduled to begin at 12:00 midnight on Monday, January 12, 2026. The resident doctors decried what they described as the insincerity and insensitivity of the federal government in implementing the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with NARD following the suspension of the association’s 29-day industrial action in November 2025. The doctors said that more than a month after the government committed to addressing some of their demands, little progress had been made, leaving them with no choice but to join the indefinite strike. The Chairman of the association, Dr Chidi Ikwum...

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her husband, Dr. Ivara Esege, are grieving the loss of their young son. Reports from Arise News confirm that one of their twin sons, Nkanu Nnamdi, passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, following a brief illness. This heartbreaking news follows similar tragedies in the Nigerian entertainment community in recent years. In 2025, veteran Yoruba actress Peju Ogunmola and her husband, Omobolanle Sunday, lost their only child, Ayomikun, after a brief illness in Ibadan. In 2024, actor Francis Duru announced the death of his son Ifeanyi, describing him as a brave fighter whose passing he still reflects upon. Comedian Aphrican Ace and his wife also mourned the loss of their newborn son in 2024, who was born prematurely and passed away within a ...

US  President Donald Trump has defended the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agent who fatally sh0t a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis, arguing the officer acted in self-defense. Entertainment center In a statement on the sho0ting, Trump said he viewed a clip of the Jan. 7 incident, which shows an ICE agent confronting a woman in a vehicle blocking a street. As the woman drives off, another ICE agent approaching the vehicle from its front fires three sh0ts into the driver's side window. "It is a horrible thing to watch," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. "The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the...

Suspected Lassa fever has k!lled four persons, including two pregnant women, in Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Event Planning Services Investigation on Wednesday, January 7, 2025 revealed that following the development, the General Hospital in Awe was shut down, while health workers, including the Medical Superintendent, were placed in isolation. The Disease Surveillance Officer in the area, Ahmad Abdullahi, who confirmed the development said concern heightened when a woman was brought to a health facility in Awe with symptoms suspected to be Lassa fever and d!ed shortly before receiving medical attention. According to him, the woman’s husband also d!ed after presenting similar symptoms. Abdullahi identified poor handling of suspected cases as a major c...

Ghana’s former finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, wanted at home on corruption charges, has been taken into custody by US immigration authorities, his lawyers confirmed. Ofori-Atta, 66, has been in the United States since January last year for medical treatment, including surgery for prostate cancer. He was declared a fugitive by Ghanaian authorities in February and formally charged with corruption in November. According to his legal team, Ofori-Atta had applied to extend his stay in the US when US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained him on Tuesday over the status of his current stay. “His US legal team is in contact with ICE and expects the matter to be resolved expeditiously,” the lawyers said, adding that Ofori-Atta is fully cooperating with authorities. ICE’s ...

Residents of Meiran, Lagos State, were thrown into fear on Wednesday afternoon after a violent confrontation erupted involving suspected hoodlums, with reports of young men chasing each other wielding axes. Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred around 1:00 p.m. near the Kabowei Bus Stop area of Meiran. While no deaths were reported, the clash caused widespread panic among locals and commuters. Motorists reportedly abandoned their vehicles as the fight unfolded, while nearby residents sought refuge to stay safe. Groups of youths, some armed with axes, were seen running along the roads, bringing traffic to a standstill. Segun, a local resident, told reporters that he had to leave his car and take cover in a nearby building. “The incident started near an amala joint at Meiran Bus S...

Police have arrested a Nigerian man Babatunde Afuwape over the m8rder of a University of Toronto student in Canada. Entertainment center Shivank Avasthi, 20, was gunned down near the Scarborough campus on December 23, 2026. Around 3:30 p.m. that day, officers were called to the area of Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road for unknown trouble.  Police arrived to find Avisthi with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.  At a news conference at police headquarters on January 7, 2026, it was announced that 28-year-old Afuwape was arrested and charged with First Degree M8rder.  “This was a deeply tragic case,” said Detective Sergeant Stacey McCabe. “Shivank was a third year U of T student from India. He was young, bright and had ...

The Trump administration will withdraw the United States from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.'s population agency and the U.N., as the U.S. further retreats from global cooperation. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies, and commissions, following his administration’s review of participation in and funding for all international organizations, including those affiliated with the United Nations, according to a White House release. Many of the targets are U.N.-related agencies, commissions and advisory panels that focus on climate, labor, migration and other issues the Trump administration has categorized as catering to diversity and “woke” initiatives. Other ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of 57 properties suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities linked to Abubakar Malami, a former minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the order after an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) through its counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, SAN. The properties, described as multi-billion naira assets, are spread across Abuja, Kebbi, Kano and Kaduna states. In his ruling, Justice Nwite said: “It is hereby ordered that an interim order of this honourable court is hereby made forfeiting to the Federal Government of Nigeria the properties described in Schedule 1 below, which are reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activi...

Babcock University has introduced stricter guidelines on student appearance and grooming ahead of its forthcoming examinations. In a statement released on Wednesday and signed by the Vice President for Student Development, Olanivi Arije, the university announced the immediate cancellation of all existing hair-pass permits. The management clarified that hair-pass tags, previously issued as exemptions for certain hairstyles, are invalid and confer no legitimate right to wear unapproved hairstyles on any of the university’s campuses. It declared that the use, circulation or recognition of hair-pass documents in any form is now prohibited. The new rules will take effect from the start of the second semester in January and will be enforced across all campuses. Students currently holdin...