Nigerian lightweight boxer, Cynthia Ogunsemilore, has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance on Saturday ahead of her opening fight at the Paris Olympics. The International Testing Agency said on Saturday that the 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and African Games champion tested positive for furosemide, a diuretic on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s prohibited list, in an out-of-competition doping control collected on Thursday. “The athlete has been informed of the case and has been provisionally suspended until the resolution of the matter in line with the World Anti-Doping Code and the International Olympic Committee Anti-Doping Rules,” the…
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Claim: Speaking during a plenary session at the Red Chamber on Tuesday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced that the newly approved minimum wage applies to all workers across both public and private sectors, including maids and other domestic staff. He said, “If you are a tailor and you employ additional hands, you cannot pay them below N70,000. If you are a mother with a newborn child and you want to hire a housemaid to look after your child, you cannot pay the person below the approved minimum wage. It is not a maximum wage. It applies to all and sundry.…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a Europe-bound suspect after he was caught attempting to export cocaine concealed in sandals. The suspect, whose identity has not been disclosed yet, was wearing sandals containing the concealed drugs. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared videos of the seized contraband on X com on Sunday. Sharing the videos he wrote, “God is not mocked! You’re wearing a cloth advertising God on your trip to Europe but you’re concealing cocaine worth millions in the sandals you’re wearing beneath. “The temerity! The audacity! Video reveals moment #ndlea_nigeria officers discovered…
A political economist and former presidential candidate, Prof Pat Utomi, shares his thoughts with DANIEL AYANTOYE about the recent allegations of sponsoring the planned August 1 protest, among other national issues The situation in the country has become worrisome. What is your take on the recent developments? It shows the lack of talent in the political class. They are watching a country crash in their hands and feet by not making the right political choices. It is sad and pitiful that they have not demonstrated skills of nation-building. The state is operating like a captured state. The legislature and the…
A distressed father has pleaded with top UK plastic surgeon, Mohsen El Gammal, to refrain from performing a transgender surgery on his 20-year-old daughter, fearing the procedure would ruin her life. In a scathing letter, the father cautioned the surgeon that his daughter had a history of depression, self-harm and starving herself before becoming involved with the “trans cult.” The father, who requested anonymity to safeguard his daughter’s privacy, shared the letter with The Mail on Sunday. The letter read, “Ultimately, my daughter is a depressive. She sought the highs that came from cutting herself; from starving herself; from being…
A human rights lawyer and Professor of Law at the University of Jos, Nnamdi Aduba, speaks to DANIEL AYANTOYE about the planned nationwide protest Some groups have scheduled a nationwide protest for August 1, 2024. What is your assessment of the situation? Is there a way we can have a structure like that of the United Kingdom, where they have a particular square where people usually go for demonstrations? We can have such places in each of the states where people who want to demonstrate or protest can go. Just like when political parties are doing their campaigns, they set…
In a bid to evade strategies deployed by law enforcement agencies to end their illegal activities, fraudsters, commonly known as ‘Yahoo boys’, who primarily exploit digital cyberspace to defraud unsuspecting members of the public of their hard-earned money, now resort to various shady means, including seeking spiritual protection to hide their identities, Victor Ayeni writes The EFCC officials, acting on a tip-off about some suspected fraudsters residing in an estate in the Lugbe area, invaded their compound and in the process, caused a commotion that woke the 26-year-old, making his heart pound rapidly. Confused and disoriented, Marcel peeked through his…
Claim: In a video published on Instagram, popular Afrobeats singer Seun Kuti called out the Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, saying the Federal Government spent $2bn to purchase a 20 per cent stake in Dangote Refinery, while the same amount was used to buy the entire Sinclair Refinery in America. He noted that both refineries have the same size. He said, “Do you know how much the Federal Government put into the refinery? They gave $2bn. I did a live stream the day they announced they had given Dangote $2bn for 20 per cent of that refinery. That…
The Rivers State Police Command says the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has redeemed the N100m bounty on the head of a notorious cult leader, Gift Okpara, aka 2Baba, who alongside his gang members killed a Divisional Police Officer, Superintendent Bako Angbashin, in the Oduemude area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, confirmed the development during a parade held in honour of the slain DPO at the state police headquarters on Saturday, adding that the corpse of the slain officer had been released to the family. Disu said, “On March 25, 2024, the police killed the wanted…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has called for the immediate lifting of the suspension placed on All Progressives Congress members in Abia State, stating that the party must come together for its good. Kalu who represents Bende Federal Constituency made the plea at the party’s caucus/stakeholders’ meeting held in Umuahia, the Abia State capital on Saturday. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker, Levinus Nwabughiogu, noted that the meeting was attended by the party’s governorship candidate in 2023, Ikechi Emenike; the party’s State Chairman, Kingsley Ononogbu; former speaker of Abia…