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Nigerian Parents Win £858,000 Compensation After Daughte

08.02.2026

A United Kingdom High Court has awarded the sum of £858,000 in compensation to the Nigerian parents of a 26-year-old woman, Khelisyah Ashamu, who died after undergoing a low-cost weight-loss surgery in Turkey Saturday Telegraph recalls that Ashamu, a mother of one and IT worker from Romford, died just eight days after having a gastric...

North Korea Executes schoolchildren for Watching Squid Game

07.02.2026

Citizens of North Korea, including schoolchildren, are reportedly executed for watching foreign TV shows such as Squid Game and listening to South Korean K-pop, According to people’s testimonies released by Amnesty International, the organisation said it interviewed 25 North Korean escapees, who revealed that consuming or distributing South Korean dramas and music is treated as...

Funke Akindele Bags MonieWorld Ambassadorship

07.02.2026

MonieWorld, a product of Moniepoint Inc, Africa’s leading and Nigeria’s most trusted all-in-one financial ecosystem, has announced Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele, as its ambassador. The company. who made this announcement in a press statement issued on Saturday, February 7, said the collaboration unites two forces committed to enabling progress for Nigerians navigating life...

Reps Assure Of Improved Funding For Healthcare Institutions

07.02.2026

The House of Representatives Committee on Speciality Healthcare has assured that it would ensure that adequate funds are appropriated to healthcare institutions in the 2026 budget. The Chairman of the committee, Hon. Alex Egbona, gave the assurance at the 2026 budget defence at the National Assembly on Saturday. “Let me assure you that this Committee...

Police Arrest Armed Robbery Suspect, Exhume Alleged Murdered Victim In A’Ibom

07.02.2026

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in the investigation of a suspected armed robbery and murder case involving the disappearance and killing of a motorcyclist in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of the State. According to DSP Timfon John, Police Public Relations Officer, “The Command recalls that on or about...

Snake Bite: Nwangene Died Due To Late Arrival To Hospital

07.02.2026

…Backs inclusion of State, Private hospitals in housemanship The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, FCT, Abuja, Professor Saad Ahmed, on Saturday, said that the hospital couldn’t save the late singer, Ifunanya Nwangene, due to her late arrival for medical treatment. Nwangene, an Abuja-based popular singer bitten by a cobra in her...

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