EFCC nabs two for alleged N768.5m fraud (Punch) Operatives of the Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested two suspected fraudsters, Konne Barieeba and Osuji Obieze, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N768,585,000 by false…
Longest-serving UI lecturer Henry dies at 71
The longest-serving lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Mr Nigel Henry, has been reported dead. Until his passage, Henry was a lecturer in the Department of Classics. News of his death was announced on Sunday in a statement by the…
Ex-teammates pay tribute to late Babalade
Tributes have continued to pour in from ex- teammates of former Super Eagles defender, Ajibade Babalade, who died in Ibadan on Friday. The PUNCH had reported that Babalade died of cardiac arrest while being rushed to the University College Hospital,…
Why UCH CMD, others contracted Coronavirus, by health expert
The first Nigerian professor of Environmental Health Sciences and founder of Child Health Environment and Safety Trust (CHEST), Godson Ana, has explained why the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, and Provost and…
*COVID-19: Medical doctor, policeman arrested for abusing exemptions (DailyTrust) *Worshippers attack COVID-19 enforcement officers in Lagos (Punch)
COVID-19: Medical doctor, policeman arrested for abusing exemptions (DailyTrust) The Lagos State police command says it has arrested a medical doctor, whose name it wouldn’t disclose, and a policeman for allegedly abusing exemptions to the movement restriction order the federal…
UCH Ibadan doctors, nurses shun nationwide strike (Vanguard)
The University College Hospital, Ibadan has remained open to patients in need of medical attention in spite of the nationwide strike called by the organised labour. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had on Wednesday called on all its…
