The University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan has taken delivery of its first set of triplets via an in vitro fertilization procedure (IVF) in the hospital. The delivery of the babies lasted 45 minutes. Hospital authorities say the mother and the babies, all females, are in good condition. The babies weighed 1.4 kg, 2.5 kg, and 2.4 kg, respectively. The excited...
A bill pending before the House of Representatives seeks to compel the Armed Forces and paramilitary organizations to permit female officers to wear the hijab. The hijab, a garment worn by Muslim women, has become a controversial issue in Nigeria. The bill, known as the Religious Discrimination (Prohibition, Prevention) Bill, 2020, which has passed second reading at the House, was...
Forbes Africa on Wednesday, April 7 released its 100 Africa Icons list for 2021. The list showcased 100 innovations, inventions & icons from Africa, including notable Nigerians from diverse career fields. Forbes also stated that the list is a way of “celebrating those whose ideas, inventions, and influential role models have aided Africa’s growth over the last decade.” On its...
The body found by police in a lake in Epping Forest has been confirmed as missing student Richard Okorogheye. The body had been found in a pond on Monday afternoon, 12 days after Okorogheye, was reported missing. Okorogheye, 19 who had sickle cell disease and was said to be struggling with shielding during the pandemic, left his family home in...
Kim Kardashian West is officially a billionaire joining the likes of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Forbes released its annual “World’s Billionaire List” Tuesday, which placed West on the elite list for the first time. The magazine said West’s booming businesses, KKW Beauty and Skims, helped put her over the top to achieve the billionaire benchmark when added to her television show and...
Guinness World Records title holder Ayanna Williams (USA), for the woman with the world’s longest fingernails, has finally cut off her nails after 30 years. Dr. Allison Readinger of Trinity Vista Dermatology in Fort Worth, Texas (USA), used an electric rotary tool to cut the record holder’s lengthy nails after measuring them a final time. Ayanna broke her own record for...
Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of late Yinka Odumakin, has stated that prior to earlier reports that her husband died on Friday, April 2, 2021, and not Saturday, April 3. .Okei-Odumakin, a rights activist, in a tribute to her late husband made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said it was important to immediately put the...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that its 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) earlier scheduled for May/June, may not hold. This is as the examination body has announced the release of results for WASSCE for private candidates, 2021, first series on Tuesday in Lagos. This disclosure was made by the Head of Nigerian National Office (HNO) of...
Actress, Osas Ighodaro has been missing in Nollywood and on the social scene since the loss of her mother in November 2020. Taking to her Instagram page on Tuesday, April 7, she thanked those who stood by her through the loss as she prepares to make a comeback. She wrote: I’ve missed you all too. I am my Mother’s Legacy...
A Nigerian professor, Bosede Afolabi, has made the country proud by winning the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant. The University of Lagos (UNILAG) gynecologist was awarded a research grant of $2,518,474.00 (N958,908,975.50). Her project is titled ‘Intravenous Versus Oral Iron for Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnant Nigerian Women’ (IVON). The disclosure was made by UNILAG, which celebrated the Nigerian...