Day: January 12, 2026

Fidelity Bank Supports Quality Education Delivery in Makoko

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Tier-one lender, Fidelity Bank Plc, has reaffirmed its commitment to community development and educational empowerment with the donation of essential learning materials to schoolchildren in Makoko Community, Yaba, Lagos under its Fidelity Helping Hands Program (FHHP). The outreach, which was facilitated by the bank’s Legal Services Division, saw the presentation of school bags, notebooks, mathematical sets, writing materials, and other learning materials to pupils of Makoko Anglican Nursery and Primary School; Aiyetoro Nursery and Primary School, and Adekunle Anglican Nursery and Primary School in Lagos. Speaking during the presentation, Divisional…

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Backlash as Tinubu Critic, Abubakar Salim Musa, Is Remanded at Keffi Prison

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The remand of Abubakar Salim Musa, a vocal critic of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, at the Keffi Correctional Centre in Nasarawa State has sparked widespread condemnation from opposition figures and human rights groups. Musa, a social media commentator known for his criticism of the federal government’s handling of insecurity in northern Nigeria, was arrested by security operatives and subsequently arraigned before a court, which ordered his remand pending further proceedings. The development drew sharp reactions, with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar describing Musa’s detention as an assault on freedom of…

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Chimamanda Adichie serves legal notice on Lagos hospital over 21-month-old son’s death

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Renowned Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has served a formal legal notice on a private hospital in Lagos, alleging medical negligence and professional misconduct in connection with the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu Nnamdi. In the notice dated January 10, 2026, lawyers representing Adichie and her partner, Dr. Ivara Esege, accused the hospital, its anaesthesiologist and other medical personnel of breaching their duty of care to their son, Master Nkanu Adichie-Esege, who died in the early hours of January 7, 2026. According to the notice, the child, born on…

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