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The National Hospital, Abuja, at the weekend said the hospital has drastically reduced the cost of In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) to help couples encountering challenges in giving birth to children. Chief Medical Director (CMD) of National Hospital, Abuja Dr. Jafaru Momoh, stated this during a one day seminar on IVF in the hospital.

No fewer than eight people have been burnt to death by a mob at Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara of Zamfara state as a result of alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by a student of college.

Militants in the Niger Delta continued to embrace peace on Monday following the lead by the Niger Delta Avengers, which, for over seven months, held the nation hostage with the destruction of oil and gas infrastructure in the oil-rich region

Members of a syndicate, specialised in confirming fake prophecies for pastors, have been arrested by the police in Enugu State. The group also faked healings for some Pastors, who contracted and paid them for their services.

According to Dorothy Ngozi Okoli, who works with a new generation bank in Lagos, the man pictured allegedly stole her car 30 minutes after she employed him. What she wrote below:

The Lagos State Police Command at the weekend rescued 13 children and 15 adults chained and locked up by one Emmanuel Adeyemi at the Oke-Ira area of Ojodu, Lagos. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Fatai Owoseni, acting on a tip-off, had deployed operatives from the Area G Command Headquarters to the scene.

President Muhammadu Buhari will be seeking emergency powers from the National Assembly to push his planned stimulus for the economy. The objectives of the action-plan on the economy, which is in recession, include shoring up the value of the naira, creation of more jobs, boosting of foreign reserves, reviving the manufacturing sector and improving power.

The governing council of the Delta State University, Abraka, has approved the sack of six lecturers in the school after they were found guilty of sexually harassing their female students. They were relieved following the recommendations by a disciplinary committee set up to investigate the allegations leveled against them.

A man who can no longer tolerate the troublesome nature of his wife has appeared before a court seeking a dissolution to their matrimonial union. An Agege customary court in Lagos, Lagos State has reconciled a couple, Mr Akinyemi Ilesanmi and his wife, Comfort, whose 10-year-old marriage was on the brink of collapse.

The Lagos State Drivers’ Institute (LASDRI) on Monday urged bus conductors in the state to be civil in their dealings with commuters and other road users. Mr Philip Ogunlade, the Chief Executive Officer of LASDRI, gave the charge in his address at a one-day training and accreditation of bus conductors in Lagos State.

New Delhi (CNN): A man in India spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed from his stomach, according to the doctor who led the operation. “He had a wild urge to consume metal. Even for us, the experienced surgeons, it was frightening,” Dr. Jatinder Malhotra told CNN. “We were so nervous… a small mistake could have taken the patient’s life. In my 20 years of practice, I have never seen anything like it.”

Joachim Iroko, the man who named his dog ‘Buhari’, was on Monday arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Ota, Ogun State. The accused faced a one count charge of conduct likely to cause breach of peace. The prosecutor, Itaita Ebibomini, told the court that the accused committed the offence on August 13 at the Hausa section of Ketere Market in Sango-Ota, Ota Magisterial District.

The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State, has arrested a 45-year-old pastor, Joseph Olude, and his church member, Rasak Raheem, for allegedly robbing in the Idiroko-Oke Odan area, a border community between Ogun State, Nigeria, and the Benin Republic.