An Austrian supermarket reopened following a three-day closure to clear the store due to an alleged sighting of a spider with a deadly bite that could also cause an hourslong erection. The Penny Markt in Krems an der Donau closed Tuesday after the store manager spotted the spider in a banana box and immediately called the fire brigade to investigate. The manager described the spider as about 4 inches long and colored black and red. The authorities initially suspected it was a banana spider, but previous cases of spiders in bananas from South America have identified the spider specifically as…
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has condemned the killings of two individuals at the Kofar Gayan area of Zaria during an attack by suspected bandits on Saturday night. TheHintsNews reports that the suspected bandits, who invaded the area, were reported to have shot sporadically, killing the two individuals, while they made unsuccessful attempts to kidnap several others. Abbas in a statement issued Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Krishi, said the lives of Nigerians, wherever they are, should be protected, hence the need for the security agencies to up their…
The French multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company headquartered in Paris has won a trade mark infringement lawsuit filed at the Federal High Court of Nigeria in Sanofi S.A v. Sanofi Integrated Service Limited and three others. The lawsuit involved the unauthorised use of the well-known Sanofi trade mark by three Nigerian entities called Sanofi Integrated Service Limited, Sanofi Nigeria Enterprise Limited and Sanofi Nigeria Enterprise as part of their company names in Nigeria. Sanofi S.A. petitioned the Nigerian Company Registry, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 2019 so that the three Nigerian entities would voluntarily change their company names. CAC granted…
The plans to fill the vacant slots in the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have assumed another dimension with the Abia state chapter of the party nominating two persons for the position of the National Welfare Officer. TheHintsNews reports that the position of the National Welfare Officer of the party became vacant when the former National Welfare Officer, Mr. Friday Nwosu died in March at the National Hospital in Abuja of an undisclosed ailment. However, following the emergence of the immediate past Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the…
Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army have neutralised three bandits and rescued 10 Kidnapped victims in Chikun Local Government Area and Birnin Yero village of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt Col. Musa Yahaya in a statement issued Saturday said, acting on credible intelligence, on Friday, troops exploited Kabode general area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and made contact with marauding bandits and engaged them in a fire fight. He added that the troops neutralized three bandits and captured one AK 47 rifle loaded with…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has described the collapse of parts of the Zaria Central Mosque, which led to the death of some persons, as disheartening and devastating. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Krishi, the Speaker said his “heart bleeds” as a result of the incident, noting that it was the most heartrending news he received in recent times. Abbas, who represents Zaria Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, said he received the news of the unfortunate incident with shock, noting that he was pained by the death and…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu has decried rising cases of organ failure in the country. He said it has not only become a medical concern but also a challenge to society. Kalu stated this on Friday in Abuja while playing host to a delegation of the Transplant Association of Nigeria (TAN) who paid him a courtesy visit. The deputy speaker, in a statement issued Friday by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Levinus Nwabughiogu, however, assured that the parliament would collaborate with the Transplant Association of Nigeria (TAN) and other relevant authorities to ensure that…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended the strike action embarked upon on July 26, 2023. President of the association, Dr Emeka Orji, Friday revealed that the resident doctors would resume work at 8 am on Saturday. “We just suspended the strike. Work to resume at 8 am tomorrow (Saturday). We will review progress made in two weeks,“ he said. TheHintsNews reports that the striking doctors had cited the release of the circular for one-for-one replacement of clinical staff, and the payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund as minimum conditions to call off its indefinite strike…
Troops of Sector 1 Operation Hadarin Daji deployed at Forward Operating Base Mada in Zamfara state on Friday rescued former Provost Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau and his son. In a statement issued Friday, the troops engaged the bandits in a fire fight for several hours, due to the troops fire superiority, the bandits fled in disarray into forest along the area. The statement added that the duo have been reunited with their families amidst jubilation while the troops maintained aggressive vigilance and patrol in the general area. It reads: “On the 11th of August 2023, troops of Sector…
Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army under the auspices of Operation UDO KA II in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies Thursday conducted a raid operation into the hideouts of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN), at Imufu in Igbo-Eze North, Local Government Area of Enugu State. Director Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement issued Friday said, in the encounter, the troops neutralized two fighters and recovered three Semi Automatic Pump Action Rifles and a locally fabricated single barrel gun.…