By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – It is no more news that Nigeria has good policies and programme in every facet of the society but the reoccurring dilemma has been a lack of political will to implement them. Stakeholders in education sectors including UNICEF, the media, Civil Society Organizations and...
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Nigeria recorded more than 100,000 suspected cases of cholera in 2021, its highest in recent times, the WHO declared in Abuja on Monday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had said earlier in the year that Nigeria recorded 111,062 cases of cholera in 2021 with 3,604 deaths, figures exceeding...
Why should our 54 countries not lend weight to each other in international bodies, compounding our influence as the EU does? What becomes of the Commonwealth should one of its 15 members that is not a republic join those 39 others which are? With Jamaica considering such a move,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command, has arrested a 30-year-old man who allegedly defrauded the Emir of Okuta in Kwara of N33, 399, 999. Alhaji Idris Abubakar, the Emir of Okuta in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara, was a former member of the House...
The former Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, has described himself as a man with intellectual capacity and boldness to rescue Nigeria from its current challenges if voted into power. Saraki, a presidential aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated this during his visit to Akure to canvass for...
The Center for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has advised the Federal Government to expend the N4 trillion for petroleum on productive sectors. Dr Muda Yusuf, Chief Executive Officer CPPE, who gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given its commitment to providing strong support to Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections Prof. Kunle Ajayi, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Outreach and Partnership Committee (OPC), gave the commitment at the opening of a...
A video has surfaced showing a set of twins allegedly getting married to same bride. The incident was reported to have happened in the south western part of Nigeria. In the video, the twins were seen alongside the bride as they were blessed by the woman’s family. Watch video HERE.
At least 11 people were confirmed dead and property destroyed in Rwanda after heavy rains pounded different parts of the country on Saturday overnight, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Monday. Seven of the victims were from the Nyamasheke district in western Rwanda, while three were from the capital...
An Osogbo High Court, on Monday, adjourned till May 31 hearing in the trial of the seven people accused of murdering Mr Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. The Chief Judge of Osun, Justice Adepele Ojo, who adjourned the case said it was...
One person has been killed while seven others were injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded in Yobe state. The incident happened on Sunday night at a local drinking joint at Abasha ward in Gashua, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Council of the state. The Chairman of...
A suspected billionaire drug baron, Chief Afam Mallinson Ukatu, Chairman of Mallinson Group has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over illicit drug trafficking. The NDLEA Media Director, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said he is behind the N3 billion...
A Japanese woman certified as the world’s oldest person has died at the age of 119, local officials said Monday. Kane Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that the death toll in Sunday’s illegal refinery explosion in Abaeze community Ohaji/Egbema Local Government of Imo had risen to 110. Acting Head of Imo/Abia Operations Office of the agency, Mr Ifeanyi Nnaji, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Over 14.3 million youths from South South and South Eastern part of NIgeria have indicated interest to support Governor Yahaya Bello’s presidential ambition come 2023. The National Coordinator, Nigerian Rescue Mission (RENMISS) Abdullahi Damat, disclosed this on Sunday while addressing various youth groups during a...
Rep. Kingsley Uju-Chima (APC – Imo) has renewed calls for the integration of artisanal refineries into the country’s refining regulations of the oil and gas industry. Uju-Chima representing Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta, Oru Federal Constituency said the proposed artisanal refinery was a possible permanent solution to the menace associated with illegal...
A molecular biologist, Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, has advised Nigerians to urgently treat malaria attacks to prevent shortage of blood, cerebral malaria, acute respiratory distress syndrome and death. Iwalokun who is also the Director, Central Research Laboratory at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, gave the advice in an...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says malaria remains a significant public health and development challenge with about 95 per cent estimated 228 million cases occurring in the WHO and AFRO Region, Dr egional Director for Africa, made this known in a message to commemorate the 2022 World Malaria Day...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) started its activities for the week with a move by stakeholders to begin the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in the upstream sector of the nation’s oil and gas industry. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva...