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4 days ago
Health experts have noted that vaccination is sacrosanct if the battle against epidemics of meningococcal meningitis is to be achieved. Others include avoidance of close contact with cases of meningitis; overcrowded place and limitation of travels...
4 days ago
Today, April 14, 2024, is the 3639th day of the infamous abduction of Nigerian school girls. In one fell swoop, 276 of them, mostly Christian female, aged between 16 and 18, were kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok
4 days ago
As Nigeria continues to face economic downturn, health experts have called on Nigerians to engage in practices that will reduce the spread of tuberculosis in the country.
4 days ago
The spate of piracy and maritime crimes in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) continues to stir grave concerns. The upward push of about 50 per cent in piracy and maritime crimes recorded for the first nine months of 2023 signposts increasing danger within
13 Apr
For a process to be considered innovative it must be useful and novel. It is in its usefulness and novelty that one can meaningfully distinguish an idea or an initiative from being merely creative. Progressively, as the global demand for innovation continues to improve, the word ‘innovative’ is sometimes used as a mere buzzword to depict dazzling suggestions that tickle each generational fancy.
13 Apr
For a process to be considered innovative it must be useful and novel. It is in its usefulness and novelty that one can meaningfully distinguish an idea or an initiative from being merely creative. Progressively, as the global demand for innovation continues to improve, the word ‘innovative’ is sometimes used as a mere buzzword to depict dazzling suggestions that tickle each generational fancy.
13 Apr
Despite advances in modern healthcare practice, Traditional Birth Attendants, an age-long go-to facility for pregnant women continue to thrive.
12 Apr
In a historic collaboration, Supply Chain Africa, in partnership with Adebayo Adeleke LLC, is embarking on the establishment of a groundbreaking research and innovation centre at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in Ogbomoso, Nigeria. Valued at five billion naira ($4.5 million), this project aims to revolutionize supply chain research and development, not only in…
12 Apr
Jerome, who had sunk deep in hallucination had forgotten to close the bucket of faeces he had inhaled to prevent others from getting the knowledge of his newfound drug.
Jerome, still in ecstasy and inaudible murmuring, had hit this reporter off guard. In his sober state, he had narrated how he became a cocaine addict after being introduced at a freshers’ party.
12 Apr
In the eight years of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, about 90 universities were approved for operations in the education sector.
12 Apr
The Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board (LSMPWB) has expressed its preparedness to commence weekend lectures/orientation programme for its intending pilgrims performing the 2024 Hajj exercise in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
12 Apr
Brethren, I had gone to the mall, as usual, as a matter of necessity – to procure those essential items for daily living. After all, we are all fated to quest for the unattainable; we are all ‘condemned’ to the pursuit of the impermanent.
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Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State. The adjournment, set for April 23, 2024, was prompted by the pursuit of substituted service and the possible arraignment of Bello for…
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The crisis rocking the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new turn, as the party's lawmakers in the National Assembly kicked against a plot to extend the tenure of the Acting national chairman of the party, Umar Damagun. The spokesperson of the group, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere speaking to journalists in Abuja, claimed that they…
22 mins ago
NORTHERN Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed deep concern over alleged harassment and attack on northerners conducting their legitimate businesses in southern Nigeria by criminal elements in the past three months. NEF clarifies that it had never engaged in any discussion regarding the politics of 2027 or decided on whom to support or not to…
30 mins ago
KANO Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has concluded plans to invest N1.2 billion in network expansion and improvement of power supply to the famous Dawanau International Grains Market, Kano State. The Head, Corporate Communications, Sani Bala Sani, stated, yesterday, that the network expansion and power generation were some of the company's major plans to improve power supply…
39 mins ago
FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, who represented Kwara South in the 8th National Assembly, has passed on at 58 years of age. Ibrahim, who died about 4.30am, yesterday, at an Abuja hospital, has been buried according to Islamic rites in a Muslim cemetery, Osere, in Ilorin, Kwara State. The deceased was, reportedly,…
41 mins ago
Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to use the "pain" of the Champions League quarter-final exit against Bayern Munich to fuel their Premier League title bid.
48 mins ago
Two of Africa's leading professional coaching bodies, the Life Coaches Association of Nigeria (LCAN) and the African Board of Consultants, Coaches and Coaching Psychologists (ABCCCP) have announced a landmark partnership to propel the coaching profession across the continent. This strategic alliance is poised to redefine standards, ethics, and professional development for coaches throughout Africa, setting…
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In recognition of the recent gains made in the fight against oil theft in the country, the National Probity and Value for Nation building Organisation (NPVNBO) has lauded Tantita Pipeline Surveillance and Security Company for its role in complementing the military’s effort to secure the country’s critical assets. The group spoke against the backdrop of…
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A caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lent its support to Umar Damagum to continue as the acting national chairman. The PDP has been embroiled in a leadership tussle, with members urging the resignation of the Damagum-led National Executive Committee (NEC). Damagun will, however, maintain his position as the party's acting national chairman…