National
18 Sep 2023
If you are looking for a job in Nigeria where millions of other citizens are jobless and also searching for a job, you need to follow a unique approach that will set you apart from other job candidates and give you a higher chance of securing one, an educational outfit, Clarion College, has advised.
18 Sep 2023
The Executive Director, Spaces for Change, (S4C), Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, has maintained that until the implementation of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), communities did not get significant benefits from their natural resources.
18 Sep 2023
Executive Secretary, Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA), Dr. Abiola Idowu, yesterday, said one to three trillion dollars is lost yearly and 2.6 million deaths recorded globally from unsafe care.
18 Sep 2023
A prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the weekend, allegedly assaulted and injured the Ondo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Olubunmi Osadahun, over the distribution of palliatives in Arigidi Akoko, Akoko North West Council of the state.
18 Sep 2023
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has commissioned newly acquired intensive care and operating equipment to enhance treatment precision.
18 Sep 2023
ActionAid has launched a global campaign for financial institutions to cut funding of harmful climate activities like industrial agriculture and fossil fuel.
18 Sep 2023
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has thrown its weight behind the Igbo apprenticeship system (IAS) also known as ‘Igbaboi’ as part of efforts to develop and reform the legal profession in the country.
18 Sep 2023
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the detention of two Kwara State-based online publishers, Abdulrazaq Babatunde of Just Events Online and Lukman Bolakale of Satcom Media, over a report on alleged infighting within Government House.
18 Sep 2023
International Research Centre of Excellence (IRCE) of the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has decried the high burden of stillbirths in Nigeria and advocated formulation, adoption and implementation of policies and regulatory framework to address the problem.
18 Sep 2023
Nollywood actor Jimmy Odukoya has been named the senior pastor of the Fountain of Life Church. It comes after his father, Taiwo Odukoya, the church’s founder, died at 67 in the United States on August 7 and was buried in Lagos two weeks ago.
18 Sep 2023
Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Imo State, physically challenged persons, also known as people living with disabilities (PWDs), in the 27 local councils of the state, have called for their full inclusion in all aspects of the electoral activities in the state.
18 Sep 2023
The management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, at the weekend, said it has zero tolerance for violent behaviour and protest by the Student Union Government (SUG) of the university, hence, its dissolution of the union.
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Police in Lagos State have arrested a driver, Azeez Babatunde, for alleged unlawful possession of two locally-made pistols in the Maroko area of the state.
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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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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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The Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has warned against obstructing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from carrying out its lawful duty .