20 HIV positive, 5 pregnant maids disqualified for Kano mass wedding
The Kano State Hisbah Board has disqualified no fewer than 20 prospective couples found to be HIV positive during the mandatory medical check ups ahead of 1,000 widows and divorcees third batch mass wedding coming up Saturday.
Remembering Professor Achebe
WAY back in 1979, I was privileged to get close to our idol and hero, Professor Chinua Achebe. I had just gained admission to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Generator sales in Nigeria to hit N151bn by 2020
Importation of generator sets in Nigeria is expected to grow to about N151.16 billion ($950.7 million) by the year 2020 according to data published by a global research firm, GBI Research.
Lagos Carnival, regatta thrill tourists at Easter
Lagos state is gradually becoming the city to be for Easter as the annual Lagos Black Heritage Festival has continued to attract tourists to the state.
When messengers of death came calling: Bloodbath in Benue community
The hinterlands in Benue State have gradually become theatres of war where the rules of engagement and sanctity of human life are brazenly disregarded. From Gwer West to Guma and from Gwer to Oturkpo and Makurdi, it is the same sad story of killings and bloodbath occasioned by conflicts between the natives of these communities and invading Fulani herdsmen.
World Bank unveils agenda to end extreme poverty
The World Bank has unveiled agenda to end extreme poverty by 2016 and to boost incomes of the poorest 40 per cent of the world’s population.
