Ebola experimental drug, ZMapp sparks ethical controversy
The decision to use an experimental drug to treat two Americans infected with Ebola, while nearly 1,000 Africans have already died from the deadly epidemic, has sparked controversy -- but US experts say it was ethically justified.
APC’s threat to form parallel govt treasonable — PDP
NATIONAL leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, took a swipe at the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie- Oyegun, for saying his party would form a parallel government in the event of a stolen mandate.
Retired civil servants protest pension cuts
Federal Government Pensioners under the auspices of the Association of Retired Senior Public Officers of Nigeria, ARFESPON, have rejected the report of the Presidential Technical Committee on the Review of the Federal Public Service Pensions.
Bring back HSC to restore academic sanity, dons tell FG
STAKEHOLDERS in the education sector have urged the Federal Government to consider the re-introduction of Higher School Certificate, HSC, which was the main source of admission in the glory days of the Nigerian university system, arguing that the abolition of HSC is one of the banes of educational development in Nigeria. At different fora, top executives in the sector, including past education ministers have made efforts to restore it, but such attempts did not see the light of the day
I butcher human beings in 2 minutes, says Boko Haram chief killer
The Chief Butcher of the Boko Haram sect, Zakari Mohammed Ardo, yesterday, gave a chilling description of how the terrorist group used to slaughter people they capture, saying it only takes him two minutes to butcher victims and enemies condemned to death
Nigeria to earn N672m daily from Shell’s new oil well
Nigeria’s crude oil production is expected to rise by 40,000 barrels per day, as Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited, SNEPCo, yesterday commenced production from the first well at the Bonga North West deep-water development offshore Nigeria.
Our youths, our future, our safety
LIFE is a relay race from one generation to the next. For this reason, the youths represent the hopes of society for a brighter future. That is why the generation before us endeavoured to give us the best education that our country could afford at the time. They wanted us to uplift our society, and make them proud by our achievements in every area of enterprise. We may not all agree that we have lived up to the expectations of our elders
How insurgency destroys education in Borno
PRIOR to Governor Kashim Shettima’s emergence as the duly elected number one citizen of Borno State, the education sector was peaceful but unfortunately, dilapidated due to neglect by the previous administration.
This means that there were no structures nor teachers left for Boko Haram to target.
New NNPC’s GMD, Dawha takes over
ABUJA — The newly appointed Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Joeph Thlama Dawha, yesterday, took over the affairs of the corporation, with a vow to sustain the ongoing transformation of the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry in order to impact positively on the economy.
Jega, Aregbesola disagree over anti-rigging plan
State Governor and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rauf Aregbesola and Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday, sharply disagreed over the anti-rigging procedure proposed by the governor.
