Rage of women over high maternal mortality
Aggrieved by alleged recurring maternal deaths in Lagos State-owned primary and secondary hospitals, a group of women under the auspices of a non-governmental organisation, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, WARDC, recently took steps to demonstrate that, as far as they were concerned, enough was enough. This they did by staging a protest to the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Sosoliso crash 10 yrs after: Parents hold memorial procession for children
Some parents and relatives of the 60 students of Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, who died in a Sosoliso plane crash at the Port Harcourt International Airport,Omagwa, Rivers State, 10 years ago had a memorial procession for the children at the airport.
Bayelsa poll: Call your aides to order, candidates tell Buhari
AGAINST the backdrop of the cancelled governorship election in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, 11 governorship candidates in the poll have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to check the undue interference of his aides in the exercise by calling them to order.
PDP warns Buhari, APC over Bayelsa poll
NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday asked President Muhummadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC not to truncate the nation’s democracy by planning to manipulate the Bayelsa State Gubernatorial election against the wishes of the people, just as it cautioned the federal government against alleged moves to use forceful means to take the governorship of Bayelsa State.
BAYELSA POLLS: A genuine contest halted by flawed values
THE eagerly awaited Bayelsa State governorship contest proved to be every bit as hotly contested as the main rivals promised in their campaign speeches.
A tragic anniversary
The school term had just ended and they were excitedly heading towards their homes to take deserved breaks from academic work and celebrate Christmas.
NFF condoles Keshi over wife’s demise
The Nigeria Football Federation has condoled with former Nigeria skipper and Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, who lost his darling wife, Kate, on Wednesday night. NFF President Amaju Pinnick spoke at length with Keshi over the phone on Thursday afternoon, as news of the tragic incident filtered into the public space. Sources said that Kate, 54, […]
Elite frustrating Buhari’s reform agenda —Agbakoba
Human rights lawyer and former President, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has lauded the economic and political policies initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari, noting however, that the elite are frustrating the President’s reform agenda.
Man weeps in court as wife sues for divorce
Lagos—There was mild drama yesterday at the Agboyi/Ketu Customary Court when a respondent, Mr Bayo Bankole broke down in tears and started pleading with his estranged wife, Ejiro Bankole not to break their almost five-year -old marriage.
CBN, Lagos unveil cheap loans for graduates
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and the Lagos State Government yesterday unveiled special funds to be disbursed as cheap loans to graduates.
Kogi Speaker impeached over incompetence
The political crises generated over the November 28 governorship election in Kogi State, yesterday deepened with the sudden removal of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Momoh Lawal Jimoh.
