Dr Mustapha Jibrin, Niger Commissioner for Heath and Hospital Services, says excessive lead in pregnant women can cause deformity and make children to be dull academically.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday called on political leaders to build one Nigeria devoid of partisanship, ethnicity and religious differences.

There is a tenacious debate in feminism and academia about sexual objectification. Sexual objectification is an incredibly touchy and multi-layered issue which has been associated with various societal anomalies and psychological defects in women, including depression, low self-worth, negative self-image, a general sense of hopelessness, etcetera.

YEARS after leaving office, many former governors suspected to have looted the resources of their states are to face criminal prosecution.

YENAGOA—IJAWS resident in Lagos and Ogun states started relocating from the two states, weekend, to the South-South for fear of attack following the expiration of the ultimatum issued to Ijaws in the states by the Reformed Odua Peoples Congress, ROPC.

Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, NBET weekend said it has paid N186.7billion to Electricity Generating Companies GENCOs saying it is only owing them about N156 billion.

President of the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria, PenOp, Mr. Eguarekhide Longe has said that compliance to remittances of pension contributions from the public sector on both the Federal and State levels have lagged notably.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court Abuja, against Uche Ogah and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, seeking the nullification of the Certificate of Return issued to Ogah by INEC on the grounds of false statement, stressing that the election that produced the governor of Abia State in the 2015 election was the April 25 election and not the April 11 election which INEC declared inconclusive.

Following attendant gridlock as rehabilitation and reconstruction work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway progresses, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing has appealed to motorists to bear with contractors and the governmet even as it stressed the need for patience, orderliness and the cooperation of citizens throughout the duration of the project.

The Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday, lashed out on the Federal Government and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta who are currently engaged in a dialogue to end renewed bombing in the oil-rich Niger Delta, describing their condition to free detained Director, Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, as laughable.

By Emman Ovuakporie and Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – INDICATIONS emerged Sunday that security details of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara may be withdrawn on the orders of the Federal Government over the controversy surrounding the 2016 budget. It was also gathered that a document linking the Majority leader of the House, […]

That the Nigerian economy is in a recession is no longer news. In fact, for some of us, it was predictable, even long before the Economic Management Team was aware that it was on the way. The International Monetary Fund, IMF, recently projected contraction of 1.8% for 2016. The Federal Government while not officially contesting the IMF estimates still clings to the faint hope that “the economy will show recovery in the third quarter of this year” (Mrs Adeosun).

ABEOKUTA—Former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, yesterday declared that he has no pending case with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC.

The recent announcement by the Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, that the economy is now technically in recession did not surprise stakeholders. Even the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has repeatedly affirmed that the economy has been sinking, and the trend has held sway for most of 2016 with little prospect of an early rebound.

OHANAEZE Ndigbo Youth Council has warned those they referred to as “some fifth columnists trying to undermine and threaten the office of the Deputy Senate President, saying that Nigerians would resist any attempt to remove Ekweremadu from office.