Beware plastic bottles cause cancer, diabetes
Scientists and researchers have identified plastic bottles to be dangerous to health because they contain hormone-disrupting chemicals that can cause cancer, diabetes, ADHD and autism.
APGA NWC threatens court action against suspended chairman
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has threatened to institute a legal action against the suspended national chairman of the party, Chief Victor Oye, should he continue to parade himself as the national chairman of the party.
Wares seized from street traders’ll go to prisons inmates — OKOROCHA
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has unveiled the next step of his government in banning street trading in the state, saying that henceforth, seized items from anyone trading along the streets will be used to take care of prisons inmates of the state.
Magu wants EFCC to keep percentage of recovered loots
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged a review of Nigerian laws to enable anti-graft agencies in the country retain a percentage of the loot recovered to fund their operations.
INSURGENCY: 300,000 victims to benefit from €11m Oxfam agro scheme
More than 300,000 Nigerians affected by the insurgency in the North-East are to benefit from an 11 million Euros Oxfam intervention fund to aid food production in impacted communities.
Godogodo killings, unforgivable crime—Sen Laah
Senator Danjuma Laah, (PDP, Kaduna South), has described as unforgivable the invasion of Godogodo in Southern Kaduna last weekend by herdsmen, who allegedly killed 20 persons and injured scores of others.
University of Ibadan gets 10Mw NGEP solar plant
The Nigerian-German Energy Partnership, NGEP, has installed a 10 megawatt solar plant at the University of Ibadan.
Eto’o bets N34.4m on club’s relegation survival
Cameroon striker, Samuel Eto’o has placed a bet of 100,000 euro(about N34.4m) that his club Antalyaspor will not only beat relegation, but will finish in the top ten.
Return of 21 Chibok Girls
It came like a bolt from the blue on Thursday, 13th October 2016, when the news of the return of 21 of the 219 female students of Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, who had been captives of their Boko Haram Islamist terror group abductors since April 14, 2014, unfolded.
Senate uses e-voting, confirms 2 S-Court justices
THE Senate yesterday used electronic voting system to confirm the appointments of Justices Ejembi Eko and Amina Augie as Justices of the Supreme Court.
The development is the first since inauguration of the 8th Senate on June 9, 2015.
Why I stopped DSS operatives from arresting judge, by Wike
Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has explained that his action on October 8, 2016, where he allegedly intervened in the midnight raid on the house of a judge, was not geared towards stopping the Depertment of State Services, DSS, from arresting the judge, but to ensure that the right process was followed.
