As statistics from UNAIDS revealed that a total of 180,000 Nigerians have lost their lives to HIV/AIDS pandemic, Centre for the Right To Health, CRH, has called for the reinforcement of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, in schools as part of strategies to halt the spread among adolescents.

ASABA—A Delta State High Court sitting in Kwale has convicted and sentenced eight persons, including an ex-soldier, to a total of 104 years imprisonment for the kidnap of the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Monday Igbuya.

Osun state Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday said that, because of the massive infrastructural projects going on across the state, the citizenry have had it difficult to believe that the nation in general and the state in particular, is undergoing economic hardship.

ASABA—Goods worth millions of naira were reportedly burnt in a midnight fire at the popular Old Cable Market, Asaba, the Delta State capital, yesterday.

A new dawn emerged for the Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC) last Saturday as about 250 registered/authentic members of the club across the 19 state chapters of the country converged on the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos to elect their choice of leaders into various offices of the club. The election which saw the ‘who is who’ in the industry of sports during the most credible and fair election by all the stakeholders present has produced a new National Chairman in the person of former Secretary General, Rev. Samuel Ikpea.

The cashless economic policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has received a boost with the entrance of PayU, a global payment group into the Nigerian market. The payment gateway, according to PayU’s Country Manager, Ms. Juliet Nwanguma, provides a simple payment processing for Nigerian merchants and consumers.

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, yesterday, confirmed the death of 13 persons in a motor accident on Malumfashi-Dabai Road, Kafur Local Government Area, Katsina State.

Coding: the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging / troubleshooting, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. It sounds serious, and really difficult. However, 24 year-old Founder and Director of Hyperion Development, Riaz Moola says it’s perfectly possible for someone to become a coder without having strong Mathematical skills.

IN recognition of the important role that they play in the provision of healthcare, especially at the grassroots, Traditional Birth Attendants, TBAs, have been recognised as indispensable to healthcare delivery in the country.

A NEW hi-tech glucose meter known as Nova Max Plus Meter, that measures the level of ketones in diabetic patients, is now in the Nigerian market.

Justice Phoebe Ayua of the Federal High Court, Lokoja, yesterday, threw out a suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to appoint a minister to represent Kogi State in his cabinet, following the death of James Ocholi (SAN) over nine months ago.

THE Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, yesterday, told the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on alleged corruption, malpractices and breach of due process in the award of OPL 245, that there was no sufficient evidence yet to convict the former AGF, Mohammed Adoke; ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke; and former Finance Minister, Olusegun Aganga, over the $1.092 billion Malabu oil deal.

IMAGINE celebrating the Christmas year in Nigeria with many homes not able to afford the traditional rice dishes. Think about children celebrating Christmas in their old dresses instead of new colourful Christmas outfits.

Lenovo Nigeria and Slot Systems have together launched the first Lenovo brand retail store in Nigeria. The Store, which is located at the popular Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos will stock Lenovo laptops, desktops, smartphones and accessories.

MainOne, West Africa’s leading connectivity and data center solutions provider, has again demonstrated its unflagging commitment to supporting its host communities by uplifting them, one school at a time. Under the umbrella of its Corporate Social Responsibility program tagged CLIF (Changing Lives… Impacting the Future), MainOne adopted Mayeigun Community Primary School and Gbara Junior Secondary School located in Jakande-Lekki, Lagos, elevating their environment.