National Association Ijaw Female Students NAIFS, has described the appointment of Mrs. Ibim Seminitari as acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, as a blessing to the Ijaws in particular and the Niger Delta as a whole.

As the New Year begins the people of Bayelsa State are preparing to engage in a repeat of the most important political exercise that they engaged in last year.

Irked that over 150,000 children are born every year in Nigeria with symptomatic Sickle Cell Anaemia, the Sickle Cell Club of Lagos has called for research into various fronts especially on the immediate causes of severe pain crises in people living with the disorder. President of the Club, Mrs. Ayo Otaigbe who spoke during their annual celebration, said despite many medical advancements,SCD was still not well understood.

On the subject of the President’s media chat, some say they found his declarations “dictatorial. So, allow me to play devil’s advocate and ask: Is a good dictatorship better than a corrupt democracy?

Coach Samson Siasia has said no player is certain of a place in Nigeria U23 squad for the Rio Olympics.

The Dream Team VI qualified for the global sports showpiece having emerged as African champions at the CAF U23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal.

Member of the Lagos state house of assembly, Segun Olulade, has called on residents in the state to be cautious and report to the nearest hospital any symptoms of Lassa fever.

SCIENTISTS are investigating the possible emergence of a new form of cancer that may be transmitted from one person to another. A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said the cancer strain, known as Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) can spread rapidly through populations, transmitted by biting.

As the world celebrates the New Year coupled with the usual habit of Nigerian clerics forecasting doom for the country, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has said that those prophesying doom for the country in 2016 will fail.

Kelechi Iheanacho believes he is ready to help Manchester City in all competitions and says the prospect of playing Champions League football doesn’t phase him.

SO many unusual things happen every day in our society – and typical of us as Nigerians, we never bother to ask why some of these things happen the way they do.

Former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has called on Nigerians to show appreciation to former President Goodluck Jonathan for sacrificing his ambition for the unity of Nigeria against the prediction that Nigeria would break up in 2015.

DOWN the ages, philosophers have speculated on time as both an arbitrary and an artificial construct. Time for this class of people is a continuum which humanity has for its own convenience divided into time past, time present and future time. Otherwise, time has no boundaries. But dividing time into parts is one way through which people make sense of their existence, have some notion of how far they’ve come and what progress or lack of it has been made. So when at the end of a year people take stock of their life, it is time that makes it possible. Otherwise, human life could be one long night of darkness or slumber without a beginning, middle or end.

A sharp decline was recorded in revenue accruable to the Federal Government from the petroleum sector, as the country’s earnings from crude oil export dropped to N5.271 trillion for the nine month period, January to September 2015.

A sharia court in Kano has sentenced a Tijjaniyya cleric, Abdul Inyass to death for blasphemy.

AS reactions continue to trail the allocation of N221.7 billion to the health sector by the Federal government as presented by President Mohammadu Buhari to the Senate last week, experts have called on Federal government to ensure adequate human resources and infrastructural development and support.