Pharmacists advocate stiffer penalties for drug trafficking, abuse
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has called on the Federal Government to ensure stiffer punishment for perpetrators of drug trafficking to curb the menace in the country.
Kaduna traffic agency sacks 124 marshals
The Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Authority, KASTELEA, has sacked 124 marshals for various misconducts.
Of quit order, self-determination and peace
If there are any people in Nigeria who demand and deserve self-determination, it must be the Bakassi people
Let us give peace a chance, TUC begs Nigerians
THE Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday pleaded with aggrieved Nigerians, to give peace a chance in the spirit of Eid-el-fitri, contending that saying “no matter what the grouse is against the state, it can be resolved through constructive dialogue.”
Army blames politicians for Taraba violence
Acting General Officer Commanding, GOC, 3 Division, Nigerian Army, Jos, Brig-General Benjamin Ahanotu, has called on politicians in Taraba State to be neutral, fair and just over the current crisis on the Mambilla Plateau.
70% of prison inmates are awaiting trial – Dambazau
Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, confirmed, yesterday, that more than 70 per cent of Nigerian prison inmates were on the awaiting trial list.
Davido gives PA oil truck
Nigerian singer Davido has done another good deed, gifting his personal assistant for many years an oil truck.
President’s audio tape sparks controversy as PDP, Afenifere, others react
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Afenifere and other major stakeholders, yesterday, reacted to the presidency’s release of an audio tape to debunk insinuations that President Muhammadu Buhari had lost his ability to speak properly.
Countdown to October 1, 2017
If nothing is done about this quit notice, I am afraid there may be major mass movements as we near October 1, 2017. All it takes to trigger off a major national disaster is a little spark somewhere, perhaps staged by some mischief-makers. If it starts, no one will be safe
“Lagos State is a place for all”
Lagos State has demonstrated quite clearly that when you build an inclusive state where all feel wanted and at home, you build a strong resilient society propelled towards development
FG must act on our low taxation
THE Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, Mr Ben Akabueze, while defending Nigeria’s rapidly-increasing debt burden (which he called “sustainable”) also pointed out that our real problem is our low revenues. He also admitted that we have the lowest tax-to-GDP ratio in the African continent and one of the lowest in the whole world.
Protest as herdsmen kill father of 7 in Ondo
PROTEST, weekend, greeted the killing of a 64-year-old farmer, Linus Ogbee, in Ilion Camp, Igbatoro in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State by herdsmen.
Relief for Rohr as Ikeme returns!
Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr must be heaving a sigh of relief following encouraging reports from England about his first choice goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme who has been sidelined by injury for close to two months now.
Nigeria’s problems started with Awo’s introduction of tribal politics — Unongo
Awolowo felt, as the strongman of the Yoruba, Azikiwe should not have won the election in his place, and he could not countenance an Igbo man coming to be the premier or the first minister or prime minister of a predominantly Yoruba place. Night came, and when day broke, Zik discovered his majority had collapsed
House on the Rock fire: Nigerian fire-fighters came with Electricity companies’s ladder, no water – Rev. Asigime
Rev. Kennedy Asigime, a cleric in the N3 billion House on the Rock Church in Abuja, which was gutted by fire on Sunday said that the Nigerian fire-fighters came with “the same ladder used by Electric Distribution Companies,”and with no water.
