Like Music, physiological exercises and drugs, words, when used properly, can be a very powerful tool for healing a variety of neurological and psychological issues.

BENIN—Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has rejected the award given to him by the  Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Edo State chapter, insisting that he has not performed much in the health sector to deserve such an award.

ost communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSTCOM, has called for direct participation of oil communities in petroleum operations, saying that the move will  eliminate tension in the Niger Delta.

Lagos—Ahead of the 2019 general elections, United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, weekend in Lagos, warned that the proposed Bill at the National Assembly seeking to control free speech couched under the guise of Nigeria Press Council Bill, was the greatest threat to the nation’s democracy since the return to civil rule in 1999.

Chairman of Reformed All Progressives Congress, R-APC, Buba Galadima, has said the cosy relationship between President Muhammadu Buhari and National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was an afterthought.

The Lagos   State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, weekend shut down five illegal bonded terminals and four other buildings, including a cinema in Ajegunle,  Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state for contravening the state’s building development plans.

The struggle for political control and power play dominated the longlist for the $100,000  Nigeria Prize for Literature, announced recently by the Advisory Board for the Prize.

With Europe’s top clubs preparing for the start of the new season, there have already been several headline-grabbing moves in the transfer market, including Cristiano Ronaldo’s stunning switch to Juventus and the arrival of Gianluigi Buffon in France

FORMER Senate Majority Leader, Senator Muhammed Ndume (APC, Borno South), has said he was fully aware of seven senators elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that have concluded arrangements to dump the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

The Lagos chapter of the National Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, NASME, has urged government to support it by providing  infrastructural facilities in order to enhance productivity and job creation.

The Challenge Initiative is igniting a movement for the spread of sustained reproductive health interventions in Nigeria. Using its Business Unusual model, an initiative that supports States to lead the design and implementation of high-impact reproductive health interventions to increase contraceptive prevalence rates.

Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has announced a major cabinet shakeup in which nine Commissioners and two Special Advisers lost their jobs.

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has criticised the Federal Government for allegedly not taking steps to end the extrajudicial killing of Nigerians in South Africa.

The Lagos State Government said it has released at least three bodies out of the nine identified burnt beyond recognition in the Otedola tanker explosion to their families for burial.

JUSTICE Must Prevail Party, JMPP, has described the wave of mass defections by some federal lawmakers and governors from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, as a sign of an impending political upheaval in the country in 2019.