Each year in Nigeria, according to the Guttmacher report 2017, 61,000 women die from complications of birth and abortion or miscarriage. The report also notes that out of 1.3 million abortions in 2018, 85 percent are estimated to occur under unsafe conditions. 

Team Nigeria is brimming with confidence ahead of this month’s African Bodybuilding Championship.

Undoubtedly, one of the low points for your correspondent during the just concluded screening or better, serenading of ministerial nominees, was the point when Senator Orji Uzor Kalu intervened to cover the oral delivery deficiencies of the nominee from Taraba State, Saleh Mohammed.

THE battle line has been drawn and if nothing is done urgently, the peace of the graveyard in the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressive Congress may further be ruptured.

We had a terrifying and beautiful and spectacular surprise baby. She was our third daughter. She was born with a smile, and that smile rarely leaves her face. She changed our life and all of our plans. We hired a nanny to help us with our daughters while we ran our businesses.

Stuart Baxter shocked football fans in South Africa when he announced his resignation as head coach of the Bafana Bafana yesterday.

Dr Gbemisola Boyede is a Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of a nonprofit organisation, Ask ThePaediatricians Foundation.

He bowed his head in shame, unable to look into this reporter’s eyes when approached.   By the time he managed to lift up his head after much persuasion,   it revealed a tear- filled eyes.

MultiChoice Nigeria has announced that its flagship corporate shared value (CSV) initiative, MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF), will hold another Masterclass. The Mastercalss, which holds in Lagos on 13 August, will be in Cinematography.

The national women’s basketball team and African champions D’Tigress are programmed to depart Lagos for Dakar on Monday, August 5th but that plan is now doubtful as the Nigeria Basketball Federation is yet to raise the needed fund to execute the trip.

By Ben Efe Former Athletics Federation of Nigeria technical director, Omatseye Nesiama has called on the Sports ministry and the national athletics ruling body, to urgently refund a N15m bail out fund he gave out to facilitate travels and camping of Nigerian athletes before the 2015 All Africa Games. After football, aspiring Qatari athletes set […]

Nigerian College of Aviation Technology,NCAT, Zaria has commenced courses leading to the award of Ordinary National Diploma (OND), Higher National Diploma (HND) and Post Graduate Diploma into various fields of academy. Admission is currently on- going into the various courses.

Pro-democracy and good governance group, Concerned Nigerians, has condemned what it described as the invasion of the office of the Amnesty International by some protesters and he alleged arrest of a blogger by the Department of States Services, DSS.

Protesters have stormed the Abuja office of the Amnesty International (AI), an international human rights organisation, and demanded its immediate exit from Nigeria. The protesters arrived at the office located at Maitama, at about 2pm on Friday, with various placards accusing the organisation of “attempting to destabilise Nigeria.” They also accused Amnesty International of being […]

The Federal Government has shifted the planned closure of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for repairs from Aug. 3 to September 2. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Adedamola Kuti, made the announcement in Lagos on Friday. He explained that due to the busy nature of the highway, the Federal Ministry of Power, Works […]