Many missing, as 100-passenger vessel capsizes in Cross River
CALABAR—The fate of several passengers in a boat that left Calabar, the Cross River State capital, with over 100 passengers and crew members for Cameroon was yesterday unknown after the boat capsized on the high sea.
FG outlines strategy to lift 100m out of poverty
Abuja—The Minister of Science and Technology Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, yesterday said the Federal Government would deploy science, technology and innovation to actualize President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise of freeing 100 million Nigerians from the poverty trap.
Community pharmacists going digital to improve patient care
Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN Lagos State, chapter, has admonished pharmacists across the country to embrace information communication technology to improve patient care and safety.
Tribalism, nepotism, corruption destroying Nigeria — Prince Anene
Our leaders don’t know God, they don’t even know what they are worshiping and that is why they can do the things they do and feel good about it
VAT rises by 17% to N312 bn in Q2’19
The revenue generated from Value Added Tax (VAT) in the second quarter of 2019 (Q2’19) rose by 17 percent to N312 billion from N269.79 billion in the corresponding period of 2018.
Benue varsity students barricade institution over shot leader
Students of Benue State University, BSU, yesterday barricaded the entrance of the institution protesting the shooting of the President of National Union of Benue State Students, NUBESS, Smith Tyonor, by unknown gunmen.
UNICEF, IHS collaborate to improve lives of Nigerian children
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, is partnering with IHS Nigeria, the Nigerian subsidiary of IHS Towers, to accelerate tangible and sustained improvements in the well-being and development of children in rural communities across Nigeria.
‘When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty’
TO speak English fluently in a world where the language is the lingua franca of trade and diplomacy is usually a big win in the lottery of life except in Cameroon where English as a mother tongue has become a curse, thanks to a colonial conundrum that made Anglophone underdogs in a union with overwhelmingly French-speaking Cameroon.
Iran to let women attend football World Cup qualifier
Women fans will be allowed into the stadium for Iran’s next football World Cup qualifier in October, a sports ministry official said Sunday, ahead of a deadline to allow their attendance.
Why I didn’t betray Saraki — BOLAJI Abdullahi
Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, who celebrated his 50th birthday recently, in this interview spoke on his experiences in and out of office and the most difficult decision he has ever taken among other.
Rep asks FG to reactivate Sapele Port, others
SAPELE—A House of Representatives member representing Sapele/Uvwie/Okpe Federal Constituency, Delta State, Chief Efe Afe, has called on the Federal Government to reactivate the Sapele Port and other ports in the country to decongest Apapa and Tin Can Island ports.
