A breathalyser test being developed by British scientists could revolutionise  cancer diagnosis.

First, may we please take a lengthy aside. Reactions to my last article, “Question for Former President Goodluck Jonathan” revealed the real trouble with social media. Despite my having expressly invited robust debates on certain things such as how the immediate past President fitted the bill of a “Philosophy King,” or how the man showed “restraint,” no debate, no matter how lean or hungry, came.

For the first time in 2019, crude oil price, yesterday rose  from $56.00 to $58 in the international market, as Saudi Arabia cuts output by 500,000 barrel per day, bpd. Specifically, the price of many light crudes, including Nigeria’s Bonny Light hit the roofs at $58.00, while the price of Brent, West Texas Intermediate, WTI and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC basket of 15 crudes stood at $57.73, $48.66 and $52.17 respectively. The latest price, apparently the highest in 2019, showed $2.00 below the $60.00 per barrel benchmark of Nigeria’s 2019 budget.

ILORIN-The weekend tragedy of December 1,2018 in Chewuru, Edu local government area of Kwara state when a canoe transporting twenty one passengers on a journey to the neighbouring Niger state suddenly capsized shortly after it took off, and thirteen of them including children died, immediately reminded the stakeholders of the ultimate danger of travelling by canoe in that part of the country.

It is not all the time that my aproko pays off. But on this particular occasion, it did. It was a small gathering held in the honour of a friend to celebrate her birthday.

Last year, during the commissioning of a multi-million, ultra-modern library complex built by the Okowa administration in the very heart of Asaba, the senate deputy president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu harped on the importance of education and the various educational strides of the Delta State government. An elated Ekweremadu argued that education was the solution to the various challenges plaguing the nation. The deputy senate president shared his sentiments on education :    ‘The challenges we have today as a nation, such as armed robbery, kidnapping and other vices can be pushed away through education and I want to appeal to Nigerians to embrace education.   You (Governor Okowa) have empowered your people today by completing this library complex, you are leading by example. Modern Nigeria where no one is oppressed. I want to thank you for making it possible for me to witness your accomplishments, we are happy to be associated with you, you have done so much for your people.‘

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

WHEN the parents of the quintuplets delivered in August last year at a maternity hospital at Otolo Nnewi    were invited by a philanthropist, Sir Lois Carter Onwugbenu to visit his country home at Uguagu Nnewi on 31st  December, 2018, little did they know that the future of the five children would be secured for life through exposure to the best quality of education in the world as their parents were assured that their children would attend their tertiary education abroad.

Like in many things we do, the games we play often reveal our character. Those who cheat in sports will invariably cheat in business. I once read an article of a man who got himself a good business partner simply because of the way he conducted himself on a squash court.

In many forums, it has been stated that guns and tanks are not the only weapons of war, that propaganda is as well a weapon of war. According to credible information, Ahmad Salkida, the former reporter with Daily Trust is known for speaking on behalf of the sect. He has now carried on a campaign […]