By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC in Edo state and former Chief Press Secretary to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, Mr John Mayaki has faulted the reported suspension of three council chairmen in the state. he described the development as amounting to lawlessness, unconstitutional and a violation […]

A Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr. Abdur-Rasheed Awesu, has called for mental health education as a tool to curb the rising tides of suicide in Nigeria. Awesu, who works at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, made the call on Friday in Lagos, while commenting on the commemoration of the 2019 World Mental Health. NAN reports that mental […]

Iranian state television on Friday reported that an Iranian-owned oil tanker was struck by two missiles off the Saudi port of Jeddah quoting the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) which owns the vessel. The tanker was set ablaze and suffered heavy damage and was leaking crude about 60 miles (96 km) from Jeddah, according to […]

Three people died and two were injured when a highway bridge collapsed on Thursday in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu, state news agency Xinhua said. The bridge, in the city of Wuxi, fell on three cars below, killing three people in two of the vehicles, although the third vehicle was empty, it added. Three cars […]

In terms of spread, only the Nigeria Police Force is slightly ahead of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, in the country. NIPOST has offices throughout the length and breadth of Nigeria. The implication of this is that the Federal Government can drive its social intervention programmes through NIPOST with almost 100% success. There is no local government area in Nigeria that has no presence of NIPOST. Apart from LGAs headquarters, almost all the towns in Nigeria boast of postal outlets.