..wins  1st APP students venture prize with N1.5m  By Ike Uchechukwu Mr Emmanuel Uchechukwu an undergraduate of the Federal University of Technology (FUTO) Owerri who won the first African plus Partner students venture prize of N1.5m has revealed that his invention will reduce PMS price to 65 naira.   Uchechukwu a 300 level undergraduate of […]

  An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operative, Mohammed Goji, on Monday, revealed how Faisal Maina, son of a former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed, withdrew N58 million from a United Bank for Africa (UBA) account between June and July this year. Goji, who is a Principal Detective Superintendent with the […]

France manager Didier Deschamps has told Olivier Giroud to leave Chelsea if he wants a place at Euro 2020. Giroud was a member of the World Cup-winning squad of 2018, but his place at the next major international tournament is in doubt due to his lack of game-time at Stamford Bridge. ALSO READ: ‘We’re just too […]

The Oyo State Government says it will introduce formal education in quranic centres in the state to reduce the number of out-of-school children. Dr. Nureni Adeniran, the Executive Chairman of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), stated this on Monday at a sensitisation programme held in Ogbomoso on the Better Education Service Delivery for […]

Nigerian social media expert and public relations consultant, Akinwunmi Damilola Michael has revealed how social media within a short period, changed a lot of lives in the society. The OAU graduate of Materials Engineering stated that social media has brought him close to relevant people in the society and he takes pride in the positive […]

…begins laboratory testing for active pharmaceutical ingredients …set to achieve 60% local drug production By Chioma Obinna The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Monday disclosed that alarming street value of tramadol worth over N1, 702, 692,250,000.00 was destroyed by the agency in 2019 even as it announced that NAFDAC will […]

Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, has emphasised the need for a functional Health Information System (HIS), to assist policymakers to make the right decisions. Ehanire, at a two-day National Dissemination Workshop of the Revised National Health Management Information System Tools, version 2019, on Monday in Abuja, said that the government needed the correct data […]

Freddie Ljungberg admits that Arsenal cannot match Manchester City for strength in depth. Arsenal fell to a home defeat against the champions, whose three first-half goals were too much for the Gunners to bounce back from. Ljungberg has only guided Arsenal to one win from his five games in interim charge, with the side stuck […]

**Says Operation Puff Adder has fully achieved target By Kingsley Omonobi Inspector-General of Police IGP Mohammed Adamu Abubakar said on Monday that in furtherance of Police strategies to checkmating crime and criminal elements in the country, a total of 6, 531 high profile suspects were arrested in various operations. Speaking at the end of year […]

Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs has heavily criticized Anthony Martial for his performance in Sunday’s draw against Everton. The France attacker was a peripheral figure as United laboured to a 1-1 draw against the struggling Toffees, with Mason Greenwood coming off the bench to level the scores and salvage a point. ALSO READ: Greenwood rescues Man […]

By Festus Ahon – Asaba Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday said the State Government would spend N18 billion to construct six storm drainage projects as a step towards resolving the flooding problem in Warri and Uvwie areas of the state. Fielding questions from newsmen after inspecting some ongoing projects being executed by his […]

ENUGU – A non-governmental organisation, Civil Resources Development and Documentation Centre, CIRDDOC, trained rural dwellers in Enugu on project monitoring to ensure project implementation and enhance the fight against corruption.

World’s football ruling body FIFA on Monday filed claims in a Swiss court seeking to recover two million Swiss francs (about £1.56 million) from former French football star Michel Platini. It said the money was paid inappropriately by ex-FIFA President, Sepp Blatter to Platini. “FIFA has today filed claims in the relevant Swiss courts against […]

Chances are that people would misunderstand and wrongly label Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The organised labour in Ogun State has threatened to embark on a two-day warning strike over what they termed as a nonchalant attitude of the government on the minimum wage negotiations. The Congress in a letter written to the Governor,  Prince Dapo Abiodun informing him on the strike notice said […]