By Chidi Nkwopara, Owerri Underfunding, inadequate personnel, lack of essential modern medical equipment and other infrastructural needs, have been identified as the major handicaps bedevilling Imo State Government-owned hospitals. The Chairman of Imo State Hospital Management Board, Dr. Douglas Acholonu, made this known after inspecting some of the medical outfits yesterday. At the time of […]

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho believes his side will finish in the top four of the Premier League this season. Spurs’ chances of a fourth successive finish in the Champions League qualification places looked a lost cause when the Portuguese took charge last month with the club 12 points behind Chelsea. That gap has been cut […]

December snow flurries in Serbia haven’t stopped Aleksandar Tanic from cultivating his scorching-hot crop: the crinkly chili peppers that are considered the spiciest on the planet. At the base of a mountain in southern Serbia, Tanic plucks a handful of red, yellow and orange peppers from rows of leafy vines inside a greenhouse whose roof […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Friday returned to Abuja after he participated in the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa, held in Egypt. NAN reported that the presidential aircraft conveying the president and some members of his entourage landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about […]

Agege Local Government area of Lagos State has banned the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, from operating in the community. In a letter signed by the council chairman, Alh. Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi, to notify the road workers union of the ban, the council said it took the decision to stop alleged conversion of […]

Few months after kick starting operations along Ajar – CMS axis of Lagos Island,  technology-driven bus, Plentywaka, said it has upgraded its app for improved user experience.

Nollywood sweetheart, Ani Amatosero has started laying plans ahead of 2020, with her latest project. The actress, who has shot over ten movies in recent times said her dream is to take Nollywood to the heights it truly deserves in 2020.

One of the luckiest contestants on the night was Miss Abuja, Nonye who emerged 1st runner-up at the competition. The 21-year old beauty, who hails from Anambra State did not make it to the last 15 contestants.

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Akwa Ibom state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to treat the withdrawal of Senator Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress, APC from Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial re-run election as a concession to defeat. Briefing newsmen on behalf of the […]

Etsanyi Tukura,from Taraba State is surely looking forward to facing a new chapter in her life as she begins her reign as the 43rd Miss Nigeria.

The Ondo State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Rotimi Adeleye, has said that the FRSC has received marching orders to protect corps members nationwide. Adeleye said this when the state NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Grace Akpabio, paid an official visit to his office on Friday in Akure. According to the commander, the directive came […]

…swears-in Tsoho as FHC CJ, Kanyip as NIC President By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Chief Justice Of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Friday, enjoined the newly appointed Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho and President of the National Industrial Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip, to abide by their oath of office. The […]

ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has alleged that the Federal Government will pay IPPIS contractors about 2billion naira if all non-teaching and academic staff are fully enrolled.

A strong odour of faeces disrupted a key vote in Georgia’s parliament Thursday after opposition MPs splattered the plenary chamber with an unidentified substance. Georgia’s parliament speaker Archil Talakvadze, in televised remarks, accused the opposition of making a “chemical attack on the legislature”, adding that the plenary session had been interrupted as a result. Forensic […]

 THE  Senate has begun the process of regulating Health Insurance in the country to ensure that poor Nigerians have access to quality healthcare.