Adoption of digital technological skills has been described as a veritable platform Nigerian educational sector could leverage on in order to be a key player in the Digital economy.

Chioma Obinna and Chinelo Azike The Lagos State government on Tuesday carried out a sensitisation programme to educate community leaders on the preventive measures for coronavirus. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this at a stakeholders’ forum on the management and control of COVID-19 in the state, said since the Ebola […]

Kogi State government, on Tuesday, dissolved the local government administrative teams. This was contained in a statement by Onogwu Mohammed, Chief Press Secretary to Kogi State Governor. He said: “Following the constitution of the State Independent Electoral Commission, SIEC, and the expiration of the tenure of Administrative Team of the 21 Local Government areas of […]

A 40-year-old husband, Adebayo Oluwafemi, on Tuesday, prayed an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve his 11-year-old marriage to his wife, Funmilayo Oluwafemi, over alleged threat to life. Oluwafemi is seeking for dissolution of his marriage on grounds of threats to life, troublesomeness of his wife and lack of care for him by his wife. The […]

Mr Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has urged the President of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr Mansur Ahmed, to leverage on smart technology. Inuwa gave the advice on Tuesday in Abuja while delivering his address as Special Guest at a conference organised by the Association with the theme: “Digital Economy […]

Frank Lampard has urged Chelsea to stick with him in the same way Liverpool stayed faithful to Jurgen Klopp. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is not known for his patience with managers, especially if they fail to deliver silverware at Stamford Bridge. Liverpool went three seasons without winning a trophy under Klopp but that all changed […]

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has dissolved all the caretaker management committees currently running the affairs of the 21 local government council areas in the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, who confirmed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Lokoja, said that the dissolution was with immediate effect. […]

*As Uzodinma reviews laws on wildlife conservation Between 2011 and 2018, Imo State lost 13 percent of its natural forest cover. Director-General of Nigerian Conservation Foundation, NCF, Dr. Muhtari Amino-Kana, said this on Tuesday in Owerri, the state capital, during the 2020 World Wildlife Day celebration on the theme Sustaining All Life on Earth. He […]

Stakeholders from the Civil Society organizations have blamed corruption on our electoral system on desperation of politicians and described the presence of military personnel in elections as aberration to democracy.

The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Dingyadi said the recent attack on some communities in Kaduna State would strengthen security agencies’ resolve to continue the offensive attack on unrepentant bandits. Mr. Osaigbovo Ehisienmen, the Press Secretary to the Minister, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Dingyadi condemned in strong terms the […]

International Society of Media in Public Health, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has urged government at all levels to invest in women’s health to reduce the trauma some of them are passing through. The Director of the NGO, Mrs Moji Makanjuola, made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at a one-day interaction with health correspondents in […]

By Obadiah Mailafia THE Coronavirus, COVID-19, began in the Chinese industrial city of Wuhan in December. It has brought the Chinese industrial juggernaut to a virtual standstill. Schools have been closed down, public transport systems have been halted and businesses have closed shop. Some 780 million Chinese – about half of the population – have […]

James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Regional Office and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) team on Tuesday visited the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun in respect of the index Coronavirus case traced to an Italian national victim who works as a consultant to Lafarge Africa in the State. Dr […]

Golf players from 18 universities will participate in the fifth edition of the Nigerian University Golf Tournament at the Smoking Hills Golf Resort, Ilara-Mokin in Ondo State.

The trial of 47 Nigerian men charged with homosexuality, punishable by 14 years in prison, was delayed again on Tuesday, after witnesses for their accusers failed to appear in court. As in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, homosexuality is illegal in religiously conservative Nigeria, which is split between a Muslim-majority north and a largely Christian […]