By Agbonkhese Oboh When managing dysmenorrhoea couldn’t stop a girl from having 3 degrees, you get Enitan Sophie Oluwa Enitan (call me Ennie) has come to terms with the fact that her handbags are mobile pharmacies. She moves around so much her friends call her The Nomad. However, her regular companion a few know about […]

By Ladipo Adamolekun The number of extremely poor people continues to rise in Sub-Saharan Africa while falling rapidly in all other regions. By 2030, forecasts indicate that nearly 9 in 10 of the extremely poor will live in Sub-Saharan Africa. – D. Wadhwa, World Bank Blogs, September 19th, 2018 Preamble On Democracy Day 2019, President […]

 The Delta Government has extended by two days, the current total lockdown in the state, saying it will now end on Thursday.

Oil-producing communities, under the aegis of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSCON), on Tuesday, accused the Federal Government, their respective state governments, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and oil companies operating in the Niger Delta of abandoning the communities in the face of hardship brought about by the COVID-19 lockdown.

Except extreme measures are taken by the Federal Government in the light of the dwindling crude oil prices and the looming global economic downturn, the Nigerian economy would be faced with disastrous fiscal consequences, while oil producers might be forced to suspend production activities.

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti As part of the efforts to win the war against Coronavirus spread in Ekiti State, Coalition of Health Professional Associations and unions have called for the immediate  establishment of more centres at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti and the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti. This is […]

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Federal Government has declared Friday, May 1, 2020 as public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers’ Day Celebration. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuria in a statement on Tuesday said the Interior minister, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. The statement […]

By Usman Yusuf For days now, the media space( print and social) has been inundated with series of unfounded mischiefs against or in support of the purported sack of one Dr. Aniekeme Uwah who before now was the State Chief Epidemiologist. I decided to use the word “purported” because it has become apparent that in […]

The Police Command in Rivers says it will pursue justice for Sgt. Lovender Elekwachi, the policewoman who was allegedly shot dead by her colleague in Port Harcourt last week.

The Ekiti State Police Command has recovered a newborn baby abandoned in an uncompleted building in  Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The Command spokesman, Mr. Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident to journalists on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti. Abutu said the incident happened on Monday night, adding that residents of the area alerted the police on the matter. […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A Civil Society Organisation, YIAGA AFRICACentre for Legislative Engagement, Tuesday, charged the National Assembly on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB, amendment of the 2020 Appropriation Act, subjecting all executive actions in COVID-19, appropriation to increase budgetary allocation to the health sector, a framework for managing public […]

By David Royal Governor Abdullahi Sule, on Tuesday, announced in a press briefing that Nasarawa has recorded its first coronavirus case. He said that five tests were conducted, four came back negative with one positive. “It is sad to announce that Nasarawa has recorded the first case from this lady that travelled from Kano to […]

At least 13 doctors have tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana, an official of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) said on Tuesday.

  By Michael Eboh Except extreme measures are taken by the Federal Government in the light of the dwindling crude oil prices and the looming global economic downturn, the Nigerian economy would be faced with disastrous fiscal consequences, while oil producers might be forced to suspend production activities. These were the views of experts in […]

Says inter state border lockdown still in force Make use of facemasks compulsory To distribute one million facemasks Directs civil servants on level 12, above to resume work Says public, private school remained shut till May 31 Ban conferences, sports activities, others till May 31 Says Asaba Airport remained closed till further notice By Festus […]