Cancer patients twice as likely to die from COVID-19 ― Study
People with cancer are more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than those without it, a large study published Thursday found. The data on more than 900 patients in the US, Canada and Spain which appeared in a paper in The Lancet, found that mortality increased the further the cancer had progressed. Cancer patients […]
APC candidate for Edo guber election can’t emerge in Abuja – Obaseki’s aide
Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has dismissed reports that the Edo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) had in a meeting in Abuja chosen a consensus candidate to fly the party’s flag in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state. In a statement, Osagie […]
World Menstrual Hygiene Day: Reactions to story on painful menstruation
By Agbonkhese Oboh In commemoration of World Menstrual Hygiene Day, celebrated every May 28 since 2014, we reproduce reactions to a story we published. The story, on painful menstruation (dysmenorrhoea), is entitled “When managing dysmenorrhoea couldn’t stop a girl from having 3 degrees, you get Enitan Sophie Oluwa”. Tayo: Well done, babe. I just read […]
NYSC extends nine Corps members service year, as 11 absconds in Osun
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Nine members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in Osun State had their service year extended, as 11 corps members absconded from service. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Osun State Coordinator of the NYSC, Adewale Adegoke, and made available to journalists in Osogbo as the […]
Buhari’s Executive Orders are aimed at complementing existing legislations – Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says the recently signed Presidential Executive Orders are aimed at complementing the existing legislations and ensure inter-agency coordination in the process of implementation.
Post COVID-19: NITDA retools strategy for Economic Diversification
In a bid to bring the Digital Service Industry to the front burner of the economic diversification of President Mohammadu Buhari, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Thursday presented its draft on National Outsourcing Strategy for Nigeria (NOSN) to stakeholders in an online engagement workshop for better service delivery.
