The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) are partnering to strengthen the delivery of emergency medical and health services during humanitarian crises. WHO, in a statement on its website, said that its Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, and IFRC Secretary-General, Mr Jagan Chapagain, signed a Memorandum […]

Happiness is a state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values and the fact of achieving a goal towards which one has worked for many years, is also the satisfaction that lies in the effort to the victory. Then there is no gainsaying that the beautiful and hardworking Oyindamola Abiona is right […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 73 locally manufactured guns and 891 cartridges at Yauri, Zamare waterside in Kebbi. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Attah explained that officers of the NCS, Federal Operation Unit (FOU) zone B, who were on patrol along […]

Barcelona will face Paris Saint-Germain in a last 16 fixture of the 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League in what appears to be the toughest of the pairings done on Monday. Last season’s finalist PSG topped group H and will face a Messi-led Barcelona that’s still struggling to put its house in order. In other pairings, Borussia […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja Again, Northern elders have expressed concerns on the worsening security situation in the region, saying Friday’s attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State, had further confirmed their position that the region was only now at the mercy of terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements. The elders, operating […]

…as Africa’s first socio-economic mobile app unveil By Gabriel Olawale History was made last Sunday at the maiden edition of the #Herconomy Conference and the third edition of #AGSTribe Annual Challenge where a unique product proposition was unveiled to tackle the challenges of empowering women, scaling digital skills and accelerating inclusion; #AGSTribeMobile – Africa’s first […]

By Emma Una NINETEEN armed robbery suspects have reportedly escaped from custody at the Cross River Police Command headquarters at Diamond Hill, Calabar. The escape according to a police source took place on Sunday night when the robbers used a hacksaw to cut the iron key to the cell where they are detained and made […]

Again, President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to use his executive power to follow the law setting up the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and appoint a governing board for the commission. Buhari was told this following the appointment of Mr Effiong Okon Akwa, a member of the previous Interim Management Committee, as Interim Administrator […]

By Adesina Wahab The President/ Vice Chancellor, Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State, Prof. Ademola Tayo, has said journalists in the country should have insurance cover, given the hazards inherent in their job. He canvassed this yesterday in Ilishan during a media luncheon for education writers. Tayo, who recalled how journalists did not mind being attacked […]

Disowns Oyinlola’s reconciliation committee By Adeola Badru THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Southwest zonal caretaker committee has suspended its chairman, Dayo Ogungbenro, for negligence of duty, saying he has failed to call any meeting since he was appointed. Seven out of the 12 members in the caretaker committee, who suspended the chairman, also called on […]