Myths, misconceptions major challenges of Family Planning – Expert
Dr Ejike Oji, the Chairman of the Technical Management Committee of the Association for the Advancement of Family Planning (AAFP) says myths and misconceptions around modern contraceptives prevent women from commencing or continuing the use of Family Planning (FP) methods in Nigeria. Family Planning is the act of regulating a man or a woman’s ability to impregnate […]
Your re-election, testimony of your performance — Obasanjo tells Akufo-Addo
James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the re-election of the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo for the second term, as a result of his performance in office. He therefore charged him to remain as enthusiastic, as energetic, as focused, and as committed as he had been in the last […]
Outrage over deplorable federal roads in Benue
..We are working to reverse agony of road users – Federal Controller of Works ..It’s wrong for FG to extend railway to Niger Rep while Benue has no road – Iyorchia Ayu ..I plead with Mr. President and NASS to make Benue roads motorable – Gov Ortom By Peter Duru, Makurdi There have been unceasing […]
Italy minister had false positive coronavirus test, says Govt
Italy’s interior minister, who tested positive for coronavirus earlier this week, never actually had COVID-19, the government said on Friday. The PCR test performed on Luciana Lamorgese on Monday “turned out to be wrong”, her office said in a statement. She underwent two new tests on Wednesday and Thursday and both came back negative, it […]
Okowa inaugurates ‘Operation Delta Hawk’, warns ‘criminal herdsmen’
By Festus Ahon – Asaba Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has inaugurated ‘Operation Delta Hawk’, a new security outfit established by the State Government to enhance the security of lives and property in the state, insisting that those masquerading as herdsmen in the State with weapons would be given a hot chase and made […]
Court rejects FG’s request to mask witnesses in Sowore, Bakare’s trial
***limits number of participants per sitting to 20 persons By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, rejected an application the Federal Government filed to be allowed to mask all the witnesses that are billed to testify against convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoleye Sowore, and his co-Defendant, Olawole […]
N950m campaign fund: Court discharge Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister, Aminu Wali, Mansur Ahmed
…I’ve been vindicated, says Wali By Bashir Bello A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has on Friday discharged and acquitted the former minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali and Director General, Jonathan Campaign Organization, NorthWest, Mansur Ahmed accused of receiving N950 million campaign fund. The duo were arraigned alongside Senator Ibrahim Shekarau by […]
Court reinstates suspended Edo council chairman
By Ozioruva Aliu AN Edo state High Court sitting in Benin City yesterday declared as illegal, the removal from office of Alhaji Aremiyau Aligamhe Momoh as Chairman of Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo. The court presided over by Justice Daniel Okungbowa, delivered the judgement in suit no: B/205/2019. Momoh was removed from office by […]
NMA NEC Meeting: Nigeria health sect in turmoils – NMA President, Ujah
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Prof. Innocent Ujah on Thursday described, the health sector in Nigeria as being in turmoil, with numerous challenges affecting training and retraining of health professional. He also said that the challenges facing the Nigerian health sector are multi-diamentional, adding that they include, poor infrastructural, […]
LAND DISPUTE -; Two killed, Monarch hospitalised in Ondo after midnight attack by gunmen
— Palace razed — Arrested suspects says they were hired from Kogi – We’re on top of the situation – Police Dayo Johnson Akure Also, the 100 year old traditional ruler of lsinigbo community, Oba Samuel Fadahunsi has sustained serious injuries and hospitalised after gunmen attacked his palace and set it ablaze. Reports had it that the […]
COVID-19: Assessing its effect, impact and observance of safety protocols in Benue schools
By Peter Duru, Makurdi There is no gainsaying that the outbreaks of Coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019 in Wuhan city, China, completely changed the course of history and marked a watershed in the life of humanity. The world was confronted with a deadly health challenge that forced humans to recant their daily activities […]
