Students bemoan poor learning conditions at UNN
STUDENTS of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka have expressed concern over the poor learning conditions in the institution, describing them as terrible and nothing to write home about.
Lagos govt confirms 1 Lassa Fever case, isolates patient at LUTH
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday confirmed a case of Lassa fever outbreak in the state, saying the patient has been isolated. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the State Commissioner for Health, who made this known in a statement, said that the patient was currently in isolation ward at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba. Lassa […]
People Talk: N35m Camry 2020 model for NASS (1)
By Bose Adelaja, Olayinka Latona & Rose Chukwu “No govt is as wasteful as the Nigerian govt. Buying N35m Camry 2020 model for each NASS member is pure wickedness! With all the debt owed by Nigeria, they are thinking of doing such? Is renewing their vehicles every three years not enough? “They should get Innoson […]
NCDC confirms 70 deaths from Lassa fever
By Sola Ogundipe A total of 70 people died from 472 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 1,708 suspected cases in 92 Local Government Areas of 26 States of the Federation within the first six weeks of 2020. An update of the Lassa fever Situation Report (Epi Week 06: 03 – 09 February 2020) […]
China uses anti-malaria drug, plasma against coronavirus
By Sola Ogundipe Chinese health authorities say an anti-malaria drug is effective in treating coronavirus patients. The authorities also report that blood plasma taken from recovered patients has been used to treat those who are critically ill. Officials stated that the anti-malaria medicine was given to over 100 patients in clinical trials. They said the […]
Buhari sacks NDDC Acting MD
—Appoints Varsity Don As MD By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei as the Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Professor Pondei is taking over from the present Acting Managing Director, Barrister Joi Nunieh This was contained in a statement signed by the Special […]
Nigerians are culpable for the utter misrule of their country
By Olu Fasan ASK Nigerians, and the overwhelming majority would say this country’s problem is leadership. Nigeria, they would tell you, suffers from bad leadership. But if you ask me, I will say the problem is also acute failure of followership. In fact, I would say that the problem of complicit followers is worse than […]
Delta Herdsmen Killings: Lack of funding stalls autopsy of 6 exhumed corpse
*Soldiers threatened to destroy our communities – Prof Muoboghare By Perez Brisibe UGHELLI – DESPITE claims by the Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP, Hafiz Inuwa that the police is currently waiting for the autopsy report for the exhumed corpses of six persons reported to have been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Uwheru kingdom, […]
Barrow-pusher electrocuted while trying to pluck mango fruits with iron
By Ikechukwu Odu NSUKKA—-Tragedy struck at Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State on Wednesday, as a yet-to-be-identified barrow-pusher from Ebonyi State was electrocuted while trying to pluck mango fruits with iron close to high-tension wires. According to eye-witnesses, the young man, when caught by life wire, was struggling to break free when he alerted […]
Court orders release of Dasuki’s International passport
Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama has ordered the release of the International Traveling Passport of retired Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki to him. According to PRNigeria, the Court ordered the registrar of the court to release the document to Dasuki through his counsel for renewal having become expired […]
Nigeria as a massive graveyard and season of denials
By Ladesope Ladelokun Nigeria: THE finality of death can be terrifying. But death is the ultimate leveller. It is a debt everyone must pay regardless of age, race or class. Indeed, when the Grim Reaper calls, it respects no one. Like a virtual friend posted on his Facebook wall, death is a sermon on our […]
Years after: 11 War-torn villages in Ebonyi receive relief materials worth millions of naira
By Peter Okutu The community of Offia Orji in Ndiegu Okpuitumo, Abakaliki local government area of Ebonyi State, Thursday, received relief materials worth thousands of naira in the State. The community comprising eleven villages were deeply affected by its conflict with Cross River State, during which numerous lives were lost and properties including houses were […]
NASS working to improve security situation in Nigeria ― Lawan
*** As a bill for the establishment of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano scales second reading in the Senate *** As Senate holds one-minute silence for deceased Ex-WAEC registrar By Henry Umoru ABUJA – PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan said Wednesday that National Assembly has devised what be termed a strategy that […]
Arewa’s woes beyond power supply
NORTHERN Nigeria, fondly referred to by its people as “Arewa”, is heavily challenged by mass poverty, destitution and a cocktail of ethno-religious-related violence. Both the elite and the masses live in fear for their lives. Though the situation is not limited to the North, it is this region, the largest and most powerful political […]
Nigerian lawyers, firms must acquire skills to gain from AfCFTA —Akpata
By Innocent Anaba Senior Partner, Templars, a law firm with head office in Lagos, Mr Olumide Akpata, has called on lawyers in the country to acquire the right skills and collaborate with foreign firms to be able to take advantage of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, which Nigeria ratified last year. He warned […]
Skill G Innovation STEM centre berths in Abuja
A PRIVATELY-owned Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, STEM and Artificial Intelligence centre, the first of its kind in Nigeria, has been set up.
