Cryptocurrency crime losses more than double to $4.5bn in 2019 ―Report
Losses from cryptocurrency crime surged to 4.52 billion dollars in 2019, as insider theft soared even as hacking losses declined, according to a report from blockchain forensics company CipherTrace. Last year’s losses were up nearly 160 per cent from 2018’s total of 1.74 billion dollars. Blockchain, which first emerged as the system powering bitcoin, is […]
Foundation to screen 5,000 women for cancer
By Gabriel Olawale As part of activities to commemorate this year’s World Cancer Day with the theme ‘I Am and I will’ LEAH Foundation in partnership with Giving. ng has launched an appealing platform to enable them to screen 5,000 women across the country for cancer. Speaking in Lagos, Project Manager, giving.ng, Mrs. Olapeju Ibekwe […]
STATE OF THE NATION: We can’t afford another civil war, Christian elders warn
THE National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, yesterday, warned that going into another civil war may not augur well for the country just as it called for the formation of a new Nigeria.
Police arrest 5 suspected cult members in Adamawa State University
The Adamawa State Police Command on Tuesday says it has arrested five suspected cult members in Adamawa State University (ADSU), Mubi. The spokesman of the command, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, who confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola, said the suspects were apprehended on Monday in Mubi. He disclosed that the […]
Bauchi partners FG to cushion effect of northeast migration, manage disaster
By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Bauchi state government has said it is partnering with the Federal government to cushion the effect of migration from Boko Haram ravaged states in the northeast, and to increase its capacity for disaster management. In a press statement released on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant of Media to Bauchi […]
Explosion rocks Edo APC secretary’s residence
BARELY 24 hours after the presidency announced the reconstitution of the reconciliatory committee for the All Progressives Congress, APC, lead by Chief Bisi Akande, an explosion has rocked the private residence of the factional Edo State Secretary of the party, Lawrence Okah.
Government should embrace private sector as partner not competitor — AJAYI
By Juliet Umeh To move the scientific and the medical fields forward in Nigeria, an Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, Dr. Abayomi Ajayi has urged government at all levels in Nigeria to engage the private sector as partners, not as competitors. Ajayi who is also the Managing Director, Nordica Fertility Centre, Lagos, said the private sector should drive the […]
Northern Elders Forum disagrees with Buhari on Ganduje, Emir Sanusi’s feud
ELDERS from the North have disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari on the raging feud between Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and the Emir of Kano, Mohammed Sanusi.
Two gentlemen in Warri
By Sunny Ikhioya Warri: INSIDE the chaos and apparent drift of the Nigerian nation, a silent revolution is going on in our internal sub-culture. And when we notice or observe such, there is this feeling of hope that our country’s prospect is great. We have seen leadership openly flaunt resources that belong to the commonwealth […]
Bauchi to establish own road maintenance agency — Gov Mohammed
By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Bauchi state government has said it will establish a road maintenance agency for the State to complement the efforts of the Federal government in the rehabilitation and maintenance of some major state roads in Bauchi state. This was contained in a statement made available on Wednesday by the Senior Special […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson, others join calls against water privatisation in Lagos
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson has joined rights activists in Nigeria to urge Lagos State government to “abandon its efforts at water privatisation and listen to the voices of the people, who are demanding a public water system with the investment needed to work for all Lagosians.”
School of Health Infomation management matriculates 85
By Kehinde Oladimeji The School of Health Information Management has admitted 85 student’s for Higher National Diploma and National Diploma degrees at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH. The Chairman Medical Advisory Committee, LUTH, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo who spoke at the opening of the ceremony, said 44 were admitted for HND, while 41 were for […]
2 in 3 women unhappy with their breast size ―Study
By Sola Ogundipe A new study by Anglia Ruskin University, in Cambridge, England has revealed that less than one-third of women worldwide are satisfied with the size of their breasts noting that what many women may not realise is their dissatisfaction could have implications for their health. Surveys of more than 18,500 women in 40 […]
Nigeria goes for second ship registry
THE Federal Government, yesterday, commenced moves to establish a second Ship Registry with a view to enhancing the nation’s ship registry and making it more robust.
3 Nigerian labs acquire diagnostic capacity for Coronavirus
Lagos begins training of 342 indigenous medical workers Chinese officials confirm virus is airborne By Sola Ogundipe & Olasunkanmi Akoni coronavirus ((2019-nCoV) continues to spread in China and across the world, Nigeria has beefed up its preparedness and response efforts. Currently, there are three laboratories with the capacity to test for the novel coronavirus in […]
Cargo diversion: Maersk, Safmarine deny dumping Lagos ports
CONTRARY to media reports, world’s largest container carrier, Maersk and its sister company Safmarine have denied stopping their shipping services to the ports in Lagos.
