Julie has just finished her stint at the private hospital where she was a matron.  His husband is a partner and a consultant at the same hospital. His hours were less erratic than hers and as she rummaged in her kitchen in the dead of the night for something to eat, she noticed the silence […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Senator Adetokunbo Abiru has described the latest conferment of Honourary Doctorate Degree in Public Administration on Senator Oluremi Tinubu as an attestation of her commitment and passion to human capital development and emancipation of the vulnerable. Abiru stated this in a congratulatory message to Tinubu, wife of of the National Leader of […]

The Katsina police command on Sunday disclosed it has rescued 80 students of an Islamiya school kidnapped by bandits on Saturday night. The students according to the Command’s Public Relation Officer (PRO), SP Gambo Isah, were returning from an Islamic occasion when they ran into the bandits who had earlier kidnapped the four victims and rustled […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, wants the Federal Government to halt all flights to and from the United Kingdom as a second wave of the pandemic continues to ravage it. Atiku made the call on Sunday in a series of tweets where he explained that the reason Nigeria took a harder-than-necessary hit […]

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has reiterated call for a reform in the Nigeria Police that will ensure purposeful community policing. Fayemi stated this on Sunday in Ado- Ekiti at the end of a stakeholders’ forum on community policing. The forum featured heads of security agencies, public servants, politicians, civil society organisations, youth and women […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The former Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives in Lagos State, Chief Enock Kolapomoye Olorunfunwa (EKO) Ajiboso, is reportedly dead. He was aged 68. Ajiboso, also a former Chairman of Agege Local Government, Chief Enoch Kolapomoye Ajiboso, reportedly died in the early hours on Sunday, December 20 2020 in his hometown, Inisa, in […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The former Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives in Lagos State, Chief Enock Kolapomoye Olorunfunwa (EKO) Ajiboso, is dead. Ajiboso, 68-year-old, was also a former Chairman of Agege Local Government, Chief Enoch Kolapomoye Ajiboso, reportedly died in the early hours on Sunday, December 20, 2020 in his hometown, Inisa, in Odo Otin Local […]

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the Bank’s 2021 Borrowing Programme for up to US$10.4 billion to be raised from capital markets. A statement from the bank said the borrowing programme will allow the Bank to raise funds in the debt capital markets in order to help finance its […]

By Linda Orajekwe Hi, as we edge closer towards the 2020 finish-line, it’s a great time to discover how we interacted with music this year. Considering the strange and unexpected events that shaped this year (mainly the global Coronavirus pandemic), music remained a source of hope and solace for the world. For Boomplay, the mission […]

…many bandits killed, 4 women freed By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The police in Katsina have foiled an attempt to kidnap 80 students of an Isamiya ( Muslim) school in Funtua. ASP Gambo Isa,the PPRO told the BBC that the bandits had earlier kidnapped 4 women in Dan Baure village in the area. “On their way, they […]

Germany will suspend air links with Britain “from midnight”, the health minister said Sunday, following in the footsteps of Belgium and the Netherlands after a new more infectious coronavirus strain appeared in the UK. A government source had earlier told AFP the restriction could be adopted by the entire 27-member European Union and that countries […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, weekend, commissioned the N1.2billion Armstrong avenue, commercial road, Secretariat/Och’Idoma road in Otukpo town as well as the Oshigbudu-Obagaji road in Agatu Local Government Area, LGA, of the state. At the commissioning, Governor Ortom explained that government expended over N340 million on the construction of […]

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of Nigeria Police  have foiled robbery attempt in a gridlock in Lagos. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, the command’s Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi said that that two suspects were arrested. Adejobi stated that the incident occurred around Otedola Bridge on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. He said that […]

By Chukwumerije Okereke It is well known that US President-elect, Joe Biden, made climate change one of his key points in the just concluded American presidential campaign. Since winning the election he has shown several signs that suggest  he is serious about delivering his campaign promises. One of such bold moves has been the appointment […]

Italy is to join other European countries in imposing a ban on passenger flights from Britain, the foreign minister said Sunday, as the British government warned that a new more infectious strain of the virus was “out of control”. “The United Kingdom has issued an alert concerning a new strain of Covid-19,” Luigi Di Maio […]