APC Convention: The race to chairmanship seat
The Buni-led caretaker committee, it would be recalled got the nod of the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC to stay on for a six-months extended period in December, 2020 and only recently, got a vote of confidence from the Progressive Governors’ Forum, the umbrella body of governors elected on the platform of the APC.
Why petrol smuggling persists — Marketers, Transporters
…Consumption rises to 103m/day -FG paying N94 per litre as petrol subsidy – NNPC By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja Stakeholders in the downstream sector of the petroleum have blamed distribution system and low pump price for the increasing rate of smuggling of premium motor spirit, petrol, out of Nigeria. The stakeholders who include marketers, depot owners […]
ISSUP opposes call for legalization of cannabis in Nigeria
By Evelyn Usman The International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals, ISSUP Nigeria Chapter, has opposed the call for legalization of cannabis in Nigeria. ISSUP national President, Dr. Martin Agwogie, made the group’s position known yesterday, while marking the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Agwogie explained that ISSUP position was based on report that Nigeria had […]
20m Nigerians living with hepatitis, 60m in Africa— CFID
An NGO, Centre for Initiative and Development, CFID, says more than 20 million Nigerians are living with viral hepatitis.
Intimately Mine unveils lingerie with Nigerian identity
By Prisca Sam-Duru In an effort to assist women wear the right lingerie for confidence and healthy living, a company, Intimately Mine…Loving My Body, with six of its brands, were at the weekend, unveiled to the delight of guests. During the event held both virtually and at Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, CEO/Founder, Intimately Mine, […]
Niger Delta: The Positive Evolution of the Amnesty Programme
By Mary Oyibocha-Agbajoh The Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), after its establishment in 2009 by the late President Musa Yar’Adua, has under gone series of evolution which had yielded positive results at resolving the unrest in the volatile oil producing environment and consequent improvement of the nation’s economy. Recall that, on the assumption of […]
