THE Senate said, Monday, it was not in anyway contemplating gagging the media. The Upper Chamber also said it was not possible for any entity, including the 9th National Assembly, to even attempt to stiffle the media industry in Nigeria.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Akwa Ibom Command, says it arrested 244 suspects and convicted 21 of them between July 2020 and June 2021

THIS is not the best of times for patients that are seeking health care services in Ojodu Primary Healthcare Centre in Ojodu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State.

President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, stirred the hornet’s nest, saying all his appointments and policies are premised on equity and inclusiveness

By Peter Egwuatu Data Analytics Privacy Technology Ltd (DAPT), a Nigerian federal government licensed Data Protection Compliance Organization (DPCO), has announced the release of collaborative NDPR365 SaaS Technology solution for the ongoing data protection and privacy compliance implementation, management and practices in Nigeria. The Company, a provider of software-as-a-service compliance technology services said it has […]

US President Joe Biden, on Monday, announced plans to allocate 55 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the world, noting that 10 million doses would be shared to Africa countries. Biden, in a statement from the White House in Washington, DC, said the doses were the remaining part of the 80 million he pledged to […]

Elder statesman and chairman, Southern and Middle Belt Elders Forum, SMBLF, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, yesterday, slammed President Muhammdu Buhari over his denunciation of restructuring, saying the President cannot dictate to Nigerians.

There was a man I knew who helped a former Head of State’s wife gain access to her husband whilst the latter was in detention and when his life was in danger, even though he had never met him.

The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RIPAN), Kano State Chapter, has attributed the hike in price of rice from 19,000 to N23,000, to the increase in price of paddy rice. Alhaji Abba Dantata, a member of RIPAN stated this in Kano Monday during a joint press briefing with Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission […]

Further insight into Nigeria’s inflation figures has indicated that basic food items were the inflation leaders in the last month’s figures published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The staples are beans and garri which are mainly consumed by low income earners.

The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Monday said that her faith in the younger generation of Nigerian women and youths remained unshakable.

The race to the Anambra 2021 gubernatorial election gains more tension as party primaries approach. State stakeholders are taking stronger positions as regards the candidates and parties they would support during the elections. Political analysts speculate that the gubernatorial elections would be a tough battle between the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Grand Alliance […]

NYSC launches 2021 Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers

By Dakuku Peterside Last week’s abduction by bandits of students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State is the latest chapter in the reprehensible attack on innocent children and the educational system in Northern Nigeria. While UK-based Reuters News Agency and Qatar-based Al-Jazeera Television reported that 80 students and five teachers were forcibly taken […]

INEC said on Monday in Abuja that it would deploy 5,346 personnel to 2,673 registration centres for Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) resuming nationwide on June 28