Group donates mama packs to support victims of gender-based violence
The Women’s Helping Hands Initiative (TWHHI), in partnership with the United Nations Population fund (UNFPA), has donated assorted baby care items (Mama Packs) to support women and girls who were victims of Gender Based Violence (GBV) as a means to help survivors overcome maternal depression. Speaking during the presentation of the Mama Packs in Lagos yesterday, the […]
UCTH makes history with first open heart surgery in Calabar
The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, on Wednesday made history by successfully carrying out its first open-heart surgery.
Dantata, Zulum, Adadevoh get fellowship from Post-Graduate Medical College
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has being conferred with the honorary Fellowship Award by the National Post-Graduate Medical College of Nigeria, Lagos.
10 soldiers killed as insurgents ambush military convoy in Borno
Ten soldiers were reportedly killed in an ambush laid by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, sources have told TheCable, yesterday.
Terrorism: Almajiri system fuelling banditry, kidnapping in North — CAN
THE Christian Association of Nigeria, has blamed the almajiri system in the North for the increasing cases of banditry, kidnapping, terrorism and armed robbery in the country.
Foreign borrowings escalate as Nigeria goes for $6.2bn Eurobond offer
The Federal Government has announced plans for a Eurobond issuance in the International Capital Market, ICM, to raise between $3 billion and $6.2 billion.
DPR seals 11 illegal gas plants, 2 petrol stations in Abuja
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), in Abuja, on Thursday sealed 11 illegal gas plants and two filling stations over sharp practices
Lawyer charged in probe of Trump-Russia investigation
The prosecutor tasked with examining the U.S. government’s investigation into Russian election interference charged a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Thursday with making a false statement to the FBI five years ago. The indictment accuses Michael Sussmann of hiding that he was working with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign during a September 2016 conversation he had with […]
Prices of cooking gas may rise further as supply falls 20.5%
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, on yesterday reported that the volume of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, also known as cooking gas, supplied in August fell by 20.5 percent to 85,264.803 metric tonnes (MT) compared to 107,224.584MT supplied in the month of July. The volume supplied in the month of June was 102,787.234MT.
Southern govs back Rivers, Lagos on VAT
Southern governors yesterday rose from a meeting in Enugu, and threw their weight behind the clamour by some states to take control of collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, in their domains.
Oyo Gaming Board seeks collaboration with media houses on illegal operators
The Director-General, Oyo State Gaming and Lottery Board, Olajide Boladuro, has appealed to media houses to collaborate with the agency to checkmate what he described as undue publicity for illegal gaming operators in the state.
Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello emerges LASU VC
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is also the Visitor to the Lagos State University, LASU, yesterday, approved the appointment of Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, as the Ninth Substantive Vice-Chancellor of the institution.
Nigeria cant’ develop with 1939 tax law – ACCNRE
The Association of Concerned Citizens of Nigeria on Revenue and Economy (ACCNRE) has lamented the continued operation of the 1939 tax law, saying that the country cannot develop with an outdated law.
No issues with COVID-19 vaccines storage in Ekiti – Commissioner
The Ekiti State Government has debunked the rumour that some COVID-19 vaccines are spoilt due to the lack of electricity supply in the state. Dr Oyebanji Filani, the State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, made the denial in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti. Filani noted that the rumour making […]
EFCC boss, Bawa slumps at Aso Rock event
Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, slumped yesterday while speaking at an event at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Abuja.
Adam Maina unveils own Safari Company
Social media Influencer Adam Mania has launched his safaris company in Nairobi, Kenya. The world traveler, famed for his many leisure trips around the globe, unveiled his travel company, Mtembezi Tribe, which is poised to set a new standard in the booming tourism industry in the East African country.
