By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–AS the world mark World AIDS Day tomorrow, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has said Africa is unlikely to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. This came as it regretted that four decades since the first HIV cases were reported in Africa and globally, the disease remains a major […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu A Bill seeking to repeal the Nigeria Postal Service and establish the Nigeria Postal Commission has been approved by the House of Representatives. The report of the bill presented by the House Committee on Telecommunications was considered clause by clause and adopted at the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday. Titled, “a […]

By Godwin Oritse IN a bid to reduce the harmful effects of industrial wastes on the environment, Nigeria’s biggest containers terminal operation handling company  APM Terminals Apapa has started recycling its used tyres into pavement blocks for use in exterior flooring.  Studies have shown that recycling of tyres helps reduce the effects of harmful chemicals […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, vowed that government will punish public officers who bring in personnel into the public workforce by illegal recruitment, pad their payroll and retain ghost workers

The family of late Chiemeka Arinze, a co-defendant with alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, who died of advanced HIV/AIDS in prison custody, are weighing their options of whether to sue the prisons services.

By Dirisu Yakubu Activities remained unaffected at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, Tuesday, following the discovery of a new variant of coronavirus known as Omicron in Canada. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA had Monday, said it was waiting for directive from the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 on modalities to guide against […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja House of Representatives, Tuesday, approved a Bill seeking to protect the rights and privileges of older persons to health, economic reliefs, social and civil rights. The approval came during the consideration of report of the bill at the Committee of the Whole. READ ALSO:Men wearing police uniform attack bank in Osun The […]

Delta State Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa was on Tuesday honoured with a special merit award for high performance and excellence in school and youth sports development in Nigeria by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, (SWAN). The award was presented to Governor Okowa at the sidelines of the 2021 Zenith Bank/Delta Principals’ Cup finals at […]

A long time schoolmate of late Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, Mr. Rotimi Albert, on Tuesday, narrated to the court of how Ataga’s family and friends searched for him, only to find his body in the mortuary on his(Ataga) birthday.

To cancel hardcopy forms in 90 days By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said it has deployed electronic Non-Commercial Exports, NCX, forms to replace hardcopy NCX. The apex bank also said that all established hard copies of forms ‘NCX’ for which shipment has not taken place within the transition period of 90 days […]

By Dennis Agbo The integrity group in Ebonyi state wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has protested alleged imposition by the Ebonyi state government of a National Youth leader, Damian Okafor, in the upcoming Ohanaeze youth wing election. Staging the protest at the National Secretariat of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Enugu, on Tuesday, the group chatted solidarity songs […]

By Shina Abubakar Some men allegedly wearing police uniforms early hours on Tuesday stormed Ikirun micro-finance bank and burgled its Automated Teller Machine. It was gathered that the gun-wielding men arrived at the bank around few minutes past 2am and easily accessed the security post because of the uniform on them. According to sources in […]

By Miftaudeen Raji Nigeria ranks 131st in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index, with access to credit continuing to be a significant challenge for businesses. Despite ongoing government efforts to improve the business climate, securing loans remains difficult for Nigerian enterprises, largely due to stringent regulatory requirements. Ibrahim Hassan, a leading finance professional […]

Delta State Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on Nigerians to take the COVID-19 vaccines, saying that vaccination was safe and that no death had been recorded as a result of administration of the vaccine in the country. Okowa made the call at his quarterly interaction with journalists on Tuesday in Asaba.READ ALSO:Nothing can stop […]

Police on Tuesday said they have arrested a suspect for allegedly serving as “errand boy” to some bandits in the Northeast and North-Central parts of the country. Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja. He said the suspect was arrested on Nov. 10 in Saminaka, in […]