Health Commissioner rescues several children suffering from severe malnutrition in C/River
The Government of Sen Ben Ayade is strongly committed to the provision of quality health care services at the grass Roots, this will provide succor for the poor and underserved as well as rescue more children from dying of Malnutrition in rural areas. Massive work is going on in several rural areas where a network […]
N24bn Police Pension Fraud: Defendant tells court she made $534,000 from Pure Water sales
*Witness reveals she bought N54.9m Abuja home in her daughter’s name By Fortune Eromosele The trial of a former Director of Police Pension Officer, Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Veronica Oyegbula and four others continued before Justice Hussien Baba Yusuf of the FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, weekend, as prosecution witness, Mustapha Sani Gadanya, a former staff […]
Bandits kill 13 including mother, daughter, injure 7 in Kaduna villages
*Raze 56 houses, 16 motorcycles in Kauru LGA By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Thirteen people have been killed and seven others injured, in a series of attacks across communities in Zangon Kataf, Kauru and Chikun local government areas. Samuel Aruwan ,Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna,said yesterday that the report came to the Kaduna […]
How Buhari’s mediation stopped NASS, Akpabio/NDDC face-off
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention, last year, was what tempered the National Assembly that was on collision course with both the Minister of Niger Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over alleged fraud and non-adherence to due process, a senator has said. The Senator said that […]
72-hour quit notice to Yoruba: Call your youths to order; Yoruba leaders tell northern counterparts
*Say no group has right to ask others to leave *Task FG to restructure to avoid breakup By Dayo Johnson; Dapo Akinrefon; Ola Ajayi; Rotimi Ojomoyela; Shina Abubakar and Ibrahim HassanWuyo Following a 72-hour ultimatum issued by Arewa youths for Yoruba ethnic group to leave the 19 northern states, Yoruba leaders yesterday warned of consequences […]
Self determination: We can no longer stop our youths — Yoruba leaders warn
Govt has turned deaf ears to our outcries of injustice Enough of disrespect for human lives Nigeria has never been this divided We must rise up to protect ourselves By Dayo Johnson, Akure; Ola Ajayi, Ibadan; Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti; Shina Abubakar, Osogbo; and James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Yoruba youth leader, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, better known as […]
Emameyan Foundation empowers widows in Sapele
As part of measures to take widows out of poverty in Sapele, Delta state, the CEO of Rolex Emameyan Foundation and Rox Mny Entertainment Ambassador Rolex Erhomo Emameyan has concluded plans to reach out to 20 widows.
Ugwuanyi: Advancing Peace, Development @ 57
By Louis Amoke Seven key attributes define his life story: faith in God, peacefulness, humility, compassion, discipline, vision and forbearance. Attaining 57 years of age on March 20, His Excellency, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has carved an enviable niche for himself as an outstanding leader with a unique governance philosophy. Gov. Ugwuanyi, fondly […]
Imported foods damaging health of Nigerians’ health — Runsewe, NCAC DG
*Seeks patronage of local foods Promoting Nigerian food culture is a collective responsibility of every Nigerian in order to encourage healthy living, create employment opportunities for our teeming unemployed youths and open up business opportunities at the micro and macro levels. The Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture and the President, World Crafts Council […]
HORROR: How kidnappers invaded hospital, abducted patients, got N4m as ransom
CONFESSION: We kidnapped a nurse along to take care of the sick in the forest We once kidnapped my friend because his parents were rich Kidnapping by herders may not end because it gives quick money than rearing cattle By Evelyn Usman and Ifeanyi Okoli Two suspected members of a notorious kidnap gang that has […]
Just what goes with us when we die?
By Muyiwa Adetiba A joke was made at a senior colleague’s 80th birthday ceremony some years ago by his close friend and contemporary. According to the friend, the celebrant once looked ‘down under’ at his shrivelling organ and said ‘don’t die before me o. We are going together’. The whole hall laughed. It is an […]
