Hijab Controversy: Drama in Ilorin as Kwara Govt reopens 10 shut schools
Kwara state government in fulfillment of its threat on Friday morning opened the ten missionary schools shut over the hijab controversy
Scepticism, excitement greet COVID-19 vaccine in Northern states
Various Northern state governors take jabs to motivate citizens to follow suit Take jab or leave- Niger State Govt warns cabinet members Taraba yet to start vaccination after receipt of vaccines from FG Some Nasarawa natives apprehensive of vaccines They were all waiting with excitement for the all-important item to arrive: Vaccines to stop the […]
Agric research institutes, extension services remain FG’s priority — Shehur
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon Mustapha Shehuri, on Friday, maintained that agricultural research institutes and extension services remain Federal Government’s priority in enhancing food production, nutrition, profitability, and security
Midwest Progressives Forum congratulates Obaseki on appeal verdict
The Midwest Progressives Forum has congratulated the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki and his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu on their victory at the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja. In a press release signed by its President, Andrew Adaze Emwanta, the forum applauded the very sound and infallible decision of the Justices […]
Board of Cowry Assets appoints Uwaleke as Independent Director
Renowned capital market Professor and the President of the Association of capital market Academics of Nigeria, Uche Uwaleke, has been appointed an Independent Director in Cowry Assets Treasury Limited, a subsidiary of Cowry Assets Management Limited. The appointment, which has received the blessing of the Central Bank of Nigeria, is for an initial period of […]
Arewa youths give Igboho ultimatum to move Yoruba out of North
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Arewa Youth Assembly has said that since Sunday Igboho has declared a Yoruba nation saying they will no longer accommodate and accept the presence of Northerners, he should in the next 72 hours evacuate his people from the North or they will help him in doing so. In a statement signed […]
World Sleep Day 2021: Lifestyle Medicine Physician advocates regular sleep for healthy future
By Gabriel Olawale The Founder of Brookfield Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and President, Society of Lifestyle Medicine of Nigeria, Dr Ifeoma Monye, shares simple tips on sleep using Lifestyle Medicine approach, to mark the World sleep day, with the slogan, “Regular Sleep, Healthy Future”. She noted that there are many factors that may interfere with […]
DJ Consequence, Deejay massive host celebrities at vibes DJ academy and studio launch
DJ Consequence, Deejay massive host celebrities at vibes DJ academy and studio launch
9 children, 10 others die in Madagascar after eating turtle
Nineteen people, nine of them children, have died from food poisoning in Madagascar after eating a turtle, sources said Thursday. Thirty-four people were hospitalised on Monday in Vatomandry, in the east of the island, after eating the protected species, the Health and Food Safety Control Agency said. Ten of them died, it said. Another nine […]
Tanzania swears in first female president after Magufuli’s sudden death
Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan was on Friday sworn in as the country’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. Hassan, 61, a soft-spoken Muslim woman from the island of Zanzibar, will finish Magufuli’s second five-year term, set to run until 2025. Wearing a bright red headscarf, […]
CSO calls on Gov Masari to release anti-corruption activist, Shehu
By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Concerned Nigerians, CN, Friday, called on the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, to release anti-corruption activist, Mahadi Shehu. The call was contained in a statement signed by the Convener, CN, Comrade Deji Adeyanju, where they condemned the alleged arrest and detention of Shehu by the […]
