Odion Ighalo made a triumphant start in the blue of Al Hilal by helping send his new team through to face Chelsea in the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi. The Nigeria striker, who was on loan with Manchester United a little over a year ago, was on the scoresheet on debut as Hilal beat […]

By Chioma Obinna Worried about the skyrocketing cost of drugs in the country, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has declared its moves to boost local capacity for manufacturing essential medicines including COVID-19 vaccines to ensure medicine security. Addressing journalists in  Lagos,  the President of PSN, Prof. Cyril Usifoh, said Nigeria must begin to look […]

The newly inaugurated Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Oyo State, Chief Isaac Omodewu, Monday, vowed to aggressively carry on with their unfinished agenda, which is reclaiming the state in 2023 from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which he said, the journey has begun.

By Sola Ogundipe No fewer than 40 persons died of Lassa fever within the first four weeks of 2022 in 43 Local Government Areas across 14 States of the country, out of a total of 211 persons that were confirmed infected within the period. Disclosing this in its latest Lassa fever Situation Report Epi Week […]

Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello and Minister of State in the FCT, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu have called on residents of the territory to vote candidates of the All Progressive Congress APC in Saturday’s Area Council election.

By Adesina Wahab A Professor of Educational Management, Lagos State University, LASU, Prof. Olusola Aina, has admonished university lecturers not to see themselves as experts who need no further training and reengineering in their various fields.  According to him, such a thinking is no longer tenable in a fast technologically changing world.  READ ALSO:LASUED/LASUST: Sanwo-Olu […]

By Adesina Wahab Armed policemen with Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) on Monday took over the premises of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos as there are insinuations that the Lagos State Government may reopen the school soon. Our correspondent who was in the area observed that apart from the APCs deployed, mobile policemen in no fewer than […]

A Catholic parish located in Chawai, in the Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been attacked by suspected bandits on Sunday night, kidnapping the parish priest and killing one of his aides.

A 64-year-old former Divisional Police Officer of Idanre Police Station, Ondo State, who was dismissed from service for drug offences, Mr Monday Chika, has been arrested with an accomplice, Emmanuel Eniola, 40, with 280 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 168kg.

Having nursed the idea of ridding the nation of environmental pollution since childhood, delectable Nigerian model, Favour Philip has not stopped in her quest.

A 30-year-old housewife, Cynthia Olukiowu, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing her husband’s 18-year- old nephew, Habeeb Aremu, to death over a minor disagreement.

As the 2023 general election draws nearer, there have been a swirl of political activities across the length and breadth of the country, with pressure groups, political actors and their supporters employing all manner of strategies, subterfuge and even threats to make their voices heard and ultimately outwit one another in the game of who gets what, when and how.

The Delta State government and various committees on Power in the National Assembly have been enjoined to prevail on the management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, in Warri, Delta State, to review downwards the exorbitant charges to connect his hotel in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, near Warri to power. 

AHEAD of February 26 National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Stakeholders, members and loyalists of the party have thrown their weight behind the Chairman, Senate Services Committee, Senator Sani Musa, APC, Niger East for the position of National Chairman.

It is very true that human epochs are replete with great men and women in the various fields who defined and continue to define their peculiar histories with the magnitude of their accomplishments. One of such unique individuals in Africa is Comrade (Otunba) Salimon Akanni Oladiti (JP); the national Chairman of Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of NUPENG.