THE name of Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, is being dragged all over the place due to an indiscretion that more matured handling could have avoided. It all started when Aminu Mohammed, a student of Environmental Management and Toxicology of the Federal University, Dutse in Jigawa State, tweeted two photographs of Aisha which showed […]

2023: Jega fearful over possible outcome

World AIDS Day: Nigeria must equalise access to essential HIV services — NACA D-G

A mild drama ensued at the premises of the Bayelsa State Judiciary Complex, Yenagoa, where suspected celebrity kidnapper, John Ike Lyon…

Rescued Chibok girls cry out: ‘We want to return to school’

FEC approves compulsory mother tongue instruction in primary schools

My Smart Group has launched Taste and Tell UK 2022 food comedy show to bring people from different cultural backgrounds together for satisfaction. The management of My Smart Group said the food talk show fused with comedy is set to be one of the biggest online TV shows which can be accessed through all social […]

By Peter Egwuatu Despite the economic headwinds, the Federal Government, FG, received N2.01 trillion in indirect taxes in the third quarter of 2022, Q3’22, up 16.6 per cent from the N1.72 trillion  collected in the corresponding period of 2021, according to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. Indirect taxes paid to the government […]

By Joseph Oso The Institute of Directors (IoD) has called on the newly inducted directors to develop their capacity as young business start ups and also strive towards making an impact in the society. Speaking with journalists at the Institute of Directors Young Directors Forum in lagos, Chairman, Young Directors Advisory Committee, Dr Adeyinka Hassan, […]

Bolt awards winners of Driver League Challenge brand new cars

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The World Bank has indicated that financial flows to Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries is slowing down though it will reach $53 billion in 2022 , up from $50 billion in 2021. The Bank disclosed this in its ‘Migration Development Brief 37’ released yesterday noting that the  growth rate in SSA […]

Mrs Mabel Oboh, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, National representative in the party’s Lagos State governorship campaign council, has said Funsho Doherty possess the qualities to provide the kind of governance a futuristic state such as Lagos needs. Oboh, who was ADC’s governorship candidate in Edo State’s 2020 election, made the point while expressing delight […]

2023 Census: NPC takes campaign to Enugu streets, assures of credible exercise

By UGOCHUKWU EJINKEONYE IT is not surprising that the recent directive by the Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu, to the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, NERDC, to expunge Sex Education from the basic education curriculum in Nigeria has been greeted with serious opposition from groups and persons who obviously derive some benefits from […]

By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR—A mother of two, Mrs. Blessing Eno, Tuesday, reportedly slaughtered her 11-month-old baby, in Yonen community, Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, claiming she was sent to do so by a ‘spirit’. It was gathered that the suspect cut off the baby’s head with a cutlass, claiming that the child […]