..targets end to new infections By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Benue State Government has launched Lenacapavir (LEN), a long-acting injectable drug for HIV prevention, in a major step aimed at reducing new infections and strengthening the state’s response to HIV/AIDS. The official rollout ceremony, held at the Ministry of Health and Human Services in Makurdi, […]

By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY IN what looked like a preparation for what would happen in the Edo South Senatorial District, a Committee of Friends from Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have purchased a senatorial for a prominent politician, Hon Matthew Iduoriyekemwen to contest the Edo South […]

Last semester, I watched a talented graduate student lose a research assistant position she deserved. She had the qualifications. She’d done the work. But in the interview, when the professor asked for her thoughts on the project, she paused. Five seconds. Ten seconds. The professor interpreted her silence as uncertainty and moved on to the next […]

By Theodore Opara The Federal Government and the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association, ASPMDA, are set to strengthen collaboration aimed at repositioning Nigeria’s automotive industry, boosting local production of spare parts and tackling the growing menace of counterfeit products. The Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council, NADDC, Otunba Oluwemimo Osanipin, […]

Mr Olalekan Ayinla, an aspirant for the House of Representatives seat representing Ikeja Federal Constituency under the All Progressives Congress (APC), has declared readiness for the party primaries scheduled for May 15. Ayinla, in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, urged party faithful, delegates and supporters across the constituency to come out en masse and […]