PAN-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, weekend, knocked the National Assembly over the newly passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, saying it did not meet the yearnings of the Niger-Delta people.

Substance abuse is a growing public health problem across the world. But the disturbing trend is not only that Nigeria has surpassed the prevalence of drug abuse in the world with 14.4 per cent of Nigerians aged 15 to 64 years presently engaged in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

The Sector ‘C’ Coordinator of the Surveillance and Enforcement Team of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Eshanekpe Israel, a.k.a Akpodoro has raised the alarm that men in police uniform are after his life.

Prof Oladapo Shittu, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist, has attributed prevalent poverty in most Nigerian homes to high fertility rate. Shittu, who is the Provost, Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo,  said this in a lecture entitled ‘Reaping demographic dividends’ he delivered at a Zoom media training on reproductive health on Saturday. The training was […]

The Police Command in Zamfara has arrested two students in connection with issuing threats to kidnap a principal, staff, and students in two separate secondary schools in the state. Briefing journalists on Friday in Gusau, the state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Hussaini Rabi’u, said the command received reports of the threat from authorities of […]