archiveMarch 6, 2020

Diri commiserate with NYSC, reassure on safety of corps member A 28 years old Corps member, Oluwafemi Mark, posted to Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was on Friday confirmed dead from drowning during a beach party with some colleagues and indigenes few days to the passing...

According to a new report, there are over 20 million cannabis users in Nigeria, who collectively consume the most weed on the planet. When we imagine cannabis destinations, states like California and Colorado, and countries like Canada, the Netherlands, and Uruguay quickly come to mind. With legal weed laws on...

  An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Friday ordered the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, to appear in court over an alleged assault. Ruling in an exparte application, Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, ordered the police to put the traditional ruler on notice before a date would be fixed...

The Governors of the North East region of the country have agreed to set up regional power generation by supporting Mambilla Power Project to ensure the economic advancement of the region. The Governor of Gombe State Inuwa Yahaya disclosed this at a Northeast Governors Consultative meeting in Gombe State Government...

  Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Lagos UNILAG, Dr. Dele Ashiru has condemned the suspension if the institution’s 51st convocation because the Pro-Chancellor, Dr. Wale Babalakin claimed the management did not seek the Council’s approval. In a WhatsApp chat with The Nation, Dr. Ashiru...

  Cameroon’s health ministry on Friday confirmed the country’s first case of coronavirus, a 58-year-old French citizen who arrived in the capital Yaounde on Feb. 24. It said the man has been quarantined in the city’s Central Hospital. “All measures have been taken by the government to contain potential risks...

A Professor of Economics, Israel Taiwo of the University of Ilorin, has advised the Federal Government to review the fiscal federalism in certain aspects with a view to decentralis and make it more viable Taiwo made the call in his paper presentation at the 194th Inaugural Lecture of the university,...

The Commissioner for Health in Anambra, Dr Vincent Okpala, says five Chinese citizens working in different parts of the state have tested negative for the novel Coronavirus (Convid-19) disease. Okpala made the disclosure on Friday, while briefing the State House of Assembly on the state’s level of preparedness to contain...

The Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum, Salihu Lukeman, has urged the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in consultation with the President, Major Muhammadu Buhari to liaise with governors and the national caucus, to convene a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting to appoint an acting National Chairman for the party....

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd) has said that the Igbos have been marginalised in Nigeria’s polity. He went on to canvass for the restructuring of the country so as to integrate Igbos into the polity. The former head of state, who ended the Nigerian civil war with...