archiveApril 2021

The Senate, on Tuesday, received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari, to confirm the appointment of the Acting Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Honourable Justice Salisu Garba Abdullahi, as substantive Chief Judge. The request was contained in a letter read on the floor during plenary by the Senate...

  warns against consumption of ponmo   The Vice Chancellor of the Precious Cornerstone University (PCU), Ibadan, Prof Kola Oloke, has identified the consumption of animal protein as the major cause of cancer which has led to the death of many, assuring that the disease was not only preventable but...

  The Executive Chairman, KW-IRS, Mrs Shade Omoniyi said this to journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday at a press briefing held at KW-IRS office. Omoniyi described the feat as a great improvement over the N6.22 billion recorded in the last quarter of 2020. She said it was the highest so...

 A Consultant Nutritionist, Dr Mashudat Adams, says frequent intake of fruits will help to lower the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases such as stoke and high blood pressure. Adams, a staff of a Lagos hospital, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in...

 Wife of Governor of Ekiti, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, has called on the management of tertiary institutions to make female students’ accommodation a priority to check the problem of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Fayemi made the call on Tuesday during an advocacy visit on GBV to Olumilua Bamidele University, Ikere-Ekiti and Crown Polytechnic, Odo,...

The Nigerian government has condemned the decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to alleged persecuted members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, called it a disrespect to Nigeria, sabotage...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to resume nationwide Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) on April 28 to allow eligible voters register, ahead of 2023 poll. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara, Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami made this known when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria...

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that Nigeria under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, has become “a mass of cumulative failure.” In a Twitter thread on Tuesday, Ezekwesili lamented that with the way things are currently going, Nigeria risks losing its status as a country as it steadily...

The Ondo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) against the re-election of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It would be recalled that the PDP and its candidate, Jegede (SAN)...

  The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday, cautioned drivers against driving under stress and fatigue associated with the ongoing Ramadan fasting.Mr Olusegun Aladenika, the FRSC Unit Commander in Ore, gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ore, Ondo State. He said...