L-R: Development Practitioner and Serial Social Entrepreneur, Abiodun Odunuga; Brother to the late Pastor Dare Adeboye, Pastor Adeolu Adeboye; Chairman, Dare Adeboye Foundation, Mrs Temiloluwa Adeboye; former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, CEO, Opportunik Global Fund, Kola Oyeneyin and Executive Personal Assistant to the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Leke […]
According to experts, drug-resistant diseases are responsible for the deaths of at least 700,000 people annually. During a virtual media roundtable organised by Pfizer, health experts emphasized that Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has become a major concern for global health, with minor infections potentially becoming life-threatening and difficult to treat if left unaddressed. The experts aimed […]
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, which is currently in session at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, has scheduled May 10, 2023, as the date to resume hearing the petition filed by Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, against the presidential election. Additionally, the tribunal has also postponed the pre-hearing of the […]
Following a massive gridlock caused by a fuel-laden tanker that fell and spilt its content around the Ibafo area of Ogun State in the early hours of Sunday, the Federal Road Safety Commission has advised road users to explore alternative routes. According to the commission, road users going into and out of Lagos are advised […]
The NMC has launched a probe. Photo: Stock image/Maskot/Getty — © Getty Images/Maskot Nurses who are registered as living in Northern Ireland are being investigated as part of a probe into a test centre in Nigeria. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched an investigation after concerns were raised over a centre in Nigeria where […]
David Nwamini, the key figure in the arrest and conviction of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has expressed his desire to stay in the United Kingdom. During the sentencing hearing, David, who was to be a kidney donor in the organ trafficking case, made a statement in which he talked about his […]
The total debt figure of Nigeria will jump to 77 trillion if the National Assembly reconsiders President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for N22.7 trillion ‘Ways and Means’ loan. The Debt Management Office Director Patience Oniha disclosed this on Wednesday during the public presentation of the 2023 budget by the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Planning. She […]
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has dismissed the chances of the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi in 2023. The council reacted on Wednesday over former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Chief Edwin Clark’s endorsements of Obi as their preferred presidential candidate. Speaking with journalists in Calabar, capital of Cross River State, the […]
Premium online and gaming brand in Nigeria, Betway has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to victims of the 2022 devastating floods in Bayelsa State to help reduce their suffering. The relief items are bags of rice, beans, gallons of groundnut oil, cartons of noodles, spaghetti, tomato pastes, antiseptics, tooth paste, bathing soaps, sanitary […]
Youths chase away Elumelu over performance, order him to take oath [PICS] https://t.co/Dw80FIw9iJ via @politicsngr — Nigeria Newsdesk (@NigeriaNewsdesk) December 7, 2022 The youths of Oko Community in Delta State allegedly chased away Ndudi Godwin Elumelu, the lawmaker representing Aniocha and Oshimili federal constituency in the House of Representatives, over poor performance in Delta state […]
The water that comes out of the ground along with oil and gas during oil and gas exploration and production operations is anything but clean. Oil Well Structure. This wastewater, known as “produced water”, is often heavily contaminated with salt, oil and grease, as well as potentially dangerous compounds. Some are linked to lung, skin […]
Usman Alkali Baba was appointed inspector general of police in April 2021 A court in Nigeria has sentenced the police chief to three months in prison for disobeying an earlier order to reinstate an officer who has waged a lengthy battle to get back his job. Patrick Okoli has been fighting his forced retirement since […]
Muhammad and Aisha Buhari The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, said it will embark on a nationwide protest over Aminu Mohammed, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa, who was remanded by court after criticising the First Lady Aisha Buhari on Twitter. In a statement issued on Thursday, the president of NANS, Usman […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue/AFP (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via […]
The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says Nigeria must look beyond oil, adding that he intends to move the country from oil to industrial revolution by expanding physical infrastructure. Obi also said he would pursue a drastic reduction in the cost of governance and corruption if elected into office. The former Anambra State […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Sunday, said he was prepared to block all leakages that have encouraged mismanagement and inconsistent delivery of fuel to Nigerians. He also promised to liberalize the oil and gas sector by allowing private investors to engage actively in that sector and provide enabling environment that would […]
Mubarak Isah Muhammad and Nazifi Muhammad Bala each received 20 lashes over their comic video of a Nigerian governor. Two TikTok comedians have been publicly whipped in Nigeria for making a video that a court in the northern Kano State ruled had defamed the state Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, according to a judicial spokesperson. Mubarak […]
The Former Minister of Communication and Culture, Maj. Gen Ibrahim Haruna, has faulted how foreign countries raised red alert on Nigeria, More especially over the insecurity threat. He also alleged that the US and its allies would wish to see Nigeria metamorphose into a war-torn country such as Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria, but the Federal […]
Davido had his son Ifeanyi with his partner Chioma Rowland three years ago Nigerian police have taken in eight domestic workers for questioning following the death of the three-year-old son of Afrobeats star Davido. A police spokesman confirmed to the BBC that Ifeanyi Adeleke, who turned three last month, had drowned on Monday. According […]
A picture of the billboard of the World Health Organization (WHO) The World Health Organization said Wednesday it is too early to lift the highest-level alert for the Covid crisis, with the pandemic remaining a global health emergency despite recent progress. The WHO’s emergency committee on Covid-19 met last week and concluded that the pandemic […]