The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Yemen rose to 1,146 over the past two months, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, on Tuesday. The UN health agency said the outbreak affected 20 of Yemen’s 22 provinces since it was first reported at the end of April. Cholera, which is contracted
The Federal Ministry of Education has debunked reports that Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK, has been removed as a subject of study from the curriculum of public secondary schools in Nigeria while Islamic Religious Studies, IRS, has been reintroduced. Debunking the report, Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Mrs. Chinenye Ihuoma, pointed out that the […]
The Minister of Transportation and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has warned his successor, Nyesom Wike against making accusations against his wife. Speaking in Kaduna, on Tuesday, Amaechi said if Wike refuses to “shut his mouth and do his work” he would expose his (Wike) wife. On Monday, Wike alleged that each commissioner […]
A former Minister of State (Defence) and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Obanikoro announced his defection at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday. He was received by a former chieftain of the PDP, Lukman Ajose, who recently defected to the APC. Obanikoro […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will receive a petition to recall Senator Dino Melaye tomorrow (Wednesday). This was confirmed by a source in the Kogi Government. The source who pleaded anonymous, added that all that needs to be done has been completed and “it is left to INEC to take the next course of […]
The loan restructuring talks embarked upon by Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited, also known as Etisalat Nigeria, has collapsed. This has led to the take-over of the company by Access Bank Plc and others that gave the company loans totalling N541 billion. Etisalat, with its parent company in the United Arab Emirate, on Tuesday confirmed […]








