The All Progressives Congress on Monday accused the Peoples Democratic Party of allegedly intimidating justices of the Supreme Court on the issue of the exclusion of Rivers State APC candidates from the last elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu, made the
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Another Nigerian woman was arrested around Jeddah airport in Saudi Arabia for smuggling almost 1,138g of cocaine, according to Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Diaspora. In a comprehensive interview with the press in Abuja she siad she was disappointed that this was coming just after a Nigerian woman was executed […]
A World Health Organisation (WHO) report says men are more likely to die earlier than women due to uneven access to health services. According to “2019 World Health Statistics” published on the WHO website on Thursday, the trend is similar in low and high-income countries as men often seek health care services less than women. […]
Sixteen people have been reported killed and property worth millions of naira destroyed in a fierce warfare between Tiv and Jukun tribes in Kente village of Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. Adi Daniel, Executive Chairman of Wukari Local Government Council, confirmed the tribal clash and noted that he himself escaped death by the […]
The Senate Committee on Trade and Investment on Monday uncovered a Special Economic Zone firm allegedly floated illegally by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment. The ministry proposed to draw over N42billion vote for the firm from the 2019 budget. Following the discovery of the alleged illegal firm, the committee rejected the ministry’s N15.633 […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it will not condone lateness by candidates to its 2019 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, scheduled for Monday, April 1. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos. NAN reports that a total of 157,631 […]









