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‘Infertile women abusing ovulation-inducing drugs risk diabetes, cardiovascular diseases’

May 30, 2021May 30, 2021admin Comment

Women experiencing infertility have been warned about the risks of using ovulation-inducing drugs without evaluation and prescription by fertility experts. Some maternal health [...]

FG declares 132 violators of COVID-19 travel advisory wanted

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021admin Comment

The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has declared another 132 travellers, consisting Nigerians and foreigners, wanted for violating a recently issued travel [...]

What Rivers and Akwa Ibom State Governments want in the amended Constitution

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021admin Comment

Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has called on the Nation’s Assembly and the Federal Government to use this opportunity of review [...]

20 Generals may go as Buhari appoints Farouk Yahaya as new COAS

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021admin Comment

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff, with about 20 Generals of Regular Course 35 [...]

Southeast Schools declare emergency holidays, residents panic over IPOB sit-at-home

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021admin Comment

Private and missionary schools have shut down in most Southeast States as a result of the sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of [...]

Warri kingdom: Olu-designate for crowning August 21

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021admin Comment

The crowning of the Olu-designate for Warri kingdom, Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko, has been slated for Saturday, August 21 in Ode-Itsekiri, Warri South council [...]

[BREAKING] Insecurity: Some sponsors of IPOB/ESN ‘re in our custody — IGP

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021admin Comment

THE Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Alkali Usman Baba on Thursday said that some of the sponsors/financiers of the Indigenous People of Biafra, [...]

Nigeria must be Union of equals, Ohanaeze Ndigbo tells constitution Review c’mtte

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021admin Comment

Apex Igbo body, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has told the Senate Committee on Constitutional Review that Nigeria must be a Union of equals, [...]

$350,000 fraud: US Court orders indefinite detention of Abiodun’s suspended aide, Bidemi Rufai

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021admin Comment

Following allegations by the United States Department of Justice that the surety provided by a suspended aide to Ogun Governor Abidemi Rufai is [...]

What you need to know about new COAS, Major General Farouk Yahaya

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021admin Comment

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. Yahaya replaces the late General Ibrahim [...]

Buhari appoints Major General Yahaya, new COAS

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021admin Comment

The President, Commander-in-chief, Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has announced the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya as [...]

Buhari didn’t consult widely on judicial autonomy, Order 10 faulty – Tambuwal

May 27, 2021admin Comment

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum said on Wednesday that the 36 state governors were not opposed to autonomies for the legislature and the judiciary. [...]

Fed Govt clarifies that £4.2m Ibori-linked loot not yet returned to Delta

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021admin Comment

The Federal Government has said it had not returned the £4.2 million fund linked to former Delta State Governor James Ibori to the [...]

BREAKING: Ijaw Youths shut NDDC office, blocks East-West Road

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021admin Comment

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has shut down the Bayelsa office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Mbiama-axis of [...]

Petrol subsidy: Labour puts unions on strike alert. “Get ready for strike”.

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021admin Comment

Organised Labour may be heading for a showdown with governors over its recommendation that the price petrol be raised from N162/litre to N408.5/litre. [...]

Changing Nigeria’s constitution can’t guarantee a perfect country, says Agbakoba

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021admin Comment

A former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has said a change of the 1999 Constitution will not guarantee a [...]

20 killed in Bauchi cholera outbreak

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021admin Comment

No fewer than 20 persons have died from cholera outbreak in Bauchi State. Commissioner for Health Dr. Aliyu Maigoro confirmed this at a [...]

Nigeria should scrap 1999 Constitution, adopt 1963 Republican constitution –Sagay

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021admin Comment

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has said the 1999 Constitution should be scrapped and the 1963 Republican [...]

BREAKING: Five cops feared killed as hoodlums raze Enugu police station

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021admin Comment

Gunmen on Tuesday morning attacked Iwollo Oghe Police station in Ezeagu local government area of Enugu state. It was gathered that no fewer [...]

International friendly: Rohr picks Musa, Ekong, 22 others for Cameroon

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021admin Comment

Coach Gernot Rohr has selected captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain William Ekong and home boys John Noble and Anayo Iwuala among the 24 [...]

Chief of Defence Staff to military: it’s time to get over shock of plane crash

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021admin Comment

Officers and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces have been urged to maintain the high spirit and not allow the death of the [...]

Over 116 killed by herders, militias in Benue, Plateau in 2 days

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021admin Comment

No fewer than 116 persons were weekend killed by killer herders in communities in Benue and Plateau states. While over 100 were killed [...]

Presidency slams Southern governors open grazing ban, says they offered no solution.

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021admin Comment

The Presidency yesterday described South’s governors ban on open grazing as legally questionable. It accused the governors of playing politics with serious security [...]

New pump price of petrol: NNPC awaits FG, labour resolutions today

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021admin Comment

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is not halting the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, despite the recent recommendation of the [...]

Onyeama to new diplomats: change the stories about Nigeria

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021admin Comment

Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has urged officials of the ministry on diplomatic posting to change the narratives about Nigeria in the [...]

JUST IN: FG to relocate Kaduna Forestry College

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021admin Comment

Following the recent kidnap of 37 students at Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, the Federal Government has concluded plans to temporarily relocate the [...]

Breaking: IPOB, Cameroonian separatists to exchange weapons, personnel – Report

May 24, 2021admin Comment

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and a pro-independence movement in western Cameroon, ‘Ambazonia Governing Council’ (AGovC), have agreed to exchange weapons and [...]

JUST IN: Buhari meets with Fayemi, Buni, Bello in Aso Rock

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021admin Comment

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Dr Kayode Fayemi, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. [...]

UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson sets wedding date

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021admin Comment

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have set a wedding date for next year after delaying plans due to [...]

We must defend ourselves against killer herdsmen, Ortom tells Benue people

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021admin Comment

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State weekend said though the state was under siege of armed herdsmen, there was no need for anyone [...]

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‘Infertile women abusing ovulation-inducing drugs risk diabetes, cardiovascular diseases’

FG declares 132 violators of COVID-19 travel advisory wanted

What Rivers and Akwa Ibom State Governments want in the amended Constitution

20 Generals may go as Buhari appoints Farouk Yahaya as new COAS

Southeast Schools declare emergency holidays, residents panic over IPOB sit-at-home

Warri kingdom: Olu-designate for crowning August 21

[BREAKING] Insecurity: Some sponsors of IPOB/ESN ‘re in our custody — IGP

Nigeria must be Union of equals, Ohanaeze Ndigbo tells constitution Review c’mtte

$350,000 fraud: US Court orders indefinite detention of Abiodun’s suspended aide, Bidemi Rufai

What you need to know about new COAS, Major General Farouk Yahaya

Buhari appoints Major General Yahaya, new COAS

Buhari didn’t consult widely on judicial autonomy, Order 10 faulty – Tambuwal

Fed Govt clarifies that £4.2m Ibori-linked loot not yet returned to Delta

BREAKING: Ijaw Youths shut NDDC office, blocks East-West Road

Petrol subsidy: Labour puts unions on strike alert. “Get ready for strike”.

Changing Nigeria’s constitution can’t guarantee a perfect country, says Agbakoba

20 killed in Bauchi cholera outbreak

Nigeria should scrap 1999 Constitution, adopt 1963 Republican constitution –Sagay

BREAKING: Five cops feared killed as hoodlums raze Enugu police station

International friendly: Rohr picks Musa, Ekong, 22 others for Cameroon

Chief of Defence Staff to military: it’s time to get over shock of plane crash

Over 116 killed by herders, militias in Benue, Plateau in 2 days

Presidency slams Southern governors open grazing ban, says they offered no solution.

New pump price of petrol: NNPC awaits FG, labour resolutions today

Onyeama to new diplomats: change the stories about Nigeria

JUST IN: FG to relocate Kaduna Forestry College

Breaking: IPOB, Cameroonian separatists to exchange weapons, personnel – Report

JUST IN: Buhari meets with Fayemi, Buni, Bello in Aso Rock

UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson sets wedding date

We must defend ourselves against killer herdsmen, Ortom tells Benue people