By Samueli Do you think having children is the next thing to do after concluding your formal education and getting married? Do you think you need to have biological children to feel fulfilled and be happy? Do you also think you need children to carry on your legacy, and inherit your name, fame and fortune? […]
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The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has adjusted the visa fee for American citizens to $160 in deference to the directive of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. The change has been effected in the service’s portal with all diplomatic and consular missions advised complying effective August 29, 2019. A statement […]
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The apex socio-cultural youth organisation in Igbo land, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) yesterday said that with the realisation of Igbo presidency in 2023, the activities of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) would fizzle out like a vapour. In a statement in Abakaliki by the National President of OYC, Mazi […]
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We must stop being dumping ground, says ministerLike some Asian countries, Nigeria may have to depend on local medication in its quest for safe and effective drugs.Minister of State for Health, Dr. Adeleke Mamora, yesterday, frowned at Nigeria’s over-dependence on imported medicine and its inability to attain self-sufficiency. Speaking at the fifth Nigeria Pharma Manufacturers’ […]
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Says the paper has improved remarkably, heads for the heights Salutes teacher and mentor, Osoba Urges hard work, rededication to uplift Owena Press Pleads with staff: “Please let us work together to make this paper a pride of the people of Ondo State.” By Banji Ayoola Being the moving speech delivered extempore by the Chairman […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari says that the few Nigerians abroad indulging in criminal activities do not represent the values of the majority of the people of the country. He disclosed this on Thursday in Yokohama, Japan while meeting with leaders of the Nigerian Community living in Japan on the sidelines of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference […]
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Mansurah Abdulazeez discusses how her visionary plant research could help in fight against tumours Mansurah Abdulazeez is a molecular biologist at the Center for Biotechnology Research, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. Her research aims to identify potent anticancer agents in African plants. Last November, the government of Spain awarded her their Science by Women Fellowship. And […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday wooed foreign investors at the ongoing seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) assuring them of good returns. He disclosed this while presenting the country’s statement at Plenary Session Three on “Public-Private Business Dialogue” at the conference in Yokohama, Japan. “Nigeria has very attractive investment opportunities with some of […]
Continue ReadingOyo moves to ban open grazing, RUGA, farm encroachment by herders New bill gives conditions to herders ‘Ghana is faced with similar cattlemen’s crisis’ Nigerians have urged the Federal and State Governments to facilitate the establishment of private ranches as part of solutions to frequent clashes and loss of lives and property associated with the […]
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The Federal Government has approved a reduction in visa charges payable by United States citizens from $180 to $160. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, explained on Wednesday, that the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, had been directed to implement the decrease in the visa charges with effect from Thursday. The development […]
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