Hope of survival has risen for Nigerians exposed to untoward effects of drugs, substances of abuse and poisons as the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, upscaled its information centre to a 24-hour National Drug and Poisons Information, Emergency Response and Research Centre. To this end, an eight-storey building estimated at N2.6 billion to house all […]
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The Southeast Governors Forum has decried the reported attack on the former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, allegedly by some members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at an Igbo summit in Beremburg, Germany. Reacting to the incident on Sunday in Abakaliki, the Chairman of the forum, Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, […]
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Official statement coming Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia is not in a rush to appeal against a decision by FIFA to ban him for life from all football-related activities. Football’s world governing body handed Siasia, who managed the Super Eagles between 2010 and 2011 and for a spell in 2016, the ban on Friday for […]
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A tricycle specially designed for fuel smuggling is parked close to the Nigerian-Benin border post in Seme-Kpodji, Republic of Benin on April 6, 2019. Photo: Tonye Bakare Investigations have shown that daily, an estimated seven million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), better known as petrol, valued at N1, 085t is smuggled from Nigeria to […]
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By Moses Ojo Having handled the Community Pages of the Ondo State Government owned newspaper, The Hope, for over three years between 2011 and 2015, which earned me the 2013 Ondo State NUJ Best Community Reporter of The Year Award, I have traversed the entire nooks and crannies of the sunshine state. Consequently, I can […]
Continue ReadingThe 2019 elections have come and gone. So also is the nomination of candidates for ministerial slots in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet. But it has been different strokes for different folks with respect to the political class. While many are savouring the joy of victory, others are writhing in the agony of defeat. The latter […]
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The image painted by Suhaila the daughter of Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, while giving updates on her father’s medical condition, was frightening. She told newsmen that she was afraid of her father’s medical condition, noting that his organs would fail anytime. Her words, “I am really worried… especially […]
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A medical expert, Dr Ademola Lawal, has said that Nigeria has the capacity to handle any case of Ebola in the country with its experience on the Lassa fever challenge. He also gave the assurance that the country has taken all necessary steps, and was prepared to detect and curb any case of Ebola that […]
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Sudan’s constitutional declaration which was signed on Saturday August 17, 2019 paves the way for a transition to civilian rule in the African nation and comes months after the ouster of autocratic President Omar al-Bashir AFP / Ebrahim Hamid Rapturous crowds filled the streets of Khartoum Saturday as Sudan’s generals and protest leaders signed a […]
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The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the killing of four persons in the early hours of Saturday at a burial in Tongov district of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area. The commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mukaddas Garba, said on Saturday in Makurdi, that the incident occurred during the burial of one late Tor […]
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