‘How women in health, care sector earn 24% less than men’ Africa is facing a growing risk of outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens, such as monkeypox virus, which originated in animals and then switched species and infected humans. World Health Organisation (WHO), at a virtual press conference, yesterday, said there has been a 63 per […]
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By Tony Afejuku Let me begin what I am dwelling on now with a sincere apology to my readers who must have expected me to continue the debate on women and widowhood in your country my country our country. I am not in any way breaking my promise in this regard. My train of thought […]
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By Dan Agbese Five months after the university teachers went on strike, President Muhammadu Buhari condescended at last this week to react to it but in a most cynical manner that will not resolve the dispute but harden the hearts of the teachers. He told the teachers to call off the strike because “enough is […]
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In compliance with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Alkali Baba Usman, banning the use of Spy plate number, the Ondo State Police Command has started enforcement of the ban. A statement by the command’s spokeswoman, SP Funmilayo Odunlami said the move was to “curb the excesses of using the plates number to […]
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Peter Obi; Photo/Facebook/ • Says Nigerians will get reward for their labour • My victory will shock APC, PDP, Yussuff restates The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, expressed displeasure over the statement made by All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that LP ‘obidients’ and others will […]
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Another Nigerian, Olujimi Fafowora, has made a first-class honours degree at the University of Oxford in England. Fafowora, 21, graduated summa cum laude in Mathematics at St. Peter’s College, Oxford. It was learnt that Fafowora becomes the second Nigerian to have ever made a first class at Oxford. Last year, he was appointed a Fellow […]
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Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to clear the Nigerian Augean stable rather than lamenting on vital national issues. Its General Secretary, Chief Olusola Ebiseni, said this in a statement in Akure, the Ondo state capital. Ebiseni said that the President’s “assertion of the toughness of the assignment is rather amusing […]
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Osinbajo; Photo/Facebook/professoryemiosinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday distanced himself from a memo purported to have originated from his office and sent to President Muhammadu Buhari seeking permission to resign his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Memo dated 24th June, 2022 with reference number SH/VP/605/2./0, listed among others, family pressure, his (Osinbajo) […]
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A lady has opened up on how she had 15 abortions for a man who would later break up with her. The businesswoman-turned-author featured in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, the media entrepreneur. She said she was courting the man she met in church and that he was working towards becoming a pastor. The woman, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigerian military officers to fight terrorists and wipe them off the face of the earth. He spoke in Jaji, Kaduna State at the graduation ceremony of 247 students of the Senior Course 44 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College. Following is the full text of his speech: “I […]
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