A mother with her newborn twins at the maternity-labor ward in the Federal Medical Centre, Katsina, Nigeria. Photo: CNN The Niger State House of Assembly has proposed a law that will provide six months maternity leave for nursing mothers in the state. The bill, which is sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Afiniki […]

The manner in which President Bola Tinubu reversed some political appointments has continued to keep tongues wagging on the quality of due diligence on offer at the top, and calling to question, who is in charge at the presidency. The recent appointments and dis-appointments of nominees by President Bola Tinubu has raised the issue of […]

[FILES] A farmer tries to dig up crabs on marshy shore of a river polluted by oil spills Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) Oil-rich Egni community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Council in Rivers State has decried its neglect by federal, amd state governments and oil companies operating in the area. A group of university professors […]

Sacked:Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State. Photo: Punch .Youths hold peaceful protest, demand review of ‘unjust’ verdict The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, sacked the governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang. The court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, held that Mutfwang was not validly nominated and sponsored by […]

Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have threatened to exit their umbrella body, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), if its President Williams Akporeha and General-Secretary, Afoloabi Olawale, did not resign. Mr Gbenga Olawale, an Ex-Officio of the PTD from Ibadan depot, said in a statement on Sunday that their members would begin […]

Rice consumption in the country has been on a steady rise, beyond the reach of local supply, leading to a supply gap of about two million metric tonnes annually, a new report has disclosed. This has led to an over 37 per cent increase in the price of the commodity so far in 2023. This […]

Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, who President Jimmy Carter called “an extension of myself” owing to his wife’s prominent role in his administration even as she tirelessly promoted the cause of mental health, died on Sunday at age 96, the Carter Center said. Rosalynn Carter, who in recent days had entered hospice care at […]