Every day, around 830 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, and 99% of these deaths occur in developing countries. In Nigeria alone, 109 women die each day. The country has the fourth highest maternal mortality ratio…
Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM), which has former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba, Tafawa Balewa, and Prof. Pat Utomi, as members, has vowed…
The timeless aphorism says that health is wealth yet one of the biggest challenges facing Nigeria since independence has been the country’s inability to guarantee affordable and universal health care to its citizens. Little wonder that we are consistently ranked…
Abiola Ajimobi, governor of Oyo state, did not attend the inauguration of the south-west zonal office of the Muhammadu Buhari Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group in Ibadan on Saturday. While ministers, former senate president and an ex-governor were at the programme, Ajimobi…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected another sum of $210million into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market, to meet customers’ requests in various segments of the market. Figures obtained from the Bank on Monday, January 15, 2018, indicate that…
Is Your Vehicle Parade 100%? It is important to do a daily routine check on your car to ensure everything is in good order before driving off. Here’s a reminder of things to check out for! 1) oil level 2)…
Nollywood actress, Zainab Balogun, relocated to Nigeria about six years ago from London, where she had spent most part of her life. But according to her, since she came to Nigeria, she has not found a man that interests her.…
These are very difficult times in our country. Sad, mournful and dolorous times, as the New Year opened with killings in Rivers, Kaduna, Taraba, and Benue states, among others. Of course, there had been gruesome carnage on the Mambilla plateau…
Editor’s Note : This interview was first published by Weekend Magazine of Daily Trust Newspapers Hamisu Lamido Iyantama, a producer, actor and script writer, is one of the founders of Kannywood. Also a politician, he contested for governor of Kano State…
Fire on Friday night gutted three duplexes on 34 Road, B Close of Gowon Estate, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Egbada, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN also reports that there was no casualty recorded in the inferno. An…
