The Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has blamed Nigeria’s poor performances in sports and listed two reasons for this. They are: The inability to groom and replace aging professional athletes with younger talents. It is important that there…
A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obidimma, emerged from a closed-door meeting with the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu, and insisted on peace and unity of Nigeria. After the meeting with the IPOB leaders, the…
Socio-Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Wednesday petitioned the international Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Mrs Fatou Bensouda, to commence probe of the allegedly missing N11 trillion said to have been spent on Nigeria’s power sector since the administration of former…
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has inaugurated a seven-member reconciliation committee for the party’s Kogi chapter. According to a statement issued by Malam Bolaji Abudullahi, the APC National Publicity Secretary, the committee is chaired…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of malaria and cholera in the wake of last week’s mudslides and flooding in Freetown. Mr. Alexander Chimbaru, Officer in Charge of…
Dr Ameyo Adadevoh, who laid down her life to save millions of Nigerians at onset of the Ebola outbreak in 2014, should be immortalised. The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health Services, Mr Segun Olulade, on Monday…
Nigeria’s Dr. Rebecca Samuel Dali, who had helped in the North East to reintegrate girls and orphans freed by Boko Haram received the Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation award today in Geneva. Rebecca who runs the Centre for Caring, Empowerment…
Warmer waters as a result of climate change could shrink the size of fish by 20 to 30 percent, a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has claimed. In a statement on Monday, co-author William…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has raised alarm over the activities of con men who specialize in circulating phantom letters of crude oil allocation with the intent of defrauding unsuspecting would-be buyers or members of the public. Speaking at…
Rogers Nwoke, newly elected President of the National Association of Microfinance Banks (NAMB), said microfinance banks in the country granted loans worth N214.32 billion as at December 31, 2016. He said the association would ensure Micro Small and Medium Enterprises…
