Franka Osakwe Today, nearly 800 million people worldwide are extremely hungry and malnourished, with majority living in Sub-Saharan Africa- a place with vast arable lands. Experts have shown that the food produced in these lands and globally is enough to…
No fewer than three million pilgrims converged on Mount Arafat on Sunday to mark the climax of 2016 pilgrimage. A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent covering the Hajj reports that at least 62,000 Nigerians were part of the gathering. NAN…
Barely four months after an earth tremor sacked hundreds of household in Ikara town in Kaduna State, another broad day tremor has created panic in the Koi town in Jaba Local Government Area of the state. Here are 7 things…
HJK Helsinki defender, Taye Taiwo has been rated by EA Sports as one of the top 10 players with the most powerful shot ahead of the release of the world’s most popular football video game, Fifa 17. The 31-year old…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has stated that the economic recession currently facing the country is not a 100 metre race but a marathon, hence Nigerians should brace up to the challenge. This was disclosed yesterday in Enugu by…
Access Bank and Herbert Wigwe, its chief executive officer (CEO); United Bank for Africa (UBA); First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) and Zenith Bank came out tops at the BusinessDay Banking Awards 2016. The award, which was held at Eko Hotels…
Many parents in Lagos State have started withdrawing their children from private to public schools, due to the current economic recession. Punch learnt that many of the parents took the decision when they discovered that their income could no longer…
Many parents in Lagos State have started withdrawing their children from private to public schools, due to the current economic recession. Punch learnt that many of the parents took the decision when they discovered that their income could no longer…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said it intercepted a vehicle and 35 sacks of Cannabis Sativa otherwise known as Indian hemp, weighing 1,244.4 kilogrammes in Kogi. Commander of the agency in the state, Alhaji Idris Bello, said that…
Franka Osakwe EngenderHealth, the implementing partners of Fistula Care plus Project, have called for an end to sexual violence against children and women stressing that it is one of the major cause of traumatic obstetric fistula in Nigeria. They made…
