Otuoke-Onuebum road in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa has been taken over by flood, as vehicles now pass through Elebele road, a longer distance, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that Otuoke is the home town of former President Goodluck Jonathan. A staff of the FederalContinue Reading
An Indian village has banned Muslim rituals, including growing beards, praying publicly and giving children Islamic names after a calf died allegedly at the hands of a Muslim boy, Telegraph reported. The report further stated that the youth was consequently barred from entering the village. The consultative body of the village also barredContinue Reading
Healthcare: FG pledges support for innovation guarantying quality services Mr Ife Adebayo, the Special Assistant on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government under the present administration will support any innovation that will guarantee quality services Nigerians. Adebayo stated this at the “Innovating for Health’’Continue Reading
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a Nigerian based in Sweden for allegedly buying a two month old baby. The NAPTIP’s Director of Investigation and Monitoring, Mr Josiah Emerole made this known in Abuja on Friday, explained that the case involved a 43-year=oldContinue Reading
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met, for the first time, with the newly appointed Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, when Bichi was ushered into the president’s officeContinue Reading
By AFP PARIS: A French court Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the editors of gossip magazine Closer, who were fined 45,000 euros ($53,000) for publishing pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless in 2012. The court in Versailles near Paris upheld the maximum fines imposed by a lower court last year,Continue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commended the U.S.-based International Republican Institute (IRI) for sustained support toward a hitch free and credible elections in the country. The Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, Mr Kassim Gaidam made the commendation on Wednesday in Yola while speaking at a workshop organisedContinue Reading
A don, Prof. Christopher Obionu on Wednesday said brain-drain had adversely affected the health sector as 50 per cent of Nigerian doctors were currently practicing abroad. Obionu made the assertion during his presentation as the at the 36th Faculty Day Lecture at the National Postgraduate College in Lagos. The themeContinue Reading
.Says Nigeria loses N455bn annually due to poor sanitation The United Nations Children Fund, (UNICEF) has said that with about 150 million mobile subscribers in Nigeria, 97.2 million internet users and 81 per cent penetration, only 97million Nigerians have access to improved sanitation. According to Mr. Zaid Jurji, Chief ofContinue Reading
