By Patricia Amogu Dr. Maxwell Odiegwu, a gynaecologist, on Monday advised young girls to embrace vaccination against cervical cancer early in life. Odiegwu gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said: “It is better for young girls to go for vaccinesContinue Reading
By Constance Imasuen The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active mobile telephone lines in Nigeria decreased marginally to 160.5 million in August from 161.42 million in July. NCC made this known in its monthly subscribers’ operator data posted on its website on Monday, saying the lines decreased by 904,767 inContinue Reading
The Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr Pally Iriase, has been expelled from the All Progressives Congress (APC) for alleged anti-party activities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmaker who represents Owan Federal Constituency, was expelled by his ward and ratified by the LocalContinue Reading
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has begun recruitment and physical screening for about 324,000 applicants who applied for 4,000 jobs in the corps. Corps Marshall Boboye Oyeyemi made the disclosure when he paid a visit to the two screening centres in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday.Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate release of N20billion so that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU) can revitalise public universities.Continue Reading
.Congratulates Osun people for ‘rejecting Lagos king makers’ The Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM), the umbrella platform of fresh breed political leaders in the emergent third force movement, on Monday cautioned a National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and power brokers in Nigeria to learn from theContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday approved the redeployment of four federal permanent secretaries to various ministries. Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HOS), made this known in a statement in Abuja. She stated that Alhaji Mu’azu Abdulkadir, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel hasContinue Reading
London, Sept. 24, 2018 (Reuters/NAN) Oil prices jumped more than 2 per cent to a four-year high on Monday after Saudi Arabia and Russia ruled out any immediate increase in production. The refusal by OPEC to raise production negates the call by U.S. President Donald Trump for action to raiseContinue Reading
Prof. Joseph Fuwape, the Returning Officer for the Sept. 22 Osun governorship election, has declared the poll inconclusive. Fuwape, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), while announcing the results of the election, said that Sen. Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples DemocraticContinue Reading
