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JOHESU-UITH declares indefinite strike

Nigerian Govt. appeals to health workers to return to their duty post

The Federal Government has appealed to the striking members of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) to return to work.…

AfDB to partner with institute to develop industry-led research in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Institute of Mathematics and Sciences (AIMS) are now in a landmark relationship…

Armed groups in South Sudan release more child soldiers released

No fewer than 200 children have been released by armed groups in South Sudan, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has…
Mr. Adeniyi Sanni, senior aide to Ogun West Senator, Solomon Adeola has been killed in yet to be ascertained circumstances in Lagos

How Sen. Adeola escaped kidnap — Aide

Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos) on Wednesday allegedly escaped an attempted kidnap in the hands of unknown men who stormed the…
Jos Prison or Correctional Centre

How prison inmates enrolled for PhD

It was a development worthy of emulation as two inmates of Kirikiri Prison in Lagos in spite of their incarceration…
U.S. billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ready to meet with the Taliban if it would help eradicate poliomyelitis in Afghanistan.

Gates backs gene technologies to end malaria fight

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday backed technologies in the fight to end malaria.
Edo NMA faction suspends Udoka Imoisili, Okwara Benson and Collins Otoikhila the state Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Secretary respectively.

Association commends progress in FCT healthcare delivery

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday in Abuja expressed satisfaction with the progress made by…

FCT Minister assures residents of healthy, safe meat

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, has said that only healthy livestock safe for human…

2 Kirikiri prisoners enroll for PhD

Two inmates of Kirikiri Prison in Lagos have defied the psychological drawback associated with incarceration by enrolling for doctorate degrees…

JOHESU strike: LUTH, FMC Ebute-Meta join

Activities at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, and Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute-Meta, were crippled on Wednesday…

Lagos to announce new bidder for 4th Mainland Bridge in June

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday revealed that new bidders for the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge would be announced in…

NASS invasion national embarrassment – FCT residents

Some residents of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate by hoodlums, who forcefully made away with…

RSW programme is the needed catalyst for graduates to excel – Caleb VC

The Ready Set‎ Work, RSW, an employability and entrepreneurship training initiative of the Lagos State Government has been described as…

Trump contradicts himself over Comey firing

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not fire James Comey because of the phony Russia investigation, contradicting…
NUC approves 18 full-time programmes for new Federal University of Applied Sciences Kachia (FUASK) in southern part of Kaduna State.

NUC to make varsity education accessible

The National Universities Commission (NUC) says it has constituted a committee to make university education accessible to the teeming population,…

NASS invasion: Federal Government orders probe

The Federal Government has directed security agencies to immediately unravel the circumstances surrounding the invasion of the National Assembly and…
APC denies issuing any directive to incumbent LGA chairpersons, seeking reelection, to resign ahead of the 2025 Lagos council poll.

APC national convention to hold May 14

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday announced that its National Convention to elect officers for a new term in…

Kaduna/Katsina Customs generate N1.1bn revenue in 3 months

The Kaduna/Katsina Customs Area Command on Wednesday said it had generated N1.1 billion as revenue from January to March this…

Commonwealth leaders urged to halve malaria next five years

The Global Malaria Community has urged Commonwealth leaders to make a game-changing commitment to halve malaria across the Commonwealth within…
Lagos to shut down Olusosun, Solous dumpsites for Waste-to-Energy Project

Olusosun: Police Destroy Shanties, recover two guns, cutlasses

By Kazeem Ugbodaga A joint operation which consist of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad, Task Force, LASEMA, Lagos Fire Service…
WHO renames Monkeypox

WHO train health officers on E-surveillance

No fewer than 23 Disease Surveillance Notification Officers (DSNO) in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been trained by World Health…

House of Reps. brands Senate mace seizure, a mockery of democracy

The House of Representatives on Wednesday described the “seizure” of Senate mace by some hoodlums as mockery of the country’s…

Sokoto communities receive N7m worth of cement

The Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) on Wednesday donated 2, 040 bags of cement worth N7 million to 68…
Senator Abdulaziz Yari unveils plans to distribute 358 trucks of assorted foodstuff to people of Zamfara state ahead of Ramadan fasting

Zamfara state inaugurates Emergency Operations Center for Disease control

Zamfara state government has inaugurated an Emergency Operations Center as part of efforts to ensure prompt responses to disease outbreaks…

Pilgrims commission boss urges Nigerian Govt. to improve airports

Rev. Tor Uja, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, has urged the Federal Government to improve  the state of…

Civil society Organisations condemn Mace “abduction’’ humiliation

Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday in Abuja said the “abduction’’ of the mace at the Senate’s chamber in…
JOHESU-UITH declares indefinite strike

JOHESU strike: UUTH CMD, others assures of skeletal services

The Management of University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) has promised to provide skeletal services during the duration of the…

N22.1bn fraud: Amosu’s statement taken in presence of his lawyer — Witness

A prosecution witness, Mr Tosin Owobo, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court, Lagos, that the statement made by a…

Tata calls for ban on Tokunbo cars, rolls out 200 locally assembled vehicles

Asian leading car manufacturer TATA Motors on Wednesday rolled out it 200 locally assembled vehicles, which the company said was…

Senate Attack: Mace snatching saga disgraceful, dangerous — Balarabe Musa

A former governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has described Wednesday’s snatching of the mace in the Senate…