A Benin-based Optometrist, Dr Felix Adeyemi, has advised adults to regularly go for eye screening to avoid glaucoma, a condition that damages eye’s optic nerve and gets worse over time. Adeyemi gave the advice in an interview with Newsmen on…
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered the remand of 40-year-old Idris Musa at the Correctional Services Centre, Makurdi, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl. Musa, who lives at Abinsi village in Guma Local Government Area of…
An NGO, Ejalonibu Foundation, on Monday distributed free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), e-PINs (Scratch Cards) to 250 students in Badagry. Addressing the beneficiaries, Mr Sewanu Ejalonibu, said the students were selected randomly to encourage more youths in their future…
With the lingering fuel scarcity in Abuja and other Nigerian major cities, Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), has commended Nigerians for their patience and endurance. Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, National Coordinator of the group gave the commendation in an…
World football–ruling body FIFA has effected minor changes in the list of match officials for this month’s 2022 World Cup playoff showdown between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Ghana’s Black Stars. Both teams face off in a two-leg fixture for one…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Osondu Victor Igwilo, a suspect wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2018. A statement on Monday by spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said Igwilo, 52, is the alleged leader of…
The Federal Government has reacted to the extension of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. It was reported that ASUU on Monday extended the strike by eight weeks, saying it took the decision because the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has so far registered more than one million candidates as at Saturday, March 12, in its ongoing 2022 exercise. The board disclosed this in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of…
The Ondo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Otumba Dele Ologun, has decried the high rate of drug abuse, cultisim and other criminal activities in the state. Ologun, while addressing newsmen in his office on Monday in Akure, said…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed March 28 for ruling in a bail application filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel to the prosecution and defence argued their applications…
