Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI), an NGO, on Wednesday, challenged parents to rise to the occasion of tackling and reducing drug abuse and addiction among adolescents in the country. The Chief Executive Officer of the Abuja-based NGO, Ms May Ikokwu,…
Youth Assembly of Nigeria (YAN) has donated N600, 000 to 10 vulnerable female secondary school students in Nasarawa State to ameliorate their academic burdens and promote Girl-Child education. Habiba Iliyasu, Minority Leader of the Assembly, made the disclosure on Wednesday…
A Medical Expert, Dr Abass Ajayi, has advised Nigerians to avail themselves the opportunity of knowing their hepatitis status by going for screening. He made the call in an interview with the newsmen on Wednesday in Kaduna as part of…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the re-election of Rotimi Akeredolu as Governor of Ondo State. Akeredolu’s victory was affirmed after four of the seven justices of the Supreme Court that heard the case upheld his candidacy in the October…
A Central Area Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos in Plateau on Wednesday sentenced a teenager, Salisu Musa to one month imprisonment for possession of hard drugs. A panel of two magistrates, Ghazali Adam and Hyacinth Dolnaan, sentenced the…
A mother of 10, Mrs Tolu Osho, has lost her 48-year-old marriage for allegedly denying husband sex. An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, granted the request of her estranged husband, Mojidi, to dissolve the union. The court president,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says it has released the sum of N756.51 billion to 3,734,938 small holder farmers, cultivating 4.6 million hectares of land, to boost the Federal Government’s food security initiative. Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor,…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Gombe State Office, on Wednesday said that no fewer than 67 persons died in 220 road crashes in the state between January and June 2021. The State Sector Commander, Mr Ishaku Ibrahim, said this…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that 404 additional COVID-19 infections and zero COVID-19 related deaths were registered in Nigeria on July 27, 2021. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday morning. Reports…
The quarter-finals line-up in the women’s football event at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo was set on Tuesday after the final matches of the group stage were played. Reports state that in one of the first two games…
