Mr Olukayode Popoola, the Federal Controller of Works says work on drainage projects is ongoing, ahead of the rainy season to avert flooding in Lagos. Popoola told newsmen in Lagos on Monday that contractors had moved to sites since November…
Prof. Idowu Olayinka, the immediate past Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Ibadan (UI) said the UI VC selection process had always been marred with conflicts of interest that had made the process tough and competitive from time immemorial.…
The police on Monday arraigned three men, who allegedly damaged the door lock of a vehicle and stole N500,000 from it, in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Tare Patrick, 43, Dennis Ejiofor, 57, and Chukwuemeka Ebeleke, 47,…
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers, CP Friday Eboka on Friday dissolved a special police tactical unit code-named Eagle Crack Squad. The team recently came under public scrutiny following allegations of extortion, intimidation and rights abuses made against its members.…
This March, in commemoration of Women’s History Month, we will be publishing only women. And we are happy to announce Jakky Bankong-Obi as the guest editor for the month! Jakky’s poem, Braven, has been previously published by Poetry Column-NND. She is…
Dr Chizoba Wonodi , a Public Health Physician and Researcher, says the coronavirus vaccine is the panacea to end the pandemic. Wonodi, who is also the Nigeria Country Director for the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg…
For P By Ibe Obasiota Ben The love I’ve known is the love of / two people staring/ not at each other but in the same direction. — Frank Bidart I am a deserter. Somewhere, a man speaks to the…
The Police in Jigawa said that four persons lost their lives in a lone accident on Aujara Road in Jahun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. ASP Zubairu Aminuddeen, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, who…
The Anambra Ministry of Health, on Friday, organized training for health personnel in faith-based hospitals on proper case management of the coronavirus pandemic. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala, while declaring the workshop open, said that the training was…
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM),Ondo State Chapter has directed its members to embark on a three-day warning strike from March 1 over the percentage payment of their salaries by the state government. NANNM gave the directive…
