The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of countries worldwide, while the demand for mental health is increasing, a new World Health Organisation (WHO) survey said. The survey revealed that over 60…
Chief Judge of Kogi, Justice Henry Olusiyi, has inaugurated 10 newly appointed Magistrates and Area Judges, charging them to be guided by their oath of office and justice. Olusiyi who made the call at the inauguration of eight Magistrates and…
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has felicitated the Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, on his 56th birthday. The governor, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on…
Prof. Babatunde Salako, the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), on Friday, in Lagos, said the institute had carried out over 10,000 COVID-19 free tests in the country. Salako told newsmen that the institute, in collaboration with…
More than 200 players are expected to participate in the Edo Cricket League, scheduled to begin on Saturday, the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has said. Theophilus Ibodeme, the Regional Development Officer (RDO), South-South of NCF, made the disclosure while speaking…
The cost of transportation has continued to drop even as holidaymakers return to work from Enugu, after celebrating Yuletide with their loved ones within communities in the South-East Zone. A correspondent of the Newsmen, who monitored development in major parks…
Mr Bello Akoza, the Overseer of Ekye Development Area of Nasarawa State, has appealed to the state government to provide more police and other security agents on Idadu/Agbashi road of the area. Akoza, while speaking with newsmen in Lafia on…
Two teenagers, Davidson Ayo (16) and Adedayo Pelumi (18), were on Friday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged house breaking and stealing. The defendants, of unknown addresses, are facing a two-count charge of house breaking and stealing.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death, on Thursday, of prominent Kano politician, Alhaji Bello Bayero. The President’s condolence is contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday. Buhari described the…
The Speaker of Osun House of Assembly, Mr Timothy Owoeye, on Friday, described the death of Sen. Adebayo Salami as a huge loss to the progressives’ family in the state and Nigeria at large. Owoeye, in a statement issued in…
