The Federal Government has reassured that the latest economic recession the country slid into owing to the impact of COVID-19 will be short-lived. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the assurance on Monday in Lagos at…
Melojuekun Barakat, the 16-year-old girl who accused the suspended Ogun State Commissioner of Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun of sexual harassment has said she wanted the matter to be laid to rest. Her father, Adesola Melojuekun, has said a similar thing. The…
Manchester United have appointed their former midfielder Darren Fletcher as a member of the first-team coaching staff. Darren spent 20 years with the club as a player after coming through the Academy to make over 340 first team appearances between…
Prof. Uchechi Ogbuagu of Department of Economics, University of Calabar, on Monday called for the reintroduction of the Agriculture Commodity Boards. He said this was necessary if the nation must increase its revenue from the agricultural sector. Ogbuagu made the…
The Jigawa Commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Gomna, on Monday in Dutse decorated newly promoted officers of the state command with their new ranks. Speaking at the decoration ceremony, Gomna said the promotion was a reward for hard work and…
The Federal Government says close to one million passengers and 3.5 million tonnes of freight will be conveyed on the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line annually. The 326-kilometre rail line, which had suffered setbacks in the last 30 years, was virtually inaugurated…
President Muhammadu Buhari mourns journalist, poet, author and sports administrator, Otunba Eddie Aderinokun, who passed on January 3, 2021, aged 80. The President salutes the more than 60 years of vibrant journalism practice by Aderinokun, which saw him rise to…
A law firm Ntephe, Smith and Wills (NSW), on Monday called for channeling of gas flare and oil pollution fines to ameliorate adverse effects of oil and gas production on host communities. It advocated a reform that would prioritise giving…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and two other agencies are mapping out strategic guidelines on COVID-19 preventive measures to safeguard Nigerian pilgrims during the 2021 hajj operation. Reports state that the two other agencies are the Presidential Task…
A Benin-based gyneacologist, Dr Iwinosa Ehigiator, has advised pregnant women to go for regular checkups, especially when they have fever, in order to avoid their newborns developing jaundice. Ehigiator said this in on Monday. He defined infant jaundice “as a…
