Two children of Momoh Lawal Jimoh, speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, were kidnapped yesterday at his residence in Okengwe, Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State. Austin Akubo, Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker disclosed that the abductors forcibly gained entrance into the Speakers’ residence and demanded for the children- Ogirima, 7-year-…
National Conference: Female delegate Slumps
Ezenwa Ifeanyinwa, a female delegate slumped at the National Conference shortly after the resumption of the afternoon session on Wednesday. Ifeanyinwa, a representative of the Market Women Association, was returning from the lunch break and was heading towards the plenary chamber when she suddenly fainted. Security agents, operatives from the State Security Service, SSS and…
Oduduwa University Shut
Osun State Internal Revenue Service has shut Oduduwa University, a private institution in Ipetumodu, Osun State on Monday over alleged non-remittance of N173 million income tax. Femi Balogun, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on revenue who led the team to the university made the disclosure in a statement in Osogbo. Balogun advised…
FG To Introduce Herbal Medicine As A Course In Nigerian Universities
The federal government has announced plans to introduce herbal medicine as a course in Nigerian universities. This was disclosed by Onyebuchi Chukwu, Minister of Health at the 3rd Annual guest lecture organized by the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria in Abuja. Chukwu said a committee has submitted a curriculum, which they are…
Corruption Is the Bane of Nigeria – Methodist Church
The Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Remo, Ogun State, has said that corruption is the cause of the diminutive growth of the economy, unemployment and insecurity currently plaguing Nigeria. Michael Akinwale, Bishop of the Diocese while speaking at the Synod urged the federal government to look into the issue of power and power generation in…
Ebola Virus Now In Ghana
Ghana’s health authorities have announced the first suspected case of the deadly Ebola virus at the country’s second biggest hospital, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in Kumasi. Joseph Oduro, Deputy Director of Public Health in the Ashanti region, said on Sunday evening that the case resulted in the death of a 12-year-old girl. He said…
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