President Muhammed Buhari returned to the country this morning. He landed at the Kaduna Airport at about 7:40 am and was taken to Aso Rock Villa in Abuja by helicopter. The arrival was announced last night by Femi Adesina, his spokesman. The president returns 51 days after he departed the country on medical vacation. The…
Ogbemudia Is Dead
Samuel Ogbemudia retired Brigadier General and two time governor is dead. He died Thursday night in his house in Benin capital of Edo State.
FG Launches Asset Tracking And Management Project
The Federal Government has launched an Asset Tracking and Management Project (ATMProject), through which for the first time, the government would be able to locate, identify, assess and evaluate all its moveable and immoveable assets. Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, who announced this, also said a Central Asset Register would be created and domiciled in the…
What Animal Disease Outbreaks Say Of Our Public Health
Professor of Public Health, Tunde Awoniyi Due to their lack of formal education, most Nigerian livestock farmers have little knowledge of the effect of poor hygiene on their livestock and the public. Thus they believe that disease outbreaks are more of spiritual attack than poor farm hygiene practices, which are mainly responsible for such incidents. This…
Oshonaike’s Tennis Clinic Ends
It was a thrilling end to the inaugural Funke Oshonaike Table Tennis Classics today at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium Stadium, Surulere, Lagos as winners emerged in both the boys and girls categories. At the end of it, many who watched the competition, including Funke Oshonaike herself, the Nigerian table tennis queen…
PDP Member Stabbed In Benin
There was security breach yesterday outside the venue of the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin as a supporter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was stabbed with a broken bottle, allegedly by a political thug from the All Progressives Congress, APC. The victim, Amadin Osamudiamen is from Ward 11, Oredo local government…
Amosun Rescue Accident Victims On Akure-Ondo Road
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Friday, stopped to personally coordinate the rescue of three accident victims along the ever busy, Akure-Ondo Road in Ondo State. Governor Amosun who came across the accident scene while returning from the swearing-in ceremony of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in Akure stopped his convoy and personally led efforts to…
Akeredolu’s Emergence To Boost Southwest Unity- Amosun
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has described the emergence of Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN as the 6th democratically elected governor of Ondo State as a further assurance of the unity among the Southwest States of Nigeria. The Ogun State governor stated this, on Friday, while speaking with journalists, shortly after witnessing the swearing in…
9 Directors Of NCAA Sacked
According to reports, the Federal Government on Friday endorses the sack of all the directors of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) with immediate effect. Nine directors were shown the exit by the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, by the federal government. Names of those affected by the purge are –…