Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, said he once tested positive for COVID-19 but was relieved 72 hours later when subsequent tests came out negative. Obasanjo who turned 84 March 5, said he was a bit concerned about it and had to call his daughter, Dr Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, that he was not having … [Read more…]
How I defeated UK, US, Chinese pupils, others at global maths competition –15-year-old Nigerian Faith Odunsi, 15, who recently won the Global Open Mathematics Tournament, an international competition with participants from Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Australia, shares her experience with ALEXANDER OKERE What is your name and how old are you? I … [Read more…]
Nigerian players will play pivotal roles for their European clubs again this weekend as important league games are decided in England, Germany and Italy writes, TUNDE LIADI. After the exhaustion of the midweek games, the ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE matches take centre stage again this weekend from AMEX Stadium where Brighton & Hove Albion will … [Read more…]
A former beauty pageant, Precious Chikwendu, has demanded the full custody of her four sons with her ex-husband and former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode. Chikwendu accused Fani-Kayode of beating her up several times, including when she was pregnant, accusing the ex-minister of confining her to a hospital when she attempted to escape. … [Read more…]
One man, one gun; one woman, one rifle. The above, Professor Itse Sagay appears to be saying, might be the panacea to Nigeria’s seemingly untameable security crisis, as insurgents, bandits and other criminals continue to seize the country by the jugular. Given the worsening insecurity situation in the country, the Chairman of Presidential Advisory … [Read more…]
It is time to take decisive action against banditry and kidnapping in the country, the National Security Council decided on Tuesday. President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a total war on bandits, kidnappers and insurgents. Senate President Ahmad Lawan also urged Chief of Defence Staff Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor and Service Chiefs to take the … [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide or one in four people would be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050. WHO gave the warning in a statement issued on Tuesday to commemorate the World Hearing Day. World Hearing Day is held on March 3 each year globally to … [Read more…]
A former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday said Nigeria’s problems shouldn’t be left to the governing All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government alone. Saraki, who doubles as the chairman, Peoples Democratic Party National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee, stressed the need for a bi-partisan approach to finding lasting solutions to national problems, especially … [Read more…]
Expectant women in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been depending mostly on traditional birth attendants to be delivered of their babies during the pandemic. Grace Obike investigates how unskilled TBAs have come to the rescue of women in the camps and looks at what has been done in … [Read more…]
In pursuit of the nation’s economic diversification agenda, the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, charged Nigerians to embrace agriculture; as the gains of Anchor Borrowers’ Programme will ensure Nigeria attains food security in the shortest possible time. Mr. Emefiele gave the charge in Zauro, Kebbi State, yesterday, during the flag-off of … [Read more…]
Ethnicity and religious biases have been blamed for the growing insecurity in the country. According to the Director General of National Assembly’s National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Professor Abubakar Suleiman, the distrust among the various ethnic and religious groups as well as refusal to have a common position on issues about security … [Read more…]
A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, has said his family went into exile because of several threats to their lives when he introduced the banking consolidation policy in 2004. Soludo added that he received 19 written threats to his life following that policy. He stated this … [Read more…]