Woman docked for allegedly beating up PHCN official
A 44-year-old woman, Anerobi Obianuju, was on Tuesday docked in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up an official...
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APC postpones launch of 2023 presidential campaign
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has postponed the start of its campaigns earlier slated for Wednesday. The Director-General,...
1,600 people killed, 12,800 injured in Pakistan’s monsoon rain
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Tuesday said the total death toll from this season’s monsoon rain, flood since mid-June...
80% road traffic accidents caused by human error- FRSC boss
Mr Shehu Mohammed, the Zonal Commanding Officer (ZCO) Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in charge of FCT and Niger, has...
ASUU: FG retracts order directing reopening of varsities
The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission (NUC) has recalled an earlier directive to Vice Chancellors of public universities...
WTD: No tribe in Nigeria can survive alone – Lai Mohammed
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says that no one culture in Nigeria can survive alone. Mohammed stated...
2023: Group stages 1m persons’ walk for Tinubu/Shetima in Lagos
A political group, Nigeria for BAT (Bola Ahmed Tinubu), on Monday staged a one-million persons’ solidarity walk in Lagos in...
Gardener seeks financial succour as wife spends weeks in ICU
A 33-year-old man, Sunday Saleh, whose wife has spent two months in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the University...
Don’t dash common man’s hope – bishop tells judges, magistrates
The Anglican Bishop of Lagos West Diocese, Rt. Rev. Olusola Odedeji, on Monday called on Lagos State Judiciary to uphold truth...
Poland to offer basic military training to all citizens
The Polish Army is to offer a one-day basic training course to all its citizens aged between 18 and 65,...
Commissioner charges health workers in Anambra on attitudinal change
The Commissioner for Health in Anambra, Dr Afam Obidike, has called for attitudinal change of healthcare workers to improve patient...
Hoteliers suspend proposed strike in Imo
The Imo Hoteliers Association said it has suspended its proposed strike scheduled to commence on Tuesday. This is contained in...
Lawmaker empowers 500 constituents with farming skill
Rep. Sam Onuigbo (APC-Abia), says he has empowered over 500 unemployed members of his constituency through training on poultry farming...
APC, PDP can’t stand ADC in 2023 poll -Kachikwu
Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), presidential candidate, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic...
Court strikes out suit against Olisa Metuh
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Monday, struck out thesuit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
Court remands 4 friends for alleged cultism, culpable homicide
A Makurdi Magistrates’ court on Monday ordered that four friends be remanded in a correction for alleged cultism and culpable...
Tunisians protest against poverty, high prices, food shortages
Hundreds of Tunisians protested against poverty, high prices and the shortage of some foodstuff, escalating pressure on the government, as...
Court remands apprentice for alleged defilement, murder of minor
A Family Court in Iyaganku , Ibadan on Monday ordered tha a 20 year old apprentice, Tosin Kolade in a...
FG orders Vice Chancellors to reopen schools
The Federal Government has ordered Vice-Chancellors in universities to re-open schools and to allow students resume lectures. This is contained...
Ebonyi @26: From endemicity of guinea worm, illiteracy to Frontline State
By Obike Ukoh Ebonyi State, created on Oct. 1, 1996, by late Military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, prides itself as “Salt of The Nation.’’ The state was carved out from Abia and Enugu states. The two areas: Abakaliki bloc carved from Enugu State and Afikpo bloc, carved out from Abia, were known for high level of underdevelopment. Infrastructural deficit was very high, literacy level was below national average, while guinea worm infestation was endemic. It was as a result of this deficit in almost all the sectors, which the people...
