Ebola: NCDC tightens surveillance at Nigeria’s entry points
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 28, 2014 shows a member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) putting on protective gear at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry, where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated. (Photo: CELLOU BINANI / AFP) Jide Idris: There are no Ebola vaccines in Nigeria […]
Northern region’s problems self-inflicted – Yusuf
Prof. Usman Yusuf at the event. Yusuf: It is unbelievable that a president from the North for eight years could not complete the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road By Ahmed Kaigama Former Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Prof. Usman Yusuf, has advised Northerners to take responsibility for the region’s current economic and security challenges. […]
U.S. plane crash: Trump blames past govt, Obama mourns
President Donald Trump | File Image By Valentine Amanze The U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed the immediate past government for the plane and helicopter crash, which claimed many lives in the country on Thursday. Trump, who stood before the White House press room cameras on Thursday, said that the country was in mourning, while […]
Ebonyi family loses 11 members in Enugu tanker explosion, appeals to govt for assistance
Enugu tanker explosion | File Image 11 family members died enroute to Ebonyi for father’s burial By Nweze Anaga, Abakaliki The last may not have been heard on the tanker explosion at Ugwu-Onyeama in Enugu State, which killed many people. A family in Abofia-Agbaja in Ebonyi council of Ebonyi State, which lost 11 members in […]
Scam: Nigerian, Lawal, faces life jail in U.S. over nude photo extortion
U.S. authorities extradite Nigerian to face the law over scan that led to death of a teen By Valentine Amanze The U.S. authorites have extradited a Nigerian, Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal, to South Carolina to face the law over a teen who took his own life after the suspect posed as a woman and tried to […]
Ogoniland: What must be done before resumption of oil operations – EDEN
Devastating oil spill in Ogoniland | File Image By Valentine Amanze The Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN) has appealed to the federal government and and all the relevant agencies to dialogue meaninfully with the Ogoni people before any resumption of oil operations in Ogoniland as proposed by the Bola Tinubu-led administration. EDEN Executive Director, Chima Williams, […]
Kanayo O Kanayo strikes gold in Showmax’s latest Original limited series
By Valentine Amanze Nigeria’s Nollywood star, Kanayo O Kanayo, has done it again. The Oboama Ezinihitte Mbaise-born actor, whose participation in any film turns into gold, has hit it in Showmax’s latest Nigerian Original limited series, Agu, where he played a complex and vital role. Agu is a six-part legal drama that stars multiple Africa […]
Obi’s ex-security aide, Molokwu, loses wife
Mrs. Benedicta Bamidele Molokwu. Former Special Adviser on Security to ex-Governor Peter Obi in Anambra State, Col. Akunnia Ikem Molokwu (rtd), has lost his wife, Mrs. Benedicta Bamidele Molokwu. Mrs. Molokwu, a Deaconess of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Onitsha, passed on in December 13, 2024, aged 70. Mrs Molokwu is survived by […]
Suspect induced police to arrest me, by anti-corruption officer
Muhuyi Rimingado on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme on Monday, January 27, 2025. Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) Chairman, Muhuyi Rimingado, has said that his arrest by Police was induced by one of the suspects being investigated by his commission to mar his reputation. Rimingado, who was a guest on Channels […]
Why United Airlines flight from Nigeria to U.S. was turned back
United Airlines fligt | File Image United Airlines flight from Nigeria to the U.S. was forced to turn back after ‘unexpected aircraft movement’ By Valentine Amanze Danger averted as at the weekend as a United Airlines flight from Nigeria to the U.S.made an emergency landing following a technical issue. Though multiple injuries were recorded, there […]
