[ad_1] Crayon, the Nigerian singer, says he fell into depression eight years ago because he was unable to get admission into the university. In an interview with Cool FM, the Mavin Records artiste said he struggled with his mental health when he could not get into a higher institution like all his friends. Crayon, 22,…
[ad_1] A 30-year-old small scale miner, who defiled his friend’s nine-year-old daughter at Prestea Himan, in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. Akwasi Abaidoo, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement, claimed he was under the influence of alcohol. Prosecuting,…
[ad_1] Christian Rights of Nigeria (CRN) has accused the Lagos state house of assembly of rejecting commissioner nominees on religious grounds. On Wednesday, the Lagos assembly declined to confirm 17 out of 39 commissioner nominees recommended by Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of the state. Six former commissioners who served in the first term of Sanwo-Olu are…
[ad_1] The Bauchi government says it has commenced a vaccination exercise to curb the outbreak of diphtheria in the state. Rilwanu Mohammed, executive secretary of the Bauchi state Primary Healthcare Development Agency, spoke on Thursday while reviewing the progress of the campaign against the spread of the disease in the state. He said the agency…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi A recent report by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that about three-quarter, 76.7 percent of working-age Nigerians, were employed in the first quarter of 2023. This reflects a 3.1 percent increase from the 73.6 percent figure reported in the 4th quarter of 2022. The data is based on a sample…
[ad_1] BY CHUKWUMERIJE OKEREKE In May, Nigeria’s historic crude oil refinery, Dangote Refinery, was inaugurated by former President Muhammadu Buhari in a ceremony that became a cynosure of both African and international political eyes. The headline message was that Dangote Refinery could meet the entirety of Nigeria’s domestic requirements and still have excess for export…
[ad_1] By Femi Soneye Even before the inauguration of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration on May 29, 2023, media projections had favoured Wale Edun, a former Finance Commissioner in Lagos State for the position of Finance Minister in the new government. His initial appointment as Special Adviser on Monetary Policies would, therefore, somewhat create…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The House of Representatives has began a summit on how to make Student Loans more accessible to the Nigerian public. The Student Loan Act, 2023, sponsored by the then Speaker of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, was signed into law by President Bola Tinubu on June 12, 2023. It dictates the legal framework…
[ad_1] The director-general of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Farouk Salim, has advised producers and manufacturers of products to ensure their brands conform with the required standards. Mr Salim gave the advice on Thursday while presenting mandatory conformity assessment programme certificates (MANCAP) to five companies that have been consistent in the quality of their…
[ad_1] The United Kingdom has accomplished its first womb transplant procedure, marking a pivotal moment in the nation’s healthcare landscape. At the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, a surgical team conducted a remarkable nine-hour and 20-minute operation on Sunday, transferring a sister’s womb to her 34-year-old sibling, reported local media sources. The recipient of the womb,…
