This warning about sudden death is not just literature play but a serious caution following the fatality recorded during the last Semi-Final clash between Nigeria and South Africa. About four Nigerians were reported dead while watching the encounter, and experts have linked their sudden departure to a heart condition. Talking about sudden death related to…
The representative of the World Bank in Nigeria, Dilip Parajuli, has pleaded with the federal and state governments to put more money into basic education to help tackle the menace of out-of-school children in the country. Parajuli, who is the coordinator of education, stated this during the official launch of the newly established National Commission…
Youths in Osun State on Friday staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo, the state capital, calling on the federal government to address economic hardship in the country. Tagged the ‘Osun Peaceful Solidarity Walk’, the protesters who converged beside the Freedom Park in Osogbo said the rising cost of living has become unbearable for the poor…
A happier life after getting married may not just be in fairy tales. It’s in the data, too. Adults who are married report being far happier than those in any other relationship status, according to a Gallup Poll published Friday. “Any way you analyze those data, we see a fairly large and notable advantage to…
Two people were killed Friday when a private jet lost its engines and crashed onto a highway in Florida, authorities said. Five people were aboard the Bombardier Challenger 600 when it went down about 3:15 pm (2015 GMT) on Interstate 75 near the small city of Naples, the Federal Aviation Administration said on X, formerly…
Persons convicted of paedophilia in Madagascar will now face surgical castration for their crimes after the country’s Parliament, on February 2, passed legislation mandating the same. The development comes just days after Kazakhstan introduced a similar law in response to local lawmakers who decried that chemical castration, a punishment imposed on child rapists, failed to…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria for practice abroad,” The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has announced that nurses and midwives will now require two years post-qualification work experience from the date of issuance of permanent practising license before their certificates can be verified by foreign nursing boards/councils. This announcement was…
The federal government has said some of the agreements it reached with the members of the organised labour during the October 2023 negotiation meeting are not implementable immediately. The government specifically explained that one of the agreements, which is setting up of conversion centres for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) would take some time before it…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has discontinued granting loans through its Ways and Means advances to the federal government. The CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, said the decision was because the government failed to settle its outstanding debt. Cardoso said this on Friday at an interactive session with the Senate Committee on Banking,…
Kano State Governor Abbah Yusuf has solicited the support of Africa’s richest man and oil magnate, Aliko Dangote for the establishment of an independent power plant in the state. “Kano desperately needs the establishment of a sickle cell hospital to provide free medication for the patients”, the Governor said. Yusuf pleaded with the business tycoon…
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