Your conduct is unruly, unbecoming and disruptive to passengers, the management of Air Peace Airline on Wednesday told Senator Adams Oshiomhole. In a press statement titled: Unruly Conduct by Prominent Politician at Lagos Airport: Air Peace Reaffirms Zero Tolerance for Violence, Air Peace slammed the senator representing Edo North senatorial district in the senate. “Air…
…Making matters worse, farmers feed antibiotics to chickens, pigs Trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses and single-celled organisms travel the globe high in the atmosphere. Scientists are discovering they play a vital role in the weather and even our health. Clouds are our lifelong companions. Sometimes they drift overhead as wispy filigrees. On other days, they…
By John Nwokocha, Editor It has emerged on Wednesday that all the members of Akwa Ibom state House of Assembly are set to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Barring last minutes change of plans, our Reporter authoritatively learnt that all the state assembly legislators would dump the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, the platform…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos Nigeria has been ranked third among Africa’s top 10 manufacturing countries, according to a report by The African Exponent released on Tuesday. The report highlights the country’s growing manufacturing sector, driven by industrial conglomerates like Dangote Group and BUA Group. Nigeria’s manufacturing ambitions are buoyed by a large domestic market and…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Four Cameroonian soldiers have been killed, and one critically injured in a brazen attack by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in Fotokol, a border town in the far north of Cameroon, military sources confirmed on Tuesday. The assault, which occurred in the early hours of Monday, saw the…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos In a bold move to bolster maternal healthcare, First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu distributed 10,000 professional kits—including scrubs and Crocs—to midwives and nurses across the five states of the Southeast. The initiative, part of her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), marked the completion of a nationwide distribution of 60,000 kits aimed at…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Kano State Government has inaugurated a high-powered committee to investigate the recent fire that ravaged the GSM Market at Farm Centre, causing losses worth millions of naira. The committee was inaugurated by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Umar Farouk Ibrahim, on behalf of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. “We…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that five states—Taraba, Ebonyi, Edo, Ondo, and Bauchi—are responsible for 90% of all confirmed Lassa fever cases recorded in the country since the beginning of 2025. In its Week 21 Epidemiological Report released on Sunday, the NCDC disclosed that Nigeria…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos As Rwanda transitions from the rainy season to the dry season, the Ministry of Health has issued a public warning over a potential rise in seasonal illnesses including malaria, flu, and a possible resurgence of Covid-19. For the past three years, Covid-19 has largely faded from public concern both locally and…
The World Health Organisation said Monday that the mpox virus epidemic remains an international health emergency with more than 37,000 confirmed cases reported since it erupted. WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the extension of the emergency following a meeting of international experts who noted progress in some countries but also highlighted a surge…
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