The United Nations on Thursday showcased various technological innovations by young women and men that advanced gender equality and women’s empowerment in Nigeria. UN Women Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Beatrice Eyong, said the event was part of activities to mark the International Women’s month, with a theme, ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for…
THE Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, will, today, deliver its judgement on an appeal that Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State filed to challenge the nullification of his election. Adeleke and his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are urging the appellate court to set aside the verdict of the Osun State Governorship…
Requests for books to be removed from the United States shelves soared to a record-high in 2022, with the majority of titles “targeted for censorship” related to LGBTQ issues and minorities, according to data released by the American Library Association Thursday.A total of 1,269 individual “challenges” — demands to restrict or remove one or more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday began the disbursement of old naira notes to Deposit Money Banks as government authorities stepped up efforts to end the biting currency scarcity that has inflicted pain on millions of bank customers nationwide. The central bank had directed DMBs to pick old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes at…
Rising from its National Working Committee (NWC) meeting on Thursday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended five of its chieftains including former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim and former Governors of Katsina, Ibrahim Shema and Ekiti, Ayo Fayose. The party has also suspended Prof. Dennis Ityavyar from Benue State and Dr. Aslam Aliyu from…
10 things to know about hypertension Hypertension is a major cause of premature death worldwide, including in Nigeria. Unfortunately, not many people know they have the condition because they are not diagnosed and remain untreated. People with high blood pressure may not feel symptoms and the only way to know is to get their blood…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has called on the muslim community in Osun state to emulate the sacrificial living, self control and intercessory supplications embedded in the teachings of the holy month of Ramadan, just as Muslims around the world observe the month long period of fasting. During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims around the world…
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, said yesterday that the launch of EDUSTAT, an educational statistics platform, has removed the bottleneck and delay associated with access to information regarding the services of the body, noting that the platform currently has the database of over 50 million candidates tested over the years. Head of Nigeria Office…
Iconic Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is in a double celebratory mood as today, her husband is a year older while they also mark 27 years of being married. The actress shared a lovey-dovey picture of herself and her husband in bed; the photo visibly showed a tattoo on her husband’s arm ‘Omosexy’, which is one…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation yesterday raised the alarm that two-thirds of the world’s population could face water shortages by 2050. FAO representative, at a press briefing in Abuja to mark this year’s World Water Day by the United Nations, Fred Kafeero, said over 700 million people faced high and critical water stress, noting that…
