The state government says it had taken proactive measures since January to create awareness and sensitise the public. The Edo State Government has recorded one outbreak of Mpox in the state as well as eight suspected cases of Cholera. Dr Ojeifo Stephenson, the state Director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health, disclosed this…
L The barrage comes just days after Ukraine’s energy infrastructure was targeted by over 200 Russian drones and miss Russia said Sunday that it had thwarted a “massive” Ukrainian drone attack by downing 158 drones across 15 regions, including two over the capital Moscow A coal-fired power plant near the city was reported hit, as…
There was jubilation among civil servants in Ebonyi State as Governor Francis Nwifuru approved the payment of a Seventy Thousand Naira Minimum Wage. Governor Nwifuru made the announcement during the grand finale of the Ojiji Izhi New Yam Festival 2024. He directed relevant government authorities to draft modalities for implementing the new minimum wage, set…
Chelsea suffered fresh frustration after blowing the lead in a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace, while Newcastle beat Tottenham 2-1 as Manchester United and Liverpool prepared for their Premier League showdown on Sunday. Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea have won only once in the first three league games of the Italian’s reign after a chaotic close season….
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has stated that he is happy working for President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress government. Wike, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and the only opposition member in Tinubu’s cabinet, made this remark on Saturday during the PDP Congress in Port Harcourt, the…
By Sarafa Ibrahim Someone sent a message to me on WhatsApp, and I have since been ruminating about the phrase used, which informed the title of this my piece. Ostensibly commenting on a video showing a procession of newly acquired tractors making their ways into Osogbo, the state capital, he said,’Adeleke breathes life to agriculture…
As part of efforts to ensure food security in Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke on Friday, unveiled 31 newly purchased tractors and distributed 6,000 herbicides, 80,000 cashew seedlings, 8,000 cassava cuttings, 8,000 various vegetable seeds and 500 bags of lime to farmers, women associations, people living with disabilities and government schools with large farmlands in…
Onyekachi Akuchukwu Onwenu MFR (January 31, 1952-2024), popularly known as Onyeka Onwenu, was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, into the family of Dixon Kanu Onwenu from Arondizuogu, Ideato North LGA in Imo State. Onyeka Onwenu lived life to the brim. The Elegant Stallion, as she was dubbed, was subtly beautiful, strong and brilliant. Like a…
Several hundreds of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) publicly renounced their membership of the party and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday. The defectors were formally welcomed to the party at Ansar-ul Deen Primary School, Araromi, Iwo in the Iwo Local Government area of Osun State by Hon. Sunday Bisi, the…
Nigeria’s celebrated music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, known as the “Elegant Stallion,” has been laid to rest in Lagos. The funeral service was held at the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos, followed by a private burial at a vault in Ikoyi. It would be recalled that Onyeka Onwenu slumped and died on 30th July 2024…
