As the price of condoms skyrockets in Nigeria, medical practitioners and other concerned stakeholders fear that it could lead to low demand and force many people into unsafe sex, which could increase sexually transmitted infections including HIV and a boom in unplanned pregnancies. Stanley Uba was shocked to the marrow when he picked a pack…
By Sarafa Ibrahim Lately, Waheed Adekunle has shown a disturbing pattern of obsession. Apparently exhibiting what a famous American journalist, Norman Mailer described as “the most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming back and back and back to the same question and never get an answer”, Adekunle has formed the habit…
The Director General of the federal government owned National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has allayed the fear of artificial intelligence in communication and national security. Kashifu spoke at the annual security and communication award where the Deputy Comptroller General Immigration in charge of Passport, DCG Sada Hassan, the spokesperson of…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has charged the newly inaugurated Iyalojas and Babaloja for MDS market on effective service delivery. The Governor who was represented by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Rev Bunmi Jenyo gave this charge during the installation ceremony of Alhaji Tajudeen Akinbami and Alhaja Monsurat Akeem Karowosaye as the Babaloja…
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria has the requisite and sufficient manpower to spur development across all sectors of the economy. Receiving a report titled, ‘Industrialisation, Energy Security, and Climate Change: Issues, Challenges and Prospects,’ submitted by the Senior Executive Course 45 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), in Abuja, on Friday,…
Chief Mrs Dupe ADELEKE and her husband, Otunba Aderemi Sanni has been installed as Yeye Babojiro of Awo land and Bobajiro of Awo land by His Royal Majesty Oba AbdulRasak Taiwo Ajibade Adegboye Abioye III (Alawo of Awoland) today 9th of December,2023.
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, zone six command, Calabar, acting on the petition written by TSL company, have arrested a 41-year-old man, Achugo Kenneth Onyebuchi from Ogoda community, in Ahoada LGA, Rivers State. It was alleged that the suspect tampered with the on-board tracking device (OBC) making it impossible for the company to track…
Fulham midfielder Alex Iwobi has been named in the Premier League Team of the Week. It’s the first time the Nigerian will be making the selection this season. Iwobi bagged a brace in Fulham’s 5-0 thrashing of Nottingham Forest at the Vicarage Road in midweek. The 27-year-old opened the scoring for Marco Silva’s side at…
A 17-year-old teenager, Lawali Mori, resident of Viniklang, in the Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa has been taken to police custody for raping a male fowl. The Police Public Relations Officer, Adamawa State Command, Suleiman Ngoruje, disclosed the arrest of the teenager in a statement on Friday. Nguroje said Mori was arrested for having…
Emmanuel Amunike is favoured as the man to replace Jose Peseiro as head coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria if the Portuguese fail to meet set targets at the AFCON. According to OWNGOAL, 52-year-old Coach Emmanuel Amunike is the pick of the Nigeria Football Federation technical committee for the Super Eagles job if Peseiro…
