BY Mallam Olawale Rasheed In Africa, losing elections can cause depression and psychological disorders. Such sense of loss arising from rejection by the people at times transforms otherwise cultured individuals into deranged activists attempting to assess relevance using the same deceitful tactics that initially accounted for their principal being booted out of office. Or how…
The United Nations secretary-general spoke Wednesday with Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum and offered his “full support” to the leader who has apparently been detained in a coup attempt, a UN spokesman said. “This afternoon @antonioguterres spoke to @mohamedbazoum. He expressed his full support and solidarity to the Nigerien President,” the spokesman said in a statement…
The NLC president argues that the imminent industrial action is to reduce the impact the government’s policies have had on the people at large. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said its strike scheduled to commence in seven days is aimed at liberating Nigerians from the shackles of government policies which have caused citizens…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke was on Tuesday, installed as the Grand Patron of the Osun State Chamber of Commerce of Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OSUCCIMA). This is even as OSSUCCIMA held an investiture for its new Chairman, Dr Olu Olujide at SOB Event Centre, Osogbo, Osun State Capital. Announcing Governor Adeleke as the…
Wall squats are particularly good at lowering high resting blood pressure, a study of previous trials suggests Strength-training exercises such as wall squats or holding the plank position are among the best ways to lower blood pressure, a study suggests. Current guidance focusing mainly on walking, running and cycling should be updated, the UK researchers…
The Nigerian Navy says assets acquired by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, otherwise known as the Deep Blue project have been deployed across the South West, Central and Eastern Zonal operations to enhance patrol of the Nigerian maritime domain. The Acting Fleet Commander,…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, His Excellency, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has appointed Dr Akindele Adekunle as his Special Adviser on Public Health, a cabinet ranking position in the state Executive Council. The appointment, which takes immediate effect, was part of other appointments Governor Adeleke made yesterday via a release by the Spokesperson to the…
In the bid to ensure good governance capable of attracting more foreign investments, the people of Bayelsa State have been called upon to reject candidates with questionable character and background from being elected in the Governorship election coming up later this year. Bayelsans were specifically challenged to protect the image of the state by not…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has described as “despicable”, Tuesday’s scuffle between operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) over the custody of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau, in a statement on Wednesday, called on…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is “slowly” phasing out old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes with redesigned ones. Acting CBN Governor, Folashodun Shonubi, made this known on Tuesday after the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja. The apex bank also raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), which measures interest rate,…
