NGO trains 300 students, 48 Corps members on menstrual hygiene

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Prime Diamond Initiative for Community Health (PDICH) says it has trained about 300 students and 48 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Nasarawa State under the organisation’s menstrual hygiene management education in schools. The students aged between 10

Gunmen kidnap 2 clergymen in Benin

    Some unknown gunmen have on Sunday kidnapped two worshippers of a popular church in Benin City, Edo state. The incident happened at Airport road near Ogba Zoological Garden in Benin City. According to the report, the heavily armed gunmen who came

Pastor Adeboye advises, assures Osinbajo over ‘gang-ups’

By Luminous Jannamike CG General Overseer, Pastor Adeboye General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has asked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo not to be fazed by the snares of those unhappy with his rising profile, saying God who

Thunder’ strikes Germany returnee to death inside hotel room

  By Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki A man, whose name was given as Kelechi Nwigbo from Akahufu Ekpaomaka in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was at the weekend was said to have been struck dead by thunder in his hotel room. The

Number Plates: FRSC begins clampdown Nationwide

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has begun full enforcement of clampdown on motorcycles and tricycles without number plates recording 1,750 violators nationwide. Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. He said the exercise

Toll gates: Fashola says no plans on that yet

By Adetola Bademosi, Contrary to reports, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said there are no plans yet to introduce toll gates on federal roads across the country as widely reported. Fashola’s media aide, Hakeem Bello, who spoke to Sunday

PDP members accuse party’s governor of being a tyrant

Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross Rivers state has been under attacks over the arrest and detention of a publisher, Agba Jalingo, who is based in the state. Recall that Jalingo was charged over a report alleging  diversion of N500 million by the Ayade-led

Enugu Airport: HURIWA condemns marginalisation of South-East

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the Federal Government for deliberately refusing to invest substantially in the building of aviation infrastructures at the Akannu Ibiam International Airport and for closing down the airport without commencing repair works several weeks

World Teachers’ Day: Bayelsa NUT bemoans neglect of teachers’ welfare

The Bayelsa chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Saturday bemoaned the neglect of teachers’ welfare in the Bayelsa government’s policy on education. The teachers noted that the myriad of challenges bedeviling the teaching profession and the education sector in the state

Bandits Still Strike Despite Amnesty As Zamfara Government Calls Emergency Meeting

Zamfara government has summoned an emergency meeting with Fulani leaders over an attack on an outpost in which nine soldiers were killed in Sunke village, Anka local government area. Senior Special Assistant to Governor Bello Matawalle on Security Matters, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, told