Human existence is under threat as respiratory tract infections (RTIs), sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and urinary tract infections (UTIs) become untreatable, lifesaving riskier food systems increasingly precarious. This was the conclusion of a new report by the United Nations Ad-hoc ...

Stakeholders in the food industry have advocated the enactment of adequate policies to ensure food fortification and reduce malnutrition in Nigeria. Speaking at the National Fortification Alliance (NFA) meeting in Ikeja, Lagos, Director, Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the ...

The Imo State Police Commissioner, CP Rabiu Ladodo, has launched the police tactical operation codenamed ‘Operation Puff Adder’ in the state. In his address during the event held at the command headquarters in Owerri, the CP disclosed that the exercise ...

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has provided the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with an Application to enhance intelligence sharing in the tracking of organised crime, such as money laundering and terrorism-financing. The App comprises a database to ...

Strong indications emerged at the weekend that the presidency has waded into the reported face-off at the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC). NCPC’s executive secretary, Reverend Tor Uja, had been at loggerheads with the chairman and members of the governing ...

The fear of being jailed under the Public Procurement Act has made some state governors to shun the legislation in their respective states, says the executive secretary of Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Mr. Bala Abdul. He stated this during the ...

The Federal Government has called for more input from the academia and experts in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector for the country’s development. To get this done, government is already facilitating greater links with the International Telecommunication Union ...

The Christian Association of Clergies in Nigeria (CAC-NIG) has urged Christians, who have been elected into the National Assembly to ensure that the Senate and House of Representatives do not end up being headed by Moslems. It expressed its reservation ...

Chairman, Editorial Board of The Guardian newspaper, Professor Wale Omole has said Nigeria’s government, which was supposed to be a government of the people, by the people and for the people, is against the masses interest and political progress. He ...

Multiple road accidents in Ogun State and the Auchi-Okene road at the weekend have claimed the lives of 10 persons. While five persons died yesterday along the Auchi-Okene highway, another five persons were confirmed dead in a road accident at ...