Lagos govt reduces model colleges’ fee after public outcry
Following the public outcry that greeted the increment of boarding fee in all model colleges in Lagos from N25, 000 to N50, 000, the Lagos State Government has finally agreed to N35,000 per term...
AAU varsity resumption: Obaseki says suspension of union activities not a witch-hunt
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the government’s decision to suspend all union activities across state-owned institutions of higher learning was not aimed at witch-hunting anyone but to protect the interest...
More than 1.5m Nigerians in need of humanitarian assistance –UNICEF .Says 60% children...
Over 2.5 million people in Nigeria are in need of humanitarian assistance, 60 per cent of which are children and are at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition due to the most...
Omicron accounts for 73 % of new COVID-19 cases in U.S –CDC
Omicron is now the dominant variant of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73 per cent of new infections last week, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced.
The CDC statistics...
ASUU strike: NANS vows to block major federal roads
.Declares Feb. 28 #ENDASUUSTRIKEPERMANENTLYNOW.
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, says it will block federal roads nationwide following the commencement of a four-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
The national...
Why I mix my blood with zobo drinks I sell, HIV positive woman confesses
An unidentified HIV-positive woman has confessed to mixing her blood in the zobo drink she sells in order to get other people infected.
The said woman made the confession in a radio programme on Wazobia...
FG to spend over N3bn to fence Usman Dan Fodio University
The Federal Government has approved a contract worth N3.2billion for the perimeter fencing of Usman Dan Fodio University.
Briefing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, the...
Mental health: WHO calls for collaboration among nations to make health care accessible to...
As the World marks the Mental Health Day 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on African Countries to work together and reshape the environments that negatively impact on mental health in the...
COVID-19: Educate us more to help you, traditional rulers tell FG
AKOR SYLVESTER-Abuja
Northern Traditional Leaders have urged federal government to educate them more on COVID-19 vaccine, even as they said they have made fruitful effort in convincing the people to take the vaccine..
Emir of Argungu,...
MINISTER TASKS AFRICA ON INCREASED REGIONAL MANUFACTURING CAPACITY
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire has called on African countries to increase regional manufacturing capacity of essential health items.
The Minister made this call in a presentation during the WHO AFRO 72 Regional Committee for...
