Group, Nasarawa LGA partner to sensitise students to menstrual health challenges
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in partnership with the Keffi Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, on Wednesday, sensitised students on the challenges involved in menstrual health and informed them of measures aimed at ending its stigmatisation. Speaking at the event, the Medical Director of the Foundation in Nigeria, Dr Emmanuel Nwabueze, said the Foundation aimed […]
JUST IN: EFCC chairman, Bawa, meets Tinubu at Aso Rock Villa
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting comes barely 24 hours after Tinubu ordered the Department of State Services to vacate the Ikoyi office of the antigraft commission. Bawa, who arrived at the Villa a few […]
Tinubu’s daughter updates Twitter bio, adds ‘First daughter of FRN’
The Iyaloja-general of Lagos State, Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, has updated her profile on the microblogging site, Twitter, reflecting the title ‘first daughter of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN)’. This is coming after her father, President Bola Tinubu, was sworn in as the President on Monday. Tinubu-Ojo currently has over 21 thousand followers on the popular […]
JUST IN: NNPC confirms petrol price hike
The Nigerian National Petrol Company Limited has confirmed it adjusted pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit known better as petrol across the country. In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Garba Deen Muhammad, the national oil company explained that the adjusted pump price was in line with “current […]
Euro qualifiers: Dembele, Nkunku back in France squad
Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele and RB Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku are among the players recalled to the France squad named on Wednesday by coach Didier Deschamps ahead of two Euro 2024 qualifiers in for June. Fitness problems meant both players missed France’s opening qualifying matches in March, when they beat the Netherlands 4-0 at home and […]
JUST IN: Edo senator, Urhoghide, dumps PDP
The senator representing Edo South in the ninth Senate, Matthew Urhoghide, has defected from the People’s Democratic Party. Urhoghide’s resignation is contained in a letter read by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, who presided over the plenary on Wednesday. However, the party he defected to was not stated in the letter. Details later… Read More
UPDATED: Edo, Ondo lawmakers dump PDP
The lawmakers representing Edo South, Senator Mathew Urhoghide and Ondo Central, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, have both defected from the People’s Democratic Party. The duo made their defection known on Wednesday in separate letters read by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, who presided over the plenary. In his letter titled, “Notification of Resignation of My […]
Ghana’s literary giant, feminist, Aidoo dies at 81
Popular Ghanaian author and feminist, Ama Ata Aidoo, has died at the age of 81. In a statement by her family, she died after a short illness, BBC reports The family also requested privacy to allow members to mourn her passing. The late Aidoo in her lifetime received several literary honours and awards, among which […]
Fuel crisis: Marketers confirm petrol price hike to over N500 per litre
Oil marketers, on Wednesday, confirmed the hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol to over N500 per litre depending on the location of purchase. A document that allegedly emanated from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, according to marketers, which contained figures that were described as the “Current NNPC Pump […]
Group, Nasarawa LGA partner to sensitise students on menstrual-health challenges
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in partnership with the Keffi Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, on Wednesday, sensitised students on the challenges involved in menstrual health and informed of measures aimed at ending its stigmatisation. Speaking at the event, the Medical Director of the Foundation in Nigeria, Dr Emmanuel Nwabueze, said the Foundation aimed at […]