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…Military to Man Hospitals, Para-medical Officers to Function as Doctors …We’ve Done Our Part, Says Health Minister Except stringent measures are taken, the health sector in Nigeria may be thrown into the worst scenario reminiscent of the IBB regime, as indications emerged on Monday that the Federal Government was planning to privatise its Hospitals and […]

A female suicide bomber on Monday detonated a bomb resulting in her death and the death of three other people at an Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation mega station in Kano. The incident also caused various degrees of injury to eight others. The incident, as confirmed by the Police Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, happened […]

The Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC) has responded to Iyiola Omisore’s reasons for not participating in the America-sponsored pre-governorship election debate in Osun last Saturday, saying the reason he gave is according to “the wisdom of a fool.” In a statement signed by Barr. Kunle Oyatomi, director of publicity, research and strategy of APC […]

As Muslims celebrate the Eid-el-Fitri, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan or the end of 30 or 29 days of mandatory fasting, Nigerians can only hope that the feast of the ram as it is popularly known, will provide yet another opportunity for the faithful to embrace the fear of God as […]

The insurgency crisis in Nigeria must be seen and confronted as a major challenge to the nation’s collective wellbeing in all ramifications and it is time the political class look beyond political differences and redirect state structures and machineries at their disposal to secure the country, its citizens and all its legal residents. The statement […]

Detectives of the Nigeria Police attached to Niger State Police Command have arrested an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), ASC Idris Saidu, over his involvement in illegal dealings in arms and ammunition. The detectives recovered two AK-47 rifles and several rounds of ammunition from the suspect. According to the police, […]

Five residents of Kano State were killed in an explosion which occurred while Christians were worshipping at the St Charles Catholic Church, around the ‘No Man’s Land’ area in Kano State on Sunday. Police spokesman Frank Mba confirmed the death of the five people, saying eight others were injured in the attack. Earlier, the police […]

Ephesians 6:12 say “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” You see, human beings are not your enemies, Satan and his demons are. They are our lifelong enemies! Every believer is seated with Christ […]

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appealed to Muslims in Nigeria to pray for the end of the spectre of insecurity currently haunting the country. In an Eid-al-Fitr Sallah message marking the end of the 30-month-long Ramadan fasting period, the former vice president regretted that the terrorists have shed so much blood in the […]

  The Federal Government of Nigeria has pledged handsome financial rewards for any athlete who wins any medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. Under the arrangement, any athlete who wins a Gold medal will go home with $7,000, Silver medalists will get $4,000 each, while any athlete who wins a Bronze will go […]

The role the Media played in the struggle for Nigeria’s independence can never be undermined.  Analysts who give much of the credit to politicians for leading the nationalist movements-the umbrella body that piloted the struggles, often forget that such political leaders were first and foremost professional journalists, Nnamdi Azikiwe for instance had served as the […]

In the past week or so, I have read quite a number of articles and comments about the ‘purported’ award of a public relations (PR) contract to a foreign-based PR consultancy, LEVICK, which, as a local news site – www.thecable.ng – put it, was hired by the News Agency of Nigeria to manage the international […]