Winners emerge in fifth Aenon quiz competition
Five winners have emerged in the fifth Aenon Foundation Annual Science Quiz Competition, with the overall winner taking home a brand new laptop and N250,000. The...
Nollywood Actress Faithia Williams Mourns Loss Of Father
Fathia Williams, a popular Nigerian actress, is grieving over the death of her loving father. On Tuesday, the movie star revealed her father’s death in an Instagram...
LASU don cautions VCs to be prudent with resources
A professor of Social History at the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Ezekiel Adeoti, has urged vice chancellors of public universities in the country to be more...
Interswitch reaffirms commitment to STEM education, raises national science contest prize money to N30m
The integrated payment and digital commerce company, Interswitch group, has reaffirmed commitment to promoting and supporting the study of science, technology,...
IK Ogbonna Celebrates Ini Edo As She turns 42
Ikechukwu Ogbonna, also known as IK Ogbonna, wrote a birthday message for his colleague and close friend, Ini Edo, on her 42nd birthday. He made a film collage for her...
FG strategises on integrating practical skills into formal education
THE Federal Government has commenced the process of galvanising support from the private sector on the need to integrate practical skills into formal education in...
Yahaya Bello Took $720k From State Account To Pay Child’s School Fees In Advance
Yahaya Bello Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has disclosed that the former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, withdrew...
WAEC, JAMB, NECO shouldn’t register underaged again for exams — Parents’ body
The National Parent- Teacher Association of Nigeria (NPTAN) has expressed support for the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman’s recent pronouncement to peg...
Oyo State says polio vaccine is free, safe, and effective against polio-derived paralysis
For the healthy growth of children, the Oyo State government has told parents that the polio vaccine is free, safe, and effective against polio-derived paralysis, and...
Police Arrest Customer For Allegedly Deceiving Filling Station Attendant To Abscond With N120,000 Diesel Without Paying
The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a suspect, identified as Enyi Emmanuel, for allegedly absconding with N120,000 worth of diesel he bought at a gas station...
Yoruba Nollywood Actor Baba Ijesha Appeals Five-Year Prison Sentence For Sexual Assault
Olanrewaju James, nicknamed Baba Ijesha, a popular Yoruba Nollywood actor, has appealed his five-year prison sentence at the Lagos Division of the Appeal Court. On July...
Glaucoma care, fraught with many challenges, requires multifaceted approach — Expert
An ophthalmologist, Professor Affiong Ibanga, has said that glaucoma care in Nigeria is fraught with many challenges and requires a multifaceted approach to ensure...
Stop hepatitis infection to curb increasing liver cancer cases —Otegbayo, UCH, chief medical director
In a bid to stop the hepatitis B virus, the leading cause of liver cancer, a liver expert, Professor Jesse Otegbayo, has stated the need to identify the factors that...
Police Allegedly Kill Corps Member, Injures LAUTECH Graduate In Oyo
An operative of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Oyo State Police Command, popularly known as Saheed SARS, allegedly shot a corps member identified as Iyanda...
Positive HPV test does not indicate illness or cancer
Professor Isaac Adewole, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist and former health minister, speaks in this interview with Sade Oguntola about what Nigerians must...
I Can Never Pull Stunts To Promote My Music – Ice Prince Spills
Ice Prince, a Nigerian artist and rapper, has stated that he would never perform a stunt to promote his songs. Prince expressed a desire that God would keep him away...
World Earth Day: Environmentalist advocates end to plastic waste
HEALTH of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an ecology-focused non-governmental organisation (NGO) has called for a drastic reduction in the use of plastics to save...
NiMet boss lists challenges facing climate early warning system in Nigeria
THE Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Charles Anosike, has listed insufficient meteorological...
Actress Wumi Toriola Rejoices As She Completes Master’s Degree At Lautech
Nollywood Actress Wumi Toriola, has congratulated herself on completing her Master’s Degree from Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Ogbomosho. The actress made the...
UN moves to end plastic pollution with global treaty negotiation hosted in Canada
NATIONS around the world are turning attention to the urgent need to end plastic pollution. Canada is hosting the fourth session of the United Nations Intergovernmental...
