WORLD OPTOMETRY WEEK: Celebrating the Optometrist; Caring for Your Eyes
March 23rd across the world is earmarked as the World Optometry Day. However this year, the World Council of Optometry has directed we celebrate the whole week from the 17th…
Tinubu sends strong message on killing of military personnel in DeltaÂ
STATEMENT ON THE KILLING OF NIGERIAN SOLDIERS ON A PEACE MISSION TO OKUOMA COMMUNITY IN DELTA STATE On Saturday morning, the Nigerian people and I woke up to the…
Atiku, Nigeria’s democracy owes you one, by Tunde OlusunleÂ
I’ve paid quite some attention in recent years to espousing the person, ideals and vision of Atiku Abubakar. A colourful and outspoken politician and statesman, he was the first Vice…
NCC EVC, Maida, votes for responsible use of AI to protect consumers
The Executive Vice Chairman, EVC, of NCC Dr Aminu Maida, has cautioned that much as techies push out Artificial Intelligence, AI, and its many benefits, such technology must be deployed…
Fellow Nigerians: A plea to the poor killing the poor, by Ken Ugbechie
Today, I write to appeal to Nigerians; to importers, distributors, dealers and retailers of goods and services. I appeal to your conscience to take it easy on your fellow Nigerians…
Hair stylist, dispatch rider arrested for selling drug-laced chin-chin to students, parties
A 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling and distributing…
How warring Delta youths killed 16 military personnel
A fatal communal crisis between the Okuama and Okoloba communities both in Delta State has led to the death of 16 military personnel on a peace mission in Okuoma community…
Anxiety as suspected soldiers abduct Editor in his Lagos home
Gunmen suspected to be soldiers on Friday abducted the Editor of FirstNews and former Kaduna Bureau Chief of The PUNCH, Segun Olatunji. He was picked at his home in the…
Slain Nsukka lawyer: NBA disagrees with Kogi police account
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Nsukka Branch, has disagreed with the account of  the Police Command in Kogi on how its colleague, Mr. Elias Ugwu, was allegedly killed on March…
Man, 35, nabbed for sneaking into female varsity hostel
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, says it has arrested one Muhammad Munzali, 35, for allegedly sneaking into a female hostel at the Skyline University,…