The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Kebbi State has raised the alarm over the circulation of imported killer mosquito coils. The state coordinator of NAFDAC, Mr. Fraden Bitrus, who alerted members of the public on … read more
Ten days after a light aircraft belonging to Wings Aviation with three crew members onboard disappeared without a trace, fears of imminent sack has engulfed senior officials of key aviation agencies, who are currently trading blames for their failure to … read more
The proposal by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to refine crude oil abroad deserves critical cost-benefit analysis. The General Manager, NNPC London Office, Uthman Mohammed, recently claimed that a proposal to undertake such operations in partnership withrefiners in Hungary … read more
SURPRISINGLY, common but preventable infections still account for about 57 per cent of deaths from all ages in the country, 48 years after independence. This is a wide increase from 38.2 per cent of deaths recorded from infections about a … read more
A probe by a Nigerian parliamentary anti-corruption committee that ended last week has uncovered serious evidence of fraud and corruption in the country�s power and energy sectors. The misdeeds were said to occur between 1999 and last year, during the … read more
As the world observe Monday (today) as the World Tuberculosis Day to create public awareness about tuberculosis, the World Health Organisation has identified the lethal combination of TB and HIV as a major threat to continued progress in the eradication … read more
Nigerians recently woke up to another incident of imported bad fuel. While apportioning blames, efforts are also being made to forestall a similar occurrence in the future.By Yakubu Lawal & Yetunde Ebosele. That a leading indigenous Oil marketing company was … read more
WORRIED by the seeming embarrassment caused the nation by inability of the relevant agencies to locate the missing light aircraft one week after, the Presidency at the weekend summoned chief executives of parastatals under the Ministry of Air Transportation for … read more
DRUG abuse is becoming a pervasive problem and is directly responsible for the increase in robbery, violence and youth restiveness being experienced today in Nigeria, the President of Association of Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria, (AISSON) Dr. Ona Ekhomu, … read more
At least three people were killed in a triangular communal conflict involving some oil producing communities in Imo State on Friday. The communities involved in the fresh crisis are Umokorie in Umokpo, Amainiyi and Umuoni. Only Umoukpo youths were said … read more