The Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA) has said it would set up three national eye centres in Abia State to be sited in selected primary healthcare centres. Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti received the cheering news when he met the executive members of the NOA along with the representative of the global eyecare charity, One…
Abia State government has frowned at reports that some Principals and Head Teachers charge extra fees from students and pupils who are preparing for examinations. This was as the state government called on parents and students to report erring ones to the Ministry of Education. The Commissioner for Education, Processor Uche Eme Uche, said it…
Women from Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State have placed a N1 million bounty on an Anambra woman, Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, who allegedly brutalized her 11-year-old househelp. The group, operating under the aegis of Umuada Awgu Global Association, UAGA, also issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Okafor to hand herself over to the police. The…
Jurgen Klinsmann has been sacked as head coach of South Korea after just 12 months in the role and following the country’s Asian Cup semi-final defeat. The German was appointed in February last year and had a contract until the end of the 2026 World Cup. South Korea lost to Jordan in the Asian Cup…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has shortlisted a total of 171,956 applicants for computer-based test. The PSC said the applicants were successful from the just concluded credential and physical screening exercise held throughout the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The commission fixed the examination for successful applicants for…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of his son-in-law, Oyetunde Oladimeji Ojo as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Housing Authority (FHA). Ojo is a former member of the House of Representatives He is married to Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, the iyaloja of Lagos. He represented Ekiti west, Ijero and Efon federal constituency…
The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger say they plan to proceed with the establishment of a confederation, the Malian foreign ministry said on Thursday. The three countries recently announced that they would withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). They have now moved to deepen ties via an alliance…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has dissociated itself and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) from the recent attack by gunmen at Okigwe Correctional Centre in Imo State. The IPOB in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, debunked the allegation by the Imo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 37th ordinary session of the assembly of the African Union (AU) heads of state and government. The President arrived Ethiopia on Thursday night. He was accompanied by some ministers and other top government officials. The Presidency had earlier said Tinubu will join other…
Nigeria may witness another round of fuel scarcity as the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, on Thursday, says its drivers will stop lifting petroleum products beginning from next week Monday due to the high cost of operations. NARTO members have repeatedly raised concern over the high cost of diesel required to power their trucks…
