The Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA) has taken a significant step in addressing the risk of glaucoma-related blindness among the Igbo population, particularly in Abia State and the entire South Eastern region. Through their newly relaunched “My Sight My Right Initiative,” NOA aims to provide free eye care services, including screening, for 10 million Nigerian school…
A video of how two Construction Workers, working on a building were electrocuted is currently trending on social media. The undated video began with some of the workers trying to ascertain what was wrong with their colleague who laid motionless. In a bid to revive him little did they know their colleague had been electrocuted…
English Premier League side Manchester United may allow many players leave as they eye up a number of big-name midfielders this summer, in their rebuilding plan for the future Two names on the lips of many that may likely leave are Sofyan Amrabat and Raphael Varane look set to leave. Sources say Man Utd’s are…
Manchester United say the club will not let Scott McTominay leave instead he will be given a new deal.Less than 12 months after being deemed surplus to requirements at Old Trafford, the Scotland international has since proved himself integral to Erik ten Hag’s Reds. McTominay has scored nine goals in all competitions this term, including…
Defending champions USA won their third CONCACAF Nations League title in a row by beating Mexico 2-0 in finalIn doing so they continued their dominance of the Concacaf Nations League by winning it since its inception. The win also helps the United States stretched their unbeaten streak against Mexico to seven games since a September…
The Federal Government says it has concluded plans to train some newly recruited personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory as the School Safety Protection Squad to halt cases of abduction of schoolchildren from their schools.Abodunrin said the government had also resolved to employ more…
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State says 137 schoolchildren, and not 287 schoolchildren, were abducted on March 7, 2024, from Kuriga in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The governor said all the schoolchildren abducted by the bandits have been rescued by the military in collaboration with local authorities from neighbouring Zamfara State,…
Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), have ended their seven-day warning strike. In a circular to branch chairmen at public universities all over the coutry, SSANU President, Mohammed Ibrahim, directed SSANU and NASU members to resume work from Monday, March 25, 2024. The two unions…
Troops Recover Weapons Of Slain Soldiers In Delta, Say No Hiding Place For Killer The Nigerian Military say they have recovered weapons of slain soldiers who were killed by suspected Okuama youths. The recovery has inched them closer to unraveling those that carried out the dastardly attack as some dismembered organs of the victims and…
Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), Kogi State Chapter, warned the general public on patronizing and eating of unhygienic meat and unpasteurised milk to avoid the deadly Zoonic tuberculosis. The NVMA marked this year’s World TB Day celebration at the Lokoja abattoir was joined by a special team from the Kogi State Centre for Tuberculosis Program led by…
