The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 5) to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, the Consultant Haemato-oncologist, Dr Modupe Elebute-Odunsi, has launched the Women in Healthcare Network (WIHCN) to increase the contribution of women to the development of the Nigerian Health system. Elebute-Odunsi who is also on the Board of Trustees, WIHCN,…
Former Manchester United defender John O’Shea has been appointed interim head coach of the Republic of Ireland. O’Shea who won 118 caps for the Republic, was an assistant coach under previous manager Stephen Kenny and with the Under-21 side. He will lead the team in the friendlies against Belgium and Switzerland in March and will…
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State has attributed the elevation of Justice Chidiebere Uwa as Justice of the Supreme Court to her sterling performance and qualities in the discharge of her responsibilities. Otti said this at a dinner in honour of Uwa in Abuja. The event was organised by “Ama-Ala Abia”, a socio cultural group…
A man, identified as Marcel Udeh from Umunneochi LGA of Abia State has been nabbed by the Police, for allegedly killing his son. His son’s offense, according to a community source, was that he returned home and ate the last portion of food in a pot inside the family’s kitchen. According to the story, Mr…
National Vice Chairman (South East) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ijeoma Arodiogbu has said that those calling for the removal of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma as Chairman of APC Governors Forum were failed politicians and enemies of the ruling party. Arodiogbu, who made the remarks while reacting to calls by some South…
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Imo State chapter has beckoned on the Federal Government to find a realistic means of cushioning the woes in the country lamenting that Nigerians have endured enough of the economic hardship. The State Chairman of NLC, Comrade Chigaemezu Nwaigwe, disclosed this on Tuesday during a peaceful protest embarked upon in the…
The traditional ruler of Amaba Kingdom, Oboro Clan, Ikwuano LGA, HRM Emmanuel O’tuwa has disclosed plans by his community to embark on fund raising initiative as part of the measures to assist in the rebuilding of structures damaged during the recent riot by students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Speaking at the Vice Chancellor’s Lodge…
The police command in Imo State has arrested one Chinenye Nwaneri, a member of the Umuodu vigilante group over alleged involvement in the murder of a young lady, Chienyenwa Nnodu, whose lifeless body was seen inside a gutter in front of an uncompleted building at Madumere Street, Christ Road. In a statement on Wednesday by…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, has than order will soon be issued to on drug prices in the country. Pate at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday also said in a strategic move to fortify the pharmaceutical infrastructure across the nation, the Federal Government initiated the construction…
On Tuesday, February 27, 2024, Senator Ubah, in his role as the Chairman of the Nigerian Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), joined representatives from the Presidency and officials of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources at the State Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja, for the opening ceremony of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2024)….
