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Health
Study shows excess fat in heart increases cardiac failure risks in diabetics
People suffering from diabetes run two- to five-fold risks of heart failure if they have excess fat in the heart,…
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Local
Messi, Suarez on target in routine Barca win
FC Barcelona restored their lead at the top of the Spanish La Liga standings to nine points after they beat…
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Local
LG polls: PDP sweeps Delta council polls, APC kicks
By Carol V. Utulu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday in Asaba won 23 out of the 25 local…
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Local
Rangers conclude pre-season preparations in Ijebu-Ode
By Stanley Nwanosike Players and officials of Rangers International Football Club of Enugu have concluded the team’s two-week pre-season closed…
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Local
Former Gov. Nwobodo urges youths to embrace community self-help projects
By Stanley Nwanosike The Governor of old Anambra, Chief Jim Nwobodo, has urged Nigerian youths to participate in community, self-help…
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Health
Kogi medical doctors begin strike
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kogi on Sunday directed its members to resume strike on Monday over an alleged…
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Local
Govt’s burden is to defend territorial integrity, rights — Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated the government’s responsibility, through the armed forces, to defend the territorial integrity of the…
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Health
C/River: Gunmen release abducted doctor
By George Odok Gunmen early on Sunday released Dr Usang Ekanem, a medical practitioner with the Cross River College of…
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Local
SERAP to UN rights chief: Speak out hold special session on Benue killings
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner…
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Local
Why Rivers APC is preaching insecurity, by Governor Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is preaching insecurity because it has…
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Local
Pen Cinema flyover: LASTMA creates 24-hours Special Intervention, Rapid Response Unit …Assures motorists of free flow of traffic
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) at the weekend created a 24-hour Special Intervention and Rapid Response Unit to…
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Local
Sokoto govt approves 250 solar-powered water schemes in rural areas
Sokoto state government has awarded contract for the construction of 250 solar powered water schemes to be sited in rural…
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Youths Digest institutes Annual Campus Journalism Awards
The Youths Digest magazine has instituted an annual Campus Journalism Award (CJA) to honour outstanding campus journalists, student writers and…
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Africa
NEMA evacuates 5037 Nigerians from Libya
In a massive evacuation operation to return 5037 stranded Nigerians from Libya, the Federal Government has deployed a Jumbo jet…
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Education
Varsity directs cultists to quit institution
Ariwodola Idowu The Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, on Sunday directed students involved in cultism and secret society groups…
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Local
Niger Delta kidnap kingpin, mastermind of New Year Day massacre, Don Waney, eliminated
Notorious cult leader and kidnap kingpin, Don Waney, believed to have masterminded the New Year Day, 2018 massacre of innocent…
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Lanre Alabi appointed NiOMA Organising Committee Chairman
Strategy and Marketing Communications expert, Mr. Lanre Alabi, has been appointed Chairman of the Organising Committee of the maiden Nigerian…
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Faith
Lagos will experience new milestones this this year – Ambode …As Adeboye, Ademowo, Adefarasin, Okonkwo, others grace 2018 Thanksgiving Service
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday expressed optimism that the State will experience new and wonderful milestones this…
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Arts & Entertainment
Aare Ona Kakanfo: Final rites begin for Gani Adams’ installation; Osinbajo, Saraki, Dogara, Ooni of Ife, others to grace ceremony
The final rites for the installation of Otunba Gani Adams as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland will begin…
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Local
Nigeria’s National Assembly, anti-NGO bill and authoritarianism By Kolawole Olaniyan
Nigeria’s National Assembly has turned its sights on Non Governmental Organisations, NGOs, which are bracing for a crackdown in 2018.…
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Local
Shakeup in FRSC: 109 personnel affected
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has redeployed 109 personnel as part of efforts to enhance its operational efficiency, according…
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Africa
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Faith
Ooni of Ife preaches national peace, unity in 2018
By Dorcas Elusogbon The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, has called for national peace, unity and tranquility,…
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Local
Herdsmen attacks: Gov. Ortom calls for harmony among ethnic groups in Benue
By Nicholas Dechi Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has called for harmony among the diverse ethnic groups in the state…
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Health
Health challenges: 406 persons treated of eye ailments in Sokoto
Danjuma James, Sokoto No fewer than 406 persons suffering from various eye ailments have so far been treated in Sabon…
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