WHO says weak health systems, misinformation about vaccines cause of Global rise of measles cases
Every region in the world, expect the Americas, is experiencing an increase in the number of cases of measles, a vaccine-preventable disease that can kill or disable children, the World…
Nigerian writer’s novel hits Iran bookstores, translated to Persian language
Prominent young Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma’s debut novel “The Fishermen” has recently been published in Persian by Chatrang Publications in Tehran. Translated by Misaq Khalaj, the 2015 book follows the…
Lessons from Nuremberg attack on Ekweremadu, by Femi Fani-Kayode
What happened to my friend and brother Senator Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany at the hands of IPOB is an eye-opener and a clear signal to every political leader in…
Exposed! How Nigerian Yahoo Boys fleece lonely UK widows of £50m a year
A gang of internet scammers majoring in fleecing widows in the United Kingdom and other places through phoney dating and romance plots has been busted and they skim UK widows…
Plastic waste everywhere, yet not enough to sustain recycling business in Africa
A sea of crumpled bottles spills across the courtyard of Lucy Luo Minghui’s new $44 million plastic recycling factory in Nairobi, where plastic waste litters roadsides and clogs rivers. Yet,…
400 years after, West African slavery lives on
Blessing was only six years old when her mother arranged for her to become an unpaid housemaid for a family in the Nigerian city of Abuja, on the promise they…
Together we can fix oil and gas sector – NNPC GMD, Kyari, tells media
Recently, the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) led by the Group Managing Director Mele Kolo Kyari hosted the Exco of the Nigerian Guild of Editors at its…
They rape us, beat us: Diary of Nigerian women in Libya
She was only just 18 when she gave birth without a doctor in a Tripoli apartment, gripping the hand of her best friend who had come on a journey they…
Jibrin: Undisputed kingmaker of Nigeria’s House of Reps
By Idris Omobolake The story of the emergence of former Speaker Yakubu Dogara and his successor, Femi Gbajabiamila, will be incomplete without adequate mention of the exploits of Abdulmumuni Jibrin,…
Zenith Bank: Another chapter of innovative banking begins
By Thomas Imonikhe THE recent seamless succession in the leadership of Zenith Bank Plc which saw the emergence of Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu as the Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer…